Long term boon docking
This is my first post, go easy.... The wife and I decided to ditch the rental and get a TT to live on our property while going through the building process. We currently have no utilities and expec...
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coolmom42 wrote:
It all depends on how much inconvenience you are willing to deal with.
In your shoes I would get a LARGE propane tank (I think there are 100 gallons available) to run generator and cooking and heat.
You could get a pump out service and haul in water.
But you must have enough driveway available to get the trailer, propane, water, and pump out service in.
Looks like the first order of business is to get a perc test, and decide on a house location. That will have to be done before you site the driveway. Get the driveway in next. After that, you should be able to get a temporary meter pretty quickly. That will reduce your generator/propane needs.
Find a shady spot. That will help.
Can we handle the inconvenience? I think so, but we'll find out for sure pretty soon, ha ha. We aren't expecting any creature comforts, that's for sure.
Definitely getting at least one 100 lb tank, probably 2 with about a half dozen of the little 20 pounders. 6 5gal jugs for drinking water and a 60 gal bladder to fill the house water. Showers at the gym and paper plates will cut down on usage. The access is an old logging road. Wife drives her Ford Focus down it so I don't see why a trailer wouldn't make it. That dead ends though, and our driveway will punch through the remainder out to the main road. Perc test is done, but we must drill and prove water before getting a septic permit. Power will be run same time as the driveway, but I doubt they will get to it before the rainy season the way excavators are booked out. Sewage? Gonna plug my nose and go with the composting toilet. My buddy swears there's no odor. Worst case we get a tote and deal with it that way. Wife's friend lives a couple miles away, and her property was originally gonna be an ADA campground, so she has an RV dump in place we can use.
We love being out there so much, even in the winter. We're tired of driving an hour every weekend and not wanting to leave. Not to mention the trailer payment is a tiny fraction of our rent and we get to write off the interest. So, other than having a nice new TT, we'll be roughing it, and that's ok..... I think. Or maybe we'll be regulars at the Motel 6 :)
