Hi,
I just bought a remote piece of property in the pacific northwest. It is mostly hillside, somewhat steep, wooded with fir and cedar and maples and lots of underbrush.
After looking it over, I noticed two downed trees that have good sized root ball systems on them with holes behind them. The trunks are dug into the ground downhill and seem quite solid.
I would like to build a dugout shelter somewhere on the property and thought behind one of these root balls would be a good place. The hole is basically already dug. It would be big enough for a bunk and a shelf with an internal frame built with 4x4's, wrapped with plastic sheeting, then back-filled, with dirt filled over top for the roof, too. I would have some kind of small door on one end and a small window on the other end looking out over the valley.
My question is: is this a safe place to build, behind a downed tree like this? Or, should I put the work in and dig out another spot?
I figured with the tree trunk and various large branches dug into the ground, with the bottom part of the root ball feeders still in the ground, it would be quite sturdy and shouldn't move (unless the entire hill slides at some point, but there is no evidence of this anywhere on the property). The root ball would not be supporting any weight at all, the 4x4 frame will be completely self standing on cement blocks.
thanks
why1942
Dugout Shelter behind Fallen Tree Root Ball?
I just bought a remote piece of property in the pacific northwest. It is mostly hillside, somewhat steep, wooded with fir and cedar and maples and lots of underbrush.
After looking it over, I noticed two downed trees that have good sized root ball systems on them with holes behind them. The trunks are dug into the ground downhill and seem quite solid.
I would like to build a dugout shelter somewhere on the property and thought behind one of these root balls would be a good place. The hole is basically already dug. It would be big enough for a bunk and a shelf with an internal frame built with 4x4's, wrapped with plastic sheeting, then back-filled, with dirt filled over top for the roof, too. I would have some kind of small door on one end and a small window on the other end looking out over the valley.
My question is: is this a safe place to build, behind a downed tree like this? Or, should I put the work in and dig out another spot?
I figured with the tree trunk and various large branches dug into the ground, with the bottom part of the root ball feeders still in the ground, it would be quite sturdy and shouldn't move (unless the entire hill slides at some point, but there is no evidence of this anywhere on the property). The root ball would not be supporting any weight at all, the 4x4 frame will be completely self standing on cement blocks.
thanks
why1942
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