Camp spot for a few weeksor longer in exchange for help w earth ship build, New Mexic

[maki2]

I think you mean one of these. It is has a long handle and a circular head. It is as heavy as a sledge hammer and is swung much like one. Take pretty much the same energy output as using a sledge hammer. https://permies.com/t/118383/a/83616/thumb-Earthship-hammer.JPG

Or you can do the job with a pneumatic backfill hammer. But that requires a large compressor to provide the air to drive it. Of course you then need a big generator to power the compressor. Here is a video of how that tool is used. The person who created the video and is building the house said he spent 2K to buy the tools needed to pack the tires this way.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8LwovQ4DCk

I vote for this power tool other than it would further destroy my body. It is a young mans job to pack tires, they have the strength, stamina and can take that kind of physical abuse to their joints....for a while.

 

[maki2]

No getting around it an earthship is a lot harder to do than framing a house with lumber. But it has better advantages for climate control and cost per square foot if you disregard the cost of labor.

 

[user 423]

  It is a young mans job to pack tires, they have the strength, stamina and can take that kind of physical abuse to their joints....for a while.

Here's a link to a site featuring an earthship project in Ohio. These folks found that the hardest working volunteers were young women and middle-aged men. Makes sense.  Females trying to prove they can do physical work and older guys trying to prove they could still do physical work.

https://www.bluerockstation.com/earthship-construction/

 

[nature lover]

maki2 Wrote:
It is a young mans job to pack tires, they have the strength, stamina and can take that kind of physical abuse to their joints....for a while.

Here's a link to a site featuring an earthship project in Ohio. These folks found that the hardest working volunteers were young women and middle-aged men. Makes sense. Females trying to prove they can do physical work and older guys trying to prove they could still do physical work. Rolleyes

Here's a link to a site featuring an earthship project in Ohio. These folks found that the hardest working volunteers were young women and middle-aged men. Makes sense.  Females trying to prove they can do physical work and older guys trying to prove they could still do physical work.

the above is a quote - seems I am too stupid to know how to do it right. - Seems to me if you recruit a bunch of young women the middle age men will volunteer readily. Some think it is horrible but it seems to be a fact of life. Boys will be boys and so will a lot of middle aged men.

I have a friend who has been living in an "earthshelted" house for over 30 years. They love it. She has a beautiful wildflower garden on the roof.

 

[DannyB1954]

The hard part of building an earth ship home is conning people into working hard for free. Where one can get away with building one, (no local building codes), There is lots of free parking without doing the hard labor. It reminds me of Tom Sawyer's white washing a fence.

 

[user 423]

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I wonder how expensive it would be to rent a mini-backhoe or a Bobcat for a week or so?

That would make the dirt filling part easy but it would still need to be rammed.

 

[maki2]

I just came across a video that would help with building inexpensive green houses, shade shelter and temporary storage shelters. The film maker used these easy and inexpensive structures to shelter himself and materials while he was building his off grid log cabin. There are domes that would work for a greenhouse or temporary tent dwelling as well as an arc house shelter that is tarp covered or it could be covered with shade cloth. A couple of people doing the labor and you have a shelter in just a few hours of time.

I don't know what type of brush you have for materials or if you would have access to suitable sized materials but the film presents some very simple and inexpensive options that will help with sheltering volunteers as well as materials. Film name on youtube: Bushcraft Dome Built From Branches and Plastic Wrap (the title tells you what it is about but for those on limited bandwidth I suggest you go to a library to watch it as it is about techniques that are easier to undertand from the video. But the basic principle involves using branches or small saplings that you bend into bows, secure together and then cover with multiple layers of plastic stretch wrap. The wrap is applied working from the bottom up so that the layers overlap to make it water tight. He also shows how to make a curved door and bend it to fit the curve of the dome using by the same materials and plastic wrap methods. )

Channel:Advoko Makes
link to the film for the inexpensive but strong enough for the purpose shelters.