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Lanier, I asked this a few months back but don't think you saw. Didn't you post a drive-by pic from your boat during S1 filming of the location used as the rundown camp by the hillbillies (can't remember their names, Ruth's family) and say that was like a $1M plot of land? That blew my mind. I know it's on a nice lake and all but how can anyone afford to live there if that's the going rate for one of the likely "worst" plots on there?

Kinda. yes, I did post the pictures. Its right behind my house. The property they are filming on actually belongs to the Corps of Engineers which is the Feds. That is the old, Chestnut Ridge campgrounds on Lake Lanier right off Gaines Ferry road. That land once was the biggest set of camp grounds on Lake Lanier. It closed down over 10 years ago and is not just sitting there.

From what I understand, they said they did not have the man power to keep the camp grounds open and closed them. I had also heard rumor that some people went in there during the winter years ago and pulled up all the copper wire out of the ground. But I have never read that.

That property is directly across the lake from Aqualand marina and the part where the trailers sit during the show is best point that sticks out in the lake. I have cut numerous trees off that property to build brush piles in the lake. Funny story, during one of the episodes, you can see one of the stumps (about 3 feet tall) where we cut a tree to sink on that point.

That property is incredibly valuable.

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Posted by LanierSpots

Sarasota, Florida

Member since Sep 2010

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Posted on 6/22/18 at 1:23 pm to LanierSpots

Here are a few of the pictures I found

This is the dock where everything goes down. This is where the daughter swims a lot and where they eventually electrocuted that guy

This is the house where they live. Right now, they are doing a new roof on that house. During shooting , it had a series of tarps on it. I think they damaged it during the shoot and are now repairing it

This is the property you ask about. Its not a great shot but best I could get with my phone

Also, this season, they also did a few night filming across the street from my house on McEver rd. There is a large field that once was a motocross track years and years ago. It also filters down to the railroad tracks that go through Flowery Branch. We got a few noticed that they would use that area a few nights and apologized for the traffic. Im not sure what they did over there but they had a shite ton of trucks and equipment. I imagine they used the railroad track for something but we will have to wait a month to find out.

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