Thread: Just bought 5.5 acres in kansas...lots of big pictures

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Originally Posted by pastor bubba

What part of KS is this located in?

Pawnee county outside of a little town. I was concerned as to what I had to do to burn there ,so I called the city hall and they put me right thru to the mayor he told me what to do and told me if I had any question to call him...
I like small towns

Those airplanes are REALLY worth some bucks IF they have the Serial Plate on them, actually just the Plate. So if you scrape them out for the aluminum save the Plate.

Kind of reminds me of my son's place.

There ought to be a prize winning story here, somewhere. In '39 Steinbeck wrote of the Joads as part of the mass exodus of good midwestern folk that were driven out of their farms by the drought and depression, headed to the better life of SoCal. Now 80 years later here you are reversing the trip, abandoning the life of SoCal for the simple country life of Kansas. All we need is a good first line.........

Welcome home! You're out in the middle of the state around Larned, and there's lots of ground for tornados to choose so you may only use that 'fraidy hole for a root cellar.

I even got the farmall like Green Acres.....
I dont dare try and use the hand crank though....

Seems like alot of people are doing just that ,moving out of the cities and into the country. I have not soo happy in a long time as I was covered in sweat and cutting grass out there for 2 weeks . Seems odd as I have owned a few houses in town before ,but working on them is not the same as having land out of town....maybe thats just me though.




Hey those pictures look like the state alot of those properties end up for some reason ,I actually saw quite a few that had stuff everywhere from being deserted........I guess thats a common theme.

I am getting ready to put a roof on out here ,then will be headed back to Kansas to get the power on and burn alot of the trash there ,cut more grass,only this time with a rider and clean more junk piles,hopefully get them off the property and sold as scrap.

I have talked to a few people now and there seems to be alot of interest in those old planes for some reason.....It looks like I might get all my money back on just the planes,the guy I purchased the place from was right when he said there is enuff stuff out there to get all my money back.Just alot of work involved to do it,but my time is free and I enjoy doing the work for some reason.

Thanks for the goood coments guys,I will keep you up to date on my progress and snap more pictures when I go back,like I said it looks nothing like those pictures now and will look even better after this next round of cleanup !!!!!

shawn you must have enough scrap aluminum all those air plane parts and Mobile homes and camper and scrap iron to end with the property for free maybe even a profit.....ted

Thats what I am planning on doing ,all but the airplanes ,supposedly people like to restore old airplanes ,those are mid 60s cesnas and i hope to find those people and sell it to them cheap.
The previous owner exspressed his wishes as to see them goto someone who would use them as planes and I feel the same ,those were his dads planes and he did not want them to get turned into beer cans......I completely agreeded and want them to be used by rebuilders or collectors ,even if it just means basically giving them away at scrap price to them,supposedly rebuildable wings are worth some money a 1000 dollars a pair ,but I am not looking for top dollar,just someone who will use them to rebuild or as displays etc.
But there is a tons of other aluminum and scap metal...literally tons,the guy i bought it from said he was shure there is almost enuff there for me to break even on,but he did not have the want or time to do that from out of state.
He was a retired Colonel from the military and was a good guy to deal with.

OK, so you have it... What are you going to do with it?
I drive through Alabama and see neglected properties all the time, but if you buy them then you are obligated to the property for taxes and all. I can buy a house in Repton, AL for $25000 move in ready, but then I will live in Repton. I thought of doing it and find old abandoned cars and Ebay the parts.

Originally Posted by Jetstang

OK, so you have it... What are you going to do with it?
I drive through Alabama and see neglected properties all the time, but if you buy them then you are obligated to the property for taxes and all. I can buy a house in Repton, AL for $25000 move in ready, but then I will live in Repton. I thought of doing it and find old abandoned cars and Ebay the parts.

Get out of california...I plan to live there,taxes are 100 dollars a year ,water is free ,trash gets burnt and electricity is cheap ,food will be grown as well as chickens and a pig or steer each year to help cut the grocery bill down,should have enuff money from selling the house in california to not have to do much at all for along time.
Mess with a few cars to restore and generally be happy and free of the city,the close person living there is over 2 miles away and most of them have already stopped by ,said how nice the place was looking ,offered help and give me water to drink if I needed it untill i got the well going again.
I plan to have a good time ,relax and enjoy myself for awhile and get away from all the rules out here in california,2 of my aunts and uncles live close as well as my grandma,they are less than 15 minutes away,thats part of why the location was perfect ,the other properties I was looking at were hours away from my family.

That is what I was thinking when I retired from the military, but the retirement was only enough so I could live there poor, lol, I still needed a job and they weren't paying much. Congrats on your purchase and it looks interesting, and like a lot of work. Do you get internet out there?
My uncle has a place in Wisconsin he calls the Hideaway. We go there every year, he owns a 300 acre valley with hills on both sides with a pond. 2 old houses, a barn and a couple old out buildings. He has a bunch of farm all tractors, one with a 318 Mopar in it! Anyway, we go there every year and it's the best day of our vacation. I can appreciate what you have and it should be an interesting episode of your life.

How close is the property to the old Santa Fe Trail?.....
http://www.nps.gov/archive/safe/fnl-.../map4/map4.htm

Originally Posted by techinspector1

How close is the property to the old Santa Fe Trail?.....
http://www.nps.gov/archive/safe/fnl-.../map4/map4.htm

Very close ,I was looking at some property that actually had some of the trail running thru it ,still had existing ruts,but there was no power there and I was afraid some sort of historic restriction of some sort might be in effect or go into effect and part of the reason I am moving is to get away from the restrictions.

My grandma and aunt and uncle are in larned and I am 15 minutes away.Over close to Fort larned.

Originally Posted by shawnlee28

part of the reason I am moving is to get away from the restrictions.

Dig it.....

Waiting to see your location changed from so.cal, Ca to Fraidy Hole, Kansas. Too cool.

Congrats Shawnee
Place seems like a real gem. All the basics already in place, Shelter, food, water, power and not to mention the fraidy hole! It will be a nice break from the So Cal urban density, and also nice to be near family. Any chance of resurecting the Farmall? That looked in pretty good shape. My neighbor went to his Casadero property and resurected a Cat that had been sitting for over 8 years, in three hours had it running again!
Might be fun to shoot some paint on the tractor! Some of those cars might fetch more cash from a sale on ebay than the scrap yard. You also might find craigslist usefull. Again congrats on following the dream, and getting back to a more simple peacefull life!
Now you'll be living the Kansas version of traffic Jam, 3 cars waiting to pass a tractor on the road!

Satelite internet and tv ....but I dont watch tv,dont even own one.

The only thing that comes from civilization is a power wire.