Advice on Trailer to be left on property
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a temporary (maybe 2-3 years) solution for overnight stays at our property in East Texas. At some point the plan is to build a cabin or small house. What is the w...
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Thanks everyone.
RE: Power, I was going to run a generator for the weekends when needed (again, temporarily) but maybe short-sighted thinking. The electric company will bring the service in about 100 ft I believe, but the rest is on me. That part is expected, but problem is I don't know where I will ultimately need the power routed. Could be a couple thousand feet in another direction. The land is around 80 acres and we're still scouting a permanent place for a cabin/small house. In the meantime, the trailer would go next to a 1.5 acre pond we dug last summer. The permanent structure might not go there ultimately.
I like the idea of a pad, or at least a nice gravel parking spot.
The septic system is something I've got to get... but again, not sure where the ultimate location will need to be for the tank.
As far as maintenance goes, I'll be there to keep it cleaned up every couple weekends at least...by that I mean make sure things are tight and locked, sprayed off, etc. ...but the cost of a carport definitely pushes things up a bunch if it's a decent one. Unless it's one of those Harbor Freight jobs but I think that'd blow away sooner than later! Potential for severe weather is a fact of life in this part, starting now through about October.
RE: Power, I was going to run a generator for the weekends when needed (again, temporarily) but maybe short-sighted thinking. The electric company will bring the service in about 100 ft I believe, but the rest is on me. That part is expected, but problem is I don't know where I will ultimately need the power routed. Could be a couple thousand feet in another direction. The land is around 80 acres and we're still scouting a permanent place for a cabin/small house. In the meantime, the trailer would go next to a 1.5 acre pond we dug last summer. The permanent structure might not go there ultimately.
I like the idea of a pad, or at least a nice gravel parking spot.
The septic system is something I've got to get... but again, not sure where the ultimate location will need to be for the tank.
As far as maintenance goes, I'll be there to keep it cleaned up every couple weekends at least...by that I mean make sure things are tight and locked, sprayed off, etc. ...but the cost of a carport definitely pushes things up a bunch if it's a decent one. Unless it's one of those Harbor Freight jobs but I think that'd blow away sooner than later! Potential for severe weather is a fact of life in this part, starting now through about October.
