So, just like that, a man calls saying he wants to bring his RV over for long term. A bit of a discussion later, he says he's got a couple of others that he can bring with him. IF that actually happens, I"m cutting off monthly stays at intro rates. I really don't want any more monthly stays, I really want the transients. But, if all I can really get is long term, anyone else coming is going to pay $50 more per month. I'm going to be eating some serious electric bills with these current folks, I don't want anymore at that rate. Profits go down.
Once I figure out this pedestal stuff and wiring - well the wiring is pretty easy. But once I get it down, I can build my own lots. I can run to the other side of the doggy fence and the shed and install more lots. Now, that doesn't mean it's free, it just will cost a lot less doing one at a time. But - it will also mean another septic system. I can get one big enough for 5 more lots at around $3,000. I think. The contractor charged me a lot more because he was also digging the trenches with a 5 man crew and installing everything.
However. The contractor apparently raped me on the pedestal cost. Well, probably not. I don't know if it's still a thing, but at the time, supply chain nonsense was making things hard to get, some things next to impossible. Pedestals were in the latter category. I don't know, I'm sure he made money off the pedestals regardless. The cost is $250 online. He charged me over $500 per pedestal. Did I get ripped off on anything else? Well, I don't know if you call it getting ripped off. You are paying for expertise, experience and a lengthy guarantee. Peace of mind, in other words. Doing it myself was out of the question because I didn't know how to do it myself. And some of it I would still stand there scratching my head, but could probably figure it out now that I have examples of it sitting there in front of me to examine.
Am I looking to add more spots? No, not right now, but I'll be taking notes on everything, especially how those pedestals are installed. I'll have to dig down to whatever access panels are on them to feed the line through to get to the lugs inside of the thing. I do know I won't need to run the ground wire from the pedestal to the shed. You simply put in a grounding rod into the ground below the breaker box and attach a ground wire to it - we're talking 5 feet instead of 140 plus feet.
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That was last night. Friday - morning. My sleep is all over the place. One night I sleep quite well, the next I can't sleep at all. Last night was a mix. I don't plan on using it as any kind of excuse to get nothing done today, much like yesterday when I felt like hell - but after using that pickaxe for a while, i started feeling better.
Keto - My idea of results are not just the scale. It went back down to 11 pounds this morning, which is great! It's only been 11 days and I'm keeping that initial weight I dumped off, I can't really complain about that. I hope the trend continues. But another measure of success I use is the belt. When I can go back a notch, I know it's working. There's been a few rough spots where I really wanted something sweet to eat - or yesterday, I made a crockpot roast and used up the red potatoes we had that were going to go bad if I didn't use them.
Yeah, I can't eat potatoes on Keto. I resisted, but it was hard. Considering for quite a while, I haven't been doing Keto and eating whatever I wanted - which is why I gained back so much fat and weight. Even if you never got into Ketosis, low carb simply means cutting out sugars, and that is going to cause you to lose weight regardless.
Today. Well, I need to go to Lowe's for another stick of the schedule 40 1-1/2 inch pipe to finish the crossover on the driveway. I have no idea whether this is going to work, there is still some digging to do on the fence line side. Namely, I want a pooling area right where the opening to the pipe is so the water will "naturally" collect there. There is another pool of water next to the one I'm working on that I need to dig a small channel from there to the pipe. Nothing too serious, I'm just going to do a channel and see what happens. If it works, I'll do something permanent. Otherwise, I'm going to have to take the contractor's suggestion and cut a deep channel along the fence line side of the driveway and just have a 500 foot area where the water can drain.
The only other thing I can do is dig a trench with a machine from the fence line side of the driveway clear over to the other side of the new driveway and put in a much larger piece of pipe, with a channel on the fence line side that goes deeper until it pools where the larger - probably 6 inch - pipe is. That is a much larger project and something I want to try to avoid. I don't want to cut through the new driveway if I don't have to.
As I said, there's still a bit of work to do just for what I'm trying to accomplish right now. Minimum money has been spent, a lot of energy, yes but money, just 3 sticks of small diameter pipe and a few couplers.
So, while at Lowe's I will be pricing out the 4-4-4-(-02) electrical line. Need to get with the program on that quickly. These large chains used to be the go to for lower prices on stuff - not so much anymore. I just go to Lowe's because it's the only thing in town that has what I need. There are no hardware stores in our town, which is strange. Apparently there used to be an Ace hardware, no more. Otherwise, I would have to drive 30 miles west, 30 miles south or 40 miles east to get to anything that might be cheaper. Umm, so you lose a few hours worth of time - at least - driving there and back to save a few pennies - and spend a lot of gas doing so as well. No thanks.
Anyway, I'm going to the property first and get the trailer. I want to drive over to the other property and see if I can snag a couple of railroad ties off the old, collapsed house that is unusable and can never be fixed. The entire roof is caved in. It's literally a house made out of railroad ties excepting the roof. The walls look like they just gave out - the walls are ties - fell sideways and the entire house came down. I don't expect anyone was living in it when it happened. I don't remember if there were any loose ties - a lot of the walls were still held together by whatever they used to connect them together. I don't want to go to a lot of trouble and time for this, this is solely for the convenience of customers to have blocks available if they have none, which is the case with one particular couple that came in and had nothing but the little plastic pads for the levelers to press down on.
The latest oil field worker came in prepared - he has railroad ties and those look like the best option. Cut them about 8 inches high and walaah.
Ohh, don't forget the gloves while at Lowe's. I've used all of the last supply up - they don't last incredibly long when doing "hard labor" I'll call it.
Anyway, nothing is getting done with me sitting here!
G'day
