30 AMP home wiring Question

Thanks for all the responses. I live way, way out in the country. Believe it or not, we don't have a building codes department for the county, just a state electrical inspector and it's next to impossible to get him to come out unless you are building a house. We did a complete rehab on the house three years ago, including all new wiring and plumbing, and the inspector never came, just called to make sure we had the right number of smoke detectors. That being the case, I'm not too concerned about inspectors.

Anyway, I think I'm going to run a new ground so I can go ahead and make it a 50 amp. I'm only about 30 feet from the breaker box, so it shouldn't be to difficult.