Questions my wife and I have. We are looking into opening a boat & RV storage in Kentucky. Never mind the location but my questions are these.1. If indoor or covered storage was available would you use?2. If so, what price would you expect to pay?3. If metered electric was available would you use?4. If a wash station was available for your use would you use? Of course there would be a cost to use. Fair cost?5. Dump Station at facility. $5.00 per dump. Would you use?Please don't be sarcastic in your answers. We are just looking to see if it is feasible to open. Please explain your answers too.

We pay $150 mo. for covered storage, free dump, free wash rack. If electric were available for decent price I would use it with a trickle battery charger to keep batteries up. We have free ice onsite along with propane for $3 gal. We had the option of indoor storage at 2 other locations but decided against them because we could not access the RV 24/7 like we can now. However, we are in Southern California where the weather is not a factor as it might be in Kentucky. Hope this helps!

twmw1126 wrote:Questions my wife and I have. We are looking into opening a boat & RV storage in Kentucky. Never mind the location but my questions are these.1. If indoor or covered storage was available would you use?2. If so, what price would you expect to pay?3. If metered electric was available would you use?4. If a wash station was available for your use would you use? Of course there would be a cost to use. Fair cost?5. Dump Station at facility. $5.00 per dump. Would you use?Please don't be sarcastic in your answers. We are just looking to see if it is feasible to open. Please explain your answers too.1 & 2) yes if no more than $100 p/m3) Yes4) Yes. fair cost? $10-$15 if you're supplying soap, brushes, etc. $5 if all you're supplying is water.5) $5 per dump for non-customers would be appropriate but customers with a space should not have to pay an additional fee. put the dump station outside the fence where all RV'ers have access.good luck.

twmw1126 wrote:1. If indoor or covered storage was available would you use?Yes..we use indoor storage2. If so, what price would you expect to pay?We pay once yearly and get a 20% discount for this yearly contract.3. If metered electric was available would you use?Monthly extra charge for elect. is available but we don't use it.4. If a wash station was available for your use would you use? Of course there would be a cost to use. Fair cost?Not available at our current storage facility. If it were I might use it.5. Dump Station at facility. $5.00 per dump. Would you use?YesOur facility is VERY secure and the owner or attendent lives on site.Security is very important to us.

twmw1126 wrote:Questions my wife and I have. We are looking into opening a boat & RV storage in Kentucky. Never mind the location but my questions are these.1. If indoor or covered storage was available would you use? We currently use covered storage and like it. Indoor storage is available at more than double the rate but we couldn't get inside our rig and that's a deal breaker for us.2. If so, what price would you expect to pay? Our rate is $130. per month but if we pay a year in advance we get the 13th month free, so that's what we do.3. If metered electric was available would you use?Yes -- as long as it was 50amps and the charges were not overly inflated.4. If a wash station was available for your use would you use? Of course there would be a cost to use. Absolutely -- provided it was easily accessed. Fair cost? Not sure but if you set it up like a car wash with a base price and then let the customer add $ as needed for more time it might work well.5. Dump Station at facility. $5.00 per dump. Would you use? Maybe. We currently make sure we take care of that chore before arriving back at the storage facility but if it was available we might use it. I would hope you'd make sure it was carefully maintained and kept clean.Please don't be sarcastic in your answers. We are just looking to see if it is feasible to open. Please explain your answers too.

One major issue -- don't forget security. Unless one has real security, a RV place will get broken into all the time. Cameras are useless -- they might get a picture of a blob, or if in HD, a vague outline of a guy with a balaclava on.Electric is nice -- a 15-20A plug combined with two Battery Minders (one for the engine batteries, one for the house batteries) will keep the batteries usable, even in extremely cold weather. Metering is wise.Rates should be set similar to other places. Here in Austin, $100/month will get you a spot. That's it. Other places, $100 might be way too high.A wash station is a nice thing -- I would use it. However, they can be expensive since in some areas (like Austin), the runoff can't drain into the sewer or storm drain, so has to be pumped out.Similar with a dump station -- would be nice to have 2-3, because just one will always be in use by someone who will spend hours rinsing their tanks out.Indoor storage would be very nice, especially heated/cooled (doesn't have to be perfect, just above freezing in winter, below 85-90 in summer.)The main thing that I am concerned about when it comes to RV storage is security. I'm less worried about stuff disappearing than the damage a tweaker does. A TV is not too expensive. Trying to rebuild an inside wall after the unit was yanked off its mountings can cost thousands, most of that not covered by insurance. The best security I've seen was not just dogs running around, but two security patrols. A guy with the truck, and a guy on a bike, both armed with lethal and non-lethal items. The meth-heads see the guard in the truck and hide, but bicycles are stealthy, and much harder to listen for.

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downtheroad
Explorer
Jul 15, 2013
twmw1126 wrote:

1. If indoor or covered storage was available would you use?
Yes..we use indoor storage
2. If so, what price would you expect to pay?
We pay once yearly and get a 20% discount for this yearly contract.

3. If metered electric was available would you use?
Monthly extra charge for elect. is available but we don't use it.
4. If a wash station was available for your use would you use? Of course there would be a cost to use. Fair cost?
Not available at our current storage facility. If it were I might use it.
5. Dump Station at facility. $5.00 per dump. Would you use?
Yes

Our facility is VERY secure and the owner or attendent lives on site.
Security is very important to us.
rk911
Explorer
Jul 15, 2013
twmw1126 wrote:
Questions my wife and I have. We are looking into opening a boat & RV storage in Kentucky. Never mind the location but my questions are these.

1. If indoor or covered storage was available would you use?

2. If so, what price would you expect to pay?

3. If metered electric was available would you use?

4. If a wash station was available for your use would you use? Of course there would be a cost to use. Fair cost?

5. Dump Station at facility. $5.00 per dump. Would you use?

Please don't be sarcastic in your answers. We are just looking to see if it is feasible to open. Please explain your answers too.

1 & 2) yes if no more than $100 p/m

3) Yes

4) Yes. fair cost? $10-$15 if you're supplying soap, brushes, etc. $5 if all you're supplying is water.

5) $5 per dump for non-customers would be appropriate but customers with a space should not have to pay an additional fee. put the dump station outside the fence where all RV'ers have access.

good luck.
clhamon
Explorer
Jul 15, 2013
We pay $150 mo. for covered storage, free dump, free wash rack. If electric were available for decent price I would use it with a trickle battery charger to keep batteries up. We have free ice onsite along with propane for $3 gal. We had the option of indoor storage at 2 other locations but decided against them because we could not access the RV 24/7 like we can now. However, we are in Southern California where the weather is not a factor as it might be in Kentucky. Hope this helps!

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