Motorhome Living

Sounds like the real money is in offering services for the oilfield workforce, rather than working in the oilfield.Just like in the California gold boom. Most 49ers worked their butts into an early death and found no gold. However, the mercantile stores which sold supplies to the miners struck it rich!

 

Bingo!...that's the ticket.

 

Your welcome.

I went by 5 different RV park's and one "trailer" park yesterday, only the trailer park had a name and only one of the RV park's had a number where you could see it from the road. ( It was missing one number though...those gold and black sicky house numbers) 3 of the 5 had one or two spaces open, at the very least. All but one RV park was on the 250 loop or close to it. As that's the way I went home.

That's why I've alway's told people that PM me that the first thing you need to do when you get here is find a temperay RV park or place to stay one night. Then go out and find not only a "work" but a "home" and learn the area at the same time. Get number's if you have to knock on RV door's ( and sorry fella's I'm not doing that for anyone....most of the people here are men ya kn0w....lol) Between this company and that, call an RV park and ask.

 

Here in ND, I found a potential spot by word of mouth. No advertising, had to get the phone number from the owner's husband (she is out of town right now) and he has nothing to do with the park, just farms. I got the owner's address from a resident in the park.

One opening.

$600/month, all-inclusive.

Across the street from work.

I hope we are able to work everything out for me to move in this weekend... I am tired of boondocking, been off the grid since June 6th and the fuel is eating me alive (diesel and propane for the engine and generator in order to keep the fridge and freezer running).

 

I live in a rv camper down here in south texas. I pay $650 a month plus electric. Last month my two week electric bill was $32 and some change, so I am banking on about 60 this month. So $720, or $750 if #### gets real a month.

Comparatively, my company offered housing for the low, low price of $1300 a month, $650 with a roommate. I'm sure it's nicer, but my camper is perfect for one dude. Place to eat, ####, shower, and sleep. Perfect. I looked at an apartment down here for $500 a month and it was a dump. The trailer looks like first class living compared to that #### hole.

I live five minutes from work. Literally, I could walk there if I wanted.

For my location an A/C unit was paramount. Mine blows cold. Up north, I'd make for #### sure the water line won't freeze and that it has a heater that the living/sleeping space hotter than hell.

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Can ya cook? Anything besides Burrito's? I have seriously thought about getting one of the "pull behind" catering truck's I've seen and do breakfast and lunch, southern style.... biscuit's instead of tortilla's. Not you understand I have anything wrong with Tex-mex food, but that's what most of the "roach-coaches" sell. ( some BBQ)

Biscuits and gravy, biscuit sandwiches, waffles and ( not my favorite) but fried chicken and waffles. I know if the food was 1/2 edible I could make some money...if it's good, I could make alot...great food...I could probably start my own settled place.

I'm just sayin', even the stores sell mostly tex-mex.

 

No thanks. I'll just stop at the Stripes and pick up some fruit and juice and maybe a breakfast taco. The last thing we need down here is another fried crap outlet. Same goes for barbeque. That stuff kills more people around here than meth.

You want to make money? Figure out how to do something different. Chinese stir-fry. Thai food. Mediterranean. Anything but bbq and grease. Or Mexican for that matter, even though Mexican is nowhere near as bad as the other stuff.

 

Actually I really like mediterranean food, I can cook Italian, real Italian. I don't have enough experience cooking oriental food to do a good job of cooking it. and I can cook southern style ( even healthy southern)

I'm probably not actually going to do any of it, to much of a start-up cost and it's really just a thought. I Just threw out what I thought would have a more of an appeal. I prefer fruit and/or omelet's for breakfast with mushroom's, onions and bell pepper's in them..no meat. ( that doesn't even go over well with my husband)