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Howdy, Sting! Glad you made it up from Chile.


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Glad to have you on board.
Tell us a little about yourself.

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Holy crap!!! That's the kinda stuff I would do.....if I hit a BIG Lotto Jackpot!

Dude, you are blessed. That is simply amazing!

May you live a long, long time to enjoy it.


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I'm Scott's dad and with Scott co-owner of the farm. Scott is in Colorado Elk hunting this week, but I will be at the PB convention this weekend. Hope to see some of you.

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Not much got done on the project this summer but we are now working on finishing up the outdoor kitchen and getting a final inspection on the cabin.

Also working on the solar system. Today I got the charging system hooked up and running so the solar panels are now charging the battery bank. Still left to do is hooking up the inverter.

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I may have said this, but I think my favorite part(s) of this project are the fireplaces and grills, especially that outdoor setup you got going. Would like to see the finished product. You and your family are living the dream guys. Keep it up and thanks for the incredible documentation. Inspiring.

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Lyle

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Thanks Omaha, the cabin does have a lot of outdoor space. We didn't realize how much until we calculated how much decking to buy. We were surprised to see that the our 960 square foot cabin had over 1300 of outside deck. One thing we really like is that with deck on all sides of the cabin there is always one side that is more comfortable to be on than any of the other sides.

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 Originally Posted By: Lyle Krehbiel
Thanks Omaha, the cabin does have a lot of outdoor space. We didn't realize how much until we calculated how much decking to buy. We were surprised to see that the our 960 square foot cabin had over 1300 of outside deck. One thing we really like is that with deck on all sides of the cabin there is always one side that is more comfortable to be on than any of the other sides.


That's just great. Who wants to be indoors anyway?

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Pond Boss III Convention "Project of the Year: 2009" award to Scott and Lyle Krehbiel.

Thanks for the ride, Gentlemen!


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Thanks Sunil and thanks to Pond Boss and the moderators for choosing us for this honor. We really appreciate it. I enjoyed the convention and meeting so many of the Pond Boss folks.

I've been working on the project this past week and will be posting the new activities in the very near future.

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How about a few new pics of the project as it now stands with narration ? \:\)
















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 Originally Posted By: Lyle Krehbiel
Thanks Sunil and thanks to Pond Boss and the moderators for choosing us for this honor. We really appreciate it. I enjoyed the convention and meeting so many of the Pond Boss folks.


You absolutely deserved this recognition Lyle, your project is truly inspiring.


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Eric, I will do that. I started to do so yesterday and discovered I don't know how to add photos. I will see Scott this afternoon and learn how from him.

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Thanks very much Jeff.

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In the spring we started working on the outdoor kitchen. We ordered a charcoal grill, a gas grill, and two side burners. Then we finished the fireplace by installing the chimney.


Here are Scott and I with the first ever fire in the outdoor fireplace.



We also started working on the outdoor kitchen counters in the spring.







I was out of town most of the summer so progress was halted. Scott and I own the farm together and we also work together in a business I founded in 1993. Scott has been with the business since 2002 and has removed most of my load from me allowing me to do fun stuff like the farm projects while he does real work.

In September I got the project moving again and just last week we got the counter-tops the grills and the burners installed.







We also added a 13" wide bar along one side. Here is the first time the bar was used. The boys are my grandsons, Scott's sons. Tom, age 6 is on my left and Jack, age 9, is on my right. The three of us spent last weekend there.





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Did I mention how much I like the outdoor grill/fireplace?

Seriously, that's just great. Love the shot of the finished product, 2nd to last. Nice job as always.

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Thanks Omaha, I think we will be having a lot of fun in the outdoor kitchen.

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Today my cousin, Sam Frey, sent some great photos and I will share some of them here. Sam is the architect who designed the cabin, and it was his idea to have it out in the water.
































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Lyle thanks for sharing the pics. Great family shots.
















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Man, those are like magazine quality. Nice job.

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Some big milestones were achieved the last two weeks.
1. Completed wiring the solar system
2. Passed final inspection from the county

We have had the cabin wired for about a year now and in order to have light we carried a deep cycle battery back and forth from home to the cabin and used a little inverter with a double ended extension cord and plugged it into the cabin electric system. This was lots better than no lights but I ruined several pairs of jeans with battery acid and the amount of power was limited.



Last March I designed and ordered the solar system and in June we installed the four solar panels on the garage roof. Also in June we installed a normal electrical panel in the garage and ran underground cable to the cabin and a sub-panel in the cabin.



I didn't get back to working on solar until several weeks ago. Got it wired up and it's working great. When the county inspected it they said it was the first solar system in the county.

The four solar panels produce a maximum of 520 watts and go through a charging system to 12 AGM deep cycle batteries of 100 amp hours each. The batteries feed a 3600 watt inverter which creates the normal 120v AC household current which is fed to the breaker box.

The system is designed for light usage and with more emphasis on batteries than solar panels since usage will not be everyday. Hence, provide battery for two or three day usage periods and then expect the panels to have a number of no usage days to charge the batteries back up.









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 Originally Posted By: Lyle Krehbiel
1. Completed wiring the solar system

I gotta admit, I was thinking "My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas" there for a little while.


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It turned out great, Lyle. Nice clean job. Is the backup LPG gennie on the drawing board?

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True or modified sine wave?

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