Thanks, its been a fun journey.

Funny how dismantling takes so much less time! And much less thinking/effort! I hope you still have something to ride until your land sells.

Yes, way less thinking this time! Still have 2 electric bikes, so no worries there!

Wow, thank you very much! When I get a bit more mobile, I'll need to ask everyone where they're at, no promises, but it would be fun to meet up with people once in a while. This last couple of weeks has been a bit unsettling, on the one hand I'm looking forward to a change, but its weird letting go of things that almost worked.

Happy Veterans Day! All good ideas! I never got my A&P, it would be interesting to look into that again. By the time I got out of the Navy I was pretty burned out on aircraft and all of that, but I still like working with wrenches and stuff. That's still a 100 mile round trip from here though. Mostly I'm just ready for a change, I've never lived in one place this long, usually every 3 years I'd move or transfer. Sell the ranch, buy a van, and drop off the face of the Earth for a while sounds really good, now and 5 years from now. The bike trip was about the only fun adventure I've had in the last 5 years.

$50,000 for 40 acres. The land out here sells for $19,995 for 20 acres, so you're getting the house, solar, water tanks, etc for $10,000.

I've never really looked into a well, I've heard 500 feet from a few people, but none of those people have a well, so not a reliable source of info. Most people just haul water from town. It was about $50 per month for 2000 gallons, but I stopped doing that 4 years ago, just before I sold my truck.

Thanks, all we need is the right person with enough money. All I need is one :)

Barbed Wire Fence = Ranch. Texas Rules :) Although its technically open range out here, you put up a fence to keep the cows out apparently.

I got to visit PI a few times in the Navy, it was beautiful there!

Very inexpensive land, far from people, awesome solar potential, over 300 days of sunshine per year, almost never snows. Also far from people :) There are trees, they're just not very big. Oh, and bunnies! You just gotta adjust your attitude a tiny bit.

Thank You! I'm looking forward to new adventures :)

That's a really popular idea, I did a video about that a couple of years back, you should go check it out, seems like a wonderful investment opportunity, with an incredibly low cost of entry. Lets talk!

Staging area for materials and living quarters for when the natural gas pipeline is built 👌

Golden opportunity, you should jump on it!

4 miles per gallon. Otherwise a very reasonable idea.

That trip was a lot of fun, I often had people stopping to see how I was doing, got to meet a bunch of really nice people. Thank you!

Thank you!

Mostly hitting the road, van camping. Where ever :)

Yeah its funny when I go back and look at a video to see something I've not seen in a while.

I think this was one the camera stopped recording when I got to the good part?

Not using it anymore but it worked for a couple of years. Ut did work when I took it out. Now I solar heat the water.

Sorry to hear about your chargers. Make sure you have a lithium compatible charger, I think the older one wasn't. I believe the 4 is just upgraded from the 3. I'd say contact the company, they are US based, Florida maybe? Good luck 👍

Check fuses?

@@CarlinComm Hi Carlin, thanks for the reply. I checked and I had bought it about 3 years ago. I was thinking it was newer than that. It is a LiFe compatible (PM3-100LK) and the earlier version then the PM4. I did take the cover off and check the fuse and it was good. I called PowerMax and talked to them. They do not do any repairs, and said the best thing to do is buy a new one. I don't think I'll buy a third one.

@@bobinnm3786 Ok at least we checked! good luck!

Haha right!

Gone

@@CarlinComm well.. that's not good. I live vicariously thru you.

@@aymmie447 dream another dream, that one is over...

@@CarlinComm ok.

Yes that was a good day!

How is the ranch weather in November? I'm asking for a friend 😅 trying to plan a trip down to see my desert dream acres

Yeah I deleted my FB account. Hi!

I was surprised how fast he moved, usually they wait until I am not looking!

@@CarlinComm are there a lot of turtles in the desert?

@@gwenlaursen6460 No, I don't see them very often. Less than one per year. And the ones I've seen are often in the same place, they seem to come back to the same place, probably to lay eggs. I think?

There's still a lot of vibration, more from the fact I drilled the holes too big. The plastic pipe was more to fill the gap between the parts, and to work as a wear surface. Some improvements still to make, but I only use this a couple times a month. Worked well enough today though.

Did you mean 118? Like Volts AC? Not sure where you got 218... That was a few years ago, I don't really remember that video...

2 years later, after breaking the trailer I bought, I've made 4 others!

Yeah I never see them move like that, it was fun!

Yeah I suppose if you picked it up or something.

Yeah I was surprised he moved at all while I was there, usually they just wait. Almost a spring in his steps!

Thanks those are great ideas! I really do want to go back and play spaceman sometime! It's been far too long.

@@CarlinComm contour gauge for the win! 👍🚀

@@stigyanblue1442 I just saw that it was 7 years ago since I uploaded this! I do still have the acrylic dome though!

It's a similar design so hopefully I didn't make the same mistake!

Near off grid? What part of the grid do you think I'm using?

@@CarlinComm a little bit of off the grid humor 😄 nobody is truly off the grid 😄 big brother is always looking 😄

OK sure. Every time the grid goes down, especially the Texas grid, I giggle. Losers!

Definitely not spending the winter living at the motel.

Welding is actually pretty easy to learn at the basic level. A welder who goes to school probably learns a lot more theory and engineering. Its something you could pick up pretty quick if you had someone to show you how to get started. Go find someone if you're interested.

Yeah law enforcement doesn't seem to worry too much out here, I'd probably fit in with the quads and ATVs in that regard. Its more a matter of cost vs reward for fixing the motorcycle. The electric bikes are working well, I finally have good range and decent speed. If I go forward with the Bomber bike, then I'd have stronger wheels and less flats. None of the choices are exactly cheap in the end. The motorcycle is still the lowest priority.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks!

Yeah an ebike for short trips sure makes a lot of sense, as long as you don't die in traffic! When I lived in Austin, it seemed like everyone was trying to run over me, not a big boost to my healthy lifestyle! I'll probably be testing the trailer with a real load this week, I'll try to post an update.

Yeah they seem to be everywhere. I don't mind them in the wild, I just need them further away from where I walk.

@@CarlinComm same here.

I'm Shading the tail light from the sun, its an improvement!

Yeah still here, sorry haven't had much time to post any videos lately. Interesting about 220 vs. 110 inverters etc, I wonder if its worth the trouble, by the time you lose the efficiency in the conversion again. I saw a science program once that said that maybe the thorns help the plants harvest moisture from the air. But I've never seen any actual investigation of that idea. Who knows?

It's a matter of scale. I could see doing a hybrid system. Golf Cart has "some" solar, there is only so much roof space. Then have MORE solar at home. So the Golf Cart could self power and recharge itself as its driving. Then when you get home, plug the house solar into the golf cart, but still use the golf cart battery to power the house. On my Solar Delta Trike, it has plenty of battery to do a 25 mile ride now, and if I ride it to work, the 175 flex panel I have on it will now fully charge it in 4 hours at work, so then I ride home, starting again with a full battery. But that's not enough power to run my house. If you could bridge the battery in the house and the battery in the Golf Cart, and use them both at the same time, that makes sense. But you'd also need to make sure the Golf Cart had enough power to drive when you need it. I've also tested a small generator on my trike, as a range extender, and that seems pretty practical, not very noisy, and you only run it if you need it. Cheaper than buying a bigger battery, too.

That's what I currently ride!

Haha I have shot lots of videos that never get edited.

@@CarlinComm Well come on...give us some !

@@cliffandrews Its a messed up world, to be sure. Income from KZbin is down to about $50 a month, where I can make that on about a half day working one of those real jobs. Haven't had much spare time lately for editing and uploading the videos.

@@CarlinComm Yup, messed up world for sure. Yeah I hear YT is pretty much poo-poo anymore for making money. Well anyways good to hear from you.......Take care 👍

Thanks! I think anything we do is about 100 little decisions. Just start with one!

@@CarlinComm so update- added the HF solar controller but it will not operate under 15v because solar panels run at 23ish volts. Alternators run at 14.7 and very rarely go about 15 volts which is the min to operate controller. Thought of adding a voltage doubling circuit, but I’m going to try a different controller from ebay 12v 30 amp. How’d you accomplish this?

@@mattboyer7812 I don't have that truck anymore, but at some point I did switch to some ebay pwm controllers. If you can afford a better set up, Victron makes a nice looking charger that goes between the alternator, starter battery, and "house" battery, can send power from alternator, solar, etc, and bridges everything together intelligently. Those blue boxes are expensive, but I think probably worth it. They also usually have Bluetooth to your phone so you can see what's happening.

@@mattboyer7812 Also, at this point, Lithium (LiFePO4) is very cost effective, so even if you don't plan on buying lithium batteries, make sure your charge controller etc are lithium compatible.

Oh that sounds awesome! Keep me posted, are you going to do video of the build?

One of the bike trailers I have has a spring, that does seem to do well. I think welding a spring makes it brittle but I haven't tried it.

I can go take a look, I've not been out that way in a while. Where to next?

@CarlinComm I have 12 months remaining on this Northwest assignment 🙃 moving to another apartment 🙃 we move every 6 months 🙃 it's either San Diego or Japan

Japan would be interesting!

​@@CarlinCommI will be staying around the Seattle for a few more years 😅 to time and to much work for me to leave the area ❤🎉❤

@@JosephGodwin137 Haha slave to the grind ;)