Tks. 

Would folks here know how Coleman fuel and propane in tanks (15lb tanks) hold up? 

We keep freeze dried foods year round at the cabin like Don.

Canned goods we take there in the spring when we know it won't get too much below freezing (usually above 10F at night is fine as long as the day warms well above freezing but definitely about 20F at night) and leave until we know it will get below freezing and stay there all day.

Thank you Mtn. Don.  I remember that post about the underground tube storage. 

 

Version 1.4.3 - 05.15.2024
- Added a "SQTUBE" shape to the wire module for electrical chases.

Here's my latest...

Quote from: cbc58 on May 14, 2024, 03:00:18 PMOlJarHead - just wanted to thank you for your videos - they are well done and very informative. 

Thank you!  I appreciate the feedback!  More to come!

Version 1.2.3 - 05.14.2024 thru 05.15.2024
- Fixed a minor bug with the estimating module (wall header library initialization).
- Fixed a minor bug with the estimating module (wall material library initialization).

Version 3.6.2 - 05.14.2024
- Enabled wall sheathing 2 statistics for the Medeek Estimating Module.
- Fixed a bug with wall presets and the wall sheathing 2 option.

We also used to have a system for storing things like canned goods that should not be frozen. I cannot locate the particular portion of my build thread where this was detailed. So here goes a description.

I had a polyethylene tube 7 feet long  x 24" diameter. An old playground slide tunnel tube. I dug a hole to drop that into. Then I built a box unit over the upper end. I cot an XPS foam plug for the upper end. That fit inside the upper end of the 24" poly tube and had a bicycle tire tube fitted as an o-ring to air seal. The box unit was well insulated around the tube upper end and had a heavily insulated hinged lid.

I had a dozen or so 4" diameter thin wall pvc pipes, dropped in vertically. This was large enough to load with canned goods from one end. The bottom ends had a pin that kept cans from falling out. The top ends had similar pins used as a handle to raise and lower the tubes.. With the insulated lid the inside of the poly storage tube never dropped below about 50 F. The heat from that depth in the soil kept it frost free.

The humidity in the hole was high enough to cause labels to get wet and come loose. Some cans did begin to rust lightly but that was never a serious issue through one winter.

Used to have... The box top and poly tube burnt out during the wildfire in 2022.

 

Spices, anything dry (oats, flours, seeds.....) have not suffered at all over the many winters our cabin has gone through winters unheated. Olive oil turns solid in the cold but turns liquid again when warmed with no discernable harm.