The beauty of the way the system works up our way was demostrated by a conversation I had with the county clerks office last spring, I had some work being done and I went in to see what I would need for permits to add a couple of sites for rv's, they pulled my paperwork and said they figured my septic system would handle several units, they told me I had overdone it lol. They asked me if I was going to charge a site rental fee and I told them nope, the purpose of the sites would be just comfort for traveling friends that might come in for a few days or a while they said with no fee accessed I would not be commercial and if I wanted to make my company more comfortable, they saw no problem with it, then the guy told me I could add as many cleanouts to my septic system as I wanted, he said it's always a good idea to put water hookups close to them in case they need to be flushed or electricity in case I needed to hook up a pump lol. Why can't all officials be that open minded? I just get amazed by the horror story's from some of the people that try to do things, some places you can't even park an rv within the town, I couldn't live like that.
One of the best weeks i have spent was at BK's. Nice people and a great trip to eat. The tossed rolls were great. Thanks BK and Dallas and gary and jerry and don and the rest of the people at the rally.The ride in the setra was not to bad. Wilma really enjoyed the sign "The road ends in water". And the ferry was "BIG".uncle nedhuggy bear
Quote from: uncle ned on April 08, 2008, 07:00:30 AM One of the best weeks i have spent was at BK's. Nice people and a great trip to eat. The tossed rolls were great. Thanks BK and Dallas and gary and jerry and don and the rest of the people at the rally.The ride in the setra was not to bad. Wilma really enjoyed the sign "The road ends in water". And the ferry was "BIG".uncle nedhuggy bearNot to mention that you were able to get Ron on the back of a Honda, by using the fake the broke down van trick on him! LOL! That was a true weekend of firsts! Ron was so dreppressed about the Honda thing, he didn't even mind being caught riding a FERRY! LOL! BK
A lift station? Sounds high-tech. Is that a tank with a pump? I've got a 'lift station' here. Of sorts. Big typical septic tank with a big diaphragm pump inside. Gads I'd hate to have to repair that thing! Our drain field is 400 feet from the house. Had to get it out there somehow. Got a floating valves inside the septic tank and it does its thing very well. Does your tractor have a back hoe? Can I say that word...."Hoe?" Don Imus cannot use that word. Not if he wants to work. If you got a back hoe you can build your own lift station for a lot less than $1800 bucks. How far and how high are you lifting? The vertical column is the key. How high? Is it too late to place the campsites at the top of the hill? No problem. Just run the excrement downhill (normal for most of us) and pump from there. Install a large enough tank and you could even use a sludge pump (these are cheap) and just run it for whatever time it takes to run the....stuff...up to where ever it's supposed to be. Dave, are you pumping your tanks too? You need a drainfield down in the lowest section of your camping area? There's no county sewer is there? There are safe ways of doing these things on the cheap. And be very effective. JR