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5.7 hemi said:
We moved from Commiefornia to Texas for various reasons and finally was able to afford a shop. We couldn’t do that in Commiefornia as the permits alone were $45k!

My neighbor above me builds shops and I had a total of $20k to get a shop, concrete and electrical. His first quote for a 22x25x12 was $27k. I told thanks for the quote but I can’t afford that. A couple weeks later he texts and says he can do it for $17k. I told him that I had a budget of $10k for the shop and that I’m looking online for a building. He says that he can that cause he’s got some leftovers from another job. He got the job, and 2 weeks later I had my shop. I did go over on the budget for electrical by $2k.

My other neighbor that moved from Commiefornia is a contractor and helped me run power to the shop and I took over from there. He put in a 125amp circuit breaker and we ran 2 gauge wire 80ft under ground (I dug the trenches by hand) through 3 inch pvc pipe. I did the rest of the wiring myself. I bought a 10ft ceiling fan with 9 speeds cause it’s F’ing humid in north Texas. I’ll be insulating the shop at some point, hopefully this winter and I’m getting a mini split ac system too.

Building a carport in front of the shop right now, panels will be here next weekend and they are the same as the shop.

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That came out really well. Thank you for your service and GOD BLESS TEXAS.
 
1995dak said:
Very nice! Congratulations.
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Thank you. I need to dig a trench line about 150 feet and run some power. 2” conduit is about 450 bucks, or $30 a 10 foot stick of that grey stuff. I’ll dig the trench and bury it all the same day when I get the conduit.

I know there is 2 water lines that go to my well tank and my house, I don’t know exactly where they are in the path I need to run the wire, but unfortunately I’ll find them with my little BX backhoe….LOL.

It’s almost funny, when I got my tractor and hydraulic front mounted auger, every where I wanted a hole for something, there was a damn water line. LOL.

This was a fun one. I wanted a simple post for a fence. Took me all day and into the night to fix that SOB.

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mopardude318 said:
Thank you. I need to dig a trench line about 150 feet and run some power. 2” conduit is about 450 bucks, or $30 a 10 foot stick of that grey stuff. I’ll dig the trench and bury it all the same day when I get the conduit.

I know there is 2 water lines that go to my well tank and my house, I don’t know exactly where they are in the path I need to run the wire, but unfortunately I’ll find them with my little BX backhoe….LOL.

It’s almost funny, when I got my tractor and hydraulic front mounted auger, every where I wanted a hole for something, there was a damn water line. LOL.

This was a fun one. I wanted a simple post for a fence. Took me all day and into the night to fix that SOB.

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I guess better hitting water than power. I have gotten a few water lines with a ditchwitch and it sucks. :thumbsup:
 
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