/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I am doing something similar.
I have decided on the cabin i want to build which is "u-bilds" A frame cabin plan# 381. (I will take photos and up them if anyone really wants them)
In the plans are a full breakdown of the lumber required I originally planned on cutting trees down to timber frame the cabin but I don't want to risk getting caught actually harvesting wood (I will be building it on a gigantic parcel of logging company owned land, they take woodcutters VERY seriously) You will obviously have to scout the area first, and may consider getting a quad and trailer instead of a truck. I will be using a tractor and trailer because its what I got. The first phase is to dig a gigantic fucking pit of a hole right next to where I want to build the cabin by hand so i can bury a 500 gallon plastic septic tank under ground level and camoflage. This wont be for actual septic waste but rather a way to store shit out near the cabin without risk of it being stolen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZEbOyrtBqQ
I am going to find the most hidden remote location I can possibly find but next to a natural spring or clean creek so I can have potable water for drinking/cooking. Its a long term project Its going to take at least 3 years to finish and I'm estimating roughly 5000~ dollars total investment. Ill be salvaging as many building materials as I can from yard sales, craigslist, junkyards etc. All of the actual dimensional lumber will be new however.
Pic related, cabin plan #381
28'x28' at the base.
Oh and maybe ill be able to claim squatters rights after a while, that would be really fucking sweet.