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Descant · 03-27-2016, 12:00 PM

Prefab has a lot of advantages for island construction. Modular may be a little tougher if you need a crane to place modules that are 12 x 40. Our camp (built 1960) was 4 x8 panels with roof trusses. Four men could carry and place everything, no heavy equipment and we only had to cut trees that were in the actual footprint. Of course, we had a backhoe to build the septic system, and that required some clearing for the leach field which is a raised mound. We had to barge over the gravel, sand, topsoil, etc.
Island Support Services does a lot of work on Rattlesnake if you like that lot that was listed above. Big plus: they have their own barge so they aren't at the mercy of an independent barge owner when it comes to barging equipment and materials.

03-27-2016, 12:00 PM	#13
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,039 Thanks: 1,212 Thanked 1,521 Times in 985 Posts	Prefab Prefab has a lot of advantages for island construction. Modular may be a little tougher if you need a crane to place modules that are 12 x 40. Our camp (built 1960) was 4 x8 panels with roof trusses. Four men could carry and place everything, no heavy equipment and we only had to cut trees that were in the actual footprint. Of course, we had a backhoe to build the septic system, and that required some clearing for the leach field which is a raised mound. We had to barge over the gravel, sand, topsoil, etc. Island Support Services does a lot of work on Rattlesnake if you like that lot that was listed above. Big plus: they have their own barge so they aren't at the mercy of an independent barge owner when it comes to barging equipment and materials.