I got a plan, gays. Look at my new toy.

[Rickrock]

I just looked up our bill for the broken sewer replacement ^ and in 2021 we paid $15,905.

 

[metta]

I am one of those jack of all trades Master of none kinda guy. I have found that there are some tools I only use for xyz. For example, when I'm working on pex I only use some tools and these tools are not used for anything else. When I'm working on electrical I found myself only using certain tools. Etc. So, over the years I have divided them up into certain categories. Makes it easier for me to find stuff.

Do you label them to help find what you need quickly? The tool boxes look mostly the same on the outside.

 

[Dominus]

I can believe that you would hire someone to do the excavating, but when you said you hire teenagers that threw me. I guess if you manage them it could work, but I expected you to hire a professional plumber. How deep are the sewers. In our neighborhood they are below the basement floor and a plumber had to dig down 10 feet. It did cost us a bundle to replace our outside sewer pipe which had been clay tile which had cracked and replace it with pvc.

Um... does one need to get a professional license to dig a trench?

Where I'm at, code is the top of the pipe needs to be at least 1 ft below the ground.

If plumbing is a mystery to you, then yes it is scary and you should pay tens of thousands for the pros to make you feel better. But it is not a mystery to me.

Digging a 3-5ft deep trench doesn't require much skills. Assembling the pipes is a piece of cake if you know how to do it.

It is like riding a bicycle. If you don't know it, seems pretty scary. If you know it, pretty easy.

Paying $20k to have someone dig a trench is like paying a doctor to put a bandaid on your booboo.

https://forums.justusboys.com/threads/look-at-our-plumbing-work.509192/

 

[Dominus]

Do you label them to help find what you need quickly? The tool boxes look mostly the same on the outside.

Yes. Zoom in.

 

[Dominus]

Do you label them to help find what you need quickly? The tool boxes look mostly the same on the outside.

Also, I'm in the real estate business. I don't have any rich daddy backing me. So I can't afford to pay 10s of thousands ever time someone has a leak under the sink. If I don't know these stuff, contractors will rob me blind. ALL contractors are thieves and liars. The only way to actually stop them from raping you without a condom is to actually know a thing or two about the stuff you're hiring them to do.

 

[Dominus]

Question for y'all. Right now, I have metal racks I bought from menards for about $400 total.

Just found these on Amazon.

Folding Shelf Brackets, Max Load 300 lb, Heavy Duty Stainless Steel Collapsible Wall Mounted Shelf Brackets for Table, Space Saving DIY Bracket, Pack of 2 (2, 20 Inch) https:******/d/heMIRYv

I've worked out the math. About $400 also to set it up. But the advantage is if I want to I can fold all of them and have the whole trailer freed up.

Should I keep the metal racks or buy the foldable brackets?

 

[metta]

^
How would you stop the tool boxes from moving around with those? With 4 legs, I would think it would be easier to rig something to stop them from moving so much.

 

[Kahaih]

Question for y'all. Right now, I have metal racks I bought from menards for about $400 total.

Just found these on Amazon.

Folding Shelf Brackets, Max Load 300 lb, Heavy Duty Stainless Steel Collapsible Wall Mounted Shelf Brackets for Table, Space Saving DIY Bracket, Pack of 2 (2, 20 Inch) https:******/d/heMIRYv

I've worked out the math. About $400 also to set it up. But the advantage is if I want to I can fold all of them and have the whole trailer freed up.

Should I keep the metal racks or buy the foldable brackets?

The Amazon foldies might be good for a drop down workbench on the opposite wall, but I wouldn't trust them loaded down with toolboxes on a bumpy road.

 

[Dominus]

The Amazon foldies might be good for a drop down workbench on the opposite wall, but I wouldn't trust them loaded down with toolboxes on a bumpy road.

You're right. I've decided to keep these metal racks. And have ordered those foldies to make a foldable work bench on the opposite wall.

Here is my latest setup. I think it's near what I want.




I'm waiting for some electrical components from Amazon so I can start putting in plug-ins so this trailer would have power when I'm just parked out front.

 

[Kahaih]

Amazon has a lot of different types of solar powered yard lights that can be very handy. Some have remote solar panels that can be installed on the roof of your trailer with the light unit inside.

I put one with daylight sensor and motion sensor inside my vestibule so that after dark, opening either door makes the room light up just like a refrigerator. And LEDs are very bright.

Inside your trailer they could work just like the dome light in a car. This might also scare away a thief. And it'd be good lighting for your surveillance camera, too.

 

[rareboy]

I'm going to suggest that you will want to get the weight evenly distributed in this trailer. You need to stop thinking about it as a comfortable space with a couch etc. and treat it for what it really is.

You also need to think about reducing the weight to a minimum so I don't know if that helps you with a decision about shelving.

It isn't a static space. You will have this on the road in possibly bad weather conditions.

 

[Dominus]

I'm going to suggest that you will want to get the weight evenly distributed in this trailer. You need to stop thinking about it as a comfortable space with a couch etc. and treat it for what it really is.

You also need to think about reducing the weight to a minimum so I don't know if that helps you with a decision about shelving.

It isn't a static space. You will have this on the road in possibly bad weather conditions.

So, I was kinda joking about couch and stuff. My tools aren't really that heavy. Again, I'm master of none.

Owning as many units as I do, I regularly transport around big appliances and other materials. That's what the big empty spaces are for. It will eventually be carrying my ride mower.

 

[Dominus]

I'm going to suggest that you will want to get the weight evenly distributed in this trailer. You need to stop thinking about it as a comfortable space with a couch etc. and treat it for what it really is.

You also need to think about reducing the weight to a minimum so I don't know if that helps you with a decision about shelving.

It isn't a static space. You will have this on the road in possibly bad weather conditions.

Oh yeah, and those metal racks are light weight. I was able to pick them up with 1 arm when they were assembled.

 

[Rickrock]

Your trailer looks good and will be pretty useful. Good choice.

 

[Dominus]

OMG, I gotta tell you guys what happened today. I decided to take the trailer with all my tools and crap to one of my properties in a nearby town about 30 minutes from where I live. The plan today was just to do some tuckpointing.

Tuckpointing - Wikipedia

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I did that for about 5 hours today. Then I got a call from a nearby property. Their water heater went out. I went straight there with everything I needed to replace heating elements in that waterheater. Done in 20 minutes.

The point is before this I would have either told them I don't have the tools with me to fix it right now or call a plumber or handyman to come out to fix it. But now that I have everything with me all the time, I can take care of things without having to drive to one of my storages to get the right tools and parts. And those people didn't have to go longer than an hour without hot water.

First day going out there with the trailer and it's already doing what it's suppose to. This really beats the office idea. Why didn't I think to get a trailer before?

 

[rareboy]

Good question.

 

[Dominus]

Good question.

Well, thinking about it, I think I wanted an office because I came from a white collar career. I did construction management for a while, but most of my engineering career over 10 years before was in design. So, I guess my brain just reverted back to having an office to work out of.

This trailer so far is 1000 times more practical than any office will ever be for this business. Because I'll be honest paperwork takes me probably 5 hours a each month to do. And I've been doing that at my dining table.

I'm still gonna convert the laundry room in one of my apartment buildings into my office, though. If nothing else, just to have space away from home to store documents and also to have an address for the company other than a po box.

Eventually, I might cut a hole in the trailer and put in a window. Don't know yet.

 

[Kahaih]

Make sure you put the window low enough to pee out it.

 

[fredroy]

Maybe a skylight like travel trailers have? They crank open for ventilation. Some have fans.

 

[Dominus]

Make sure you put the window low enough to pee out it.

Nah. I will put a toilet in. I'm just gonna put a hole in the floor for it.