My husband is buying a 17' Mr. Pike boat/trailer today. We don't have
a large lot or pole building or anything. I've already lined up a guy
who will rent us space in his barn for winter storage from Oct/Nov.-
Apr/May, for $10/foot for the winter.

At the very least until my husband can get rid of an old car of his to
make more room on the side of our garage, I was thinking of asking my
neighbor(s) on either side of us if we could park the boat/trailer in
their yard during the summer/boating months. The one guy has a double-
lot, and the area closest to our house has an extra garage and he
usually always has SOMEthing parked over there - a boat that they then
sold, old cars of his sons', a VW van the one son bought to work on
(and hasn't touched yet), a pop-up camper. It's not like he's not used
to something being there, it's just that usually it's his own stuff,
not a neighbor's.

The other neighbor for the most part doesn't even live in his house
anymore. He moved over a year ago about 60 miles away to live with his
fiance (I think they're married now) for work. He does construction
and apparently that's where better jobs were. Anyway, he/they only
come up to this house once in a blue moon. He used to have a boat
himself, several years ago, and he parked it alongside his driveway in
mulch that's right on the other side of the split rail fence
separating our front yards. So there is room, and the driveway would
still be empty for when he does come up here occasionally.

I was going to ask one of them if we could park the boat/trailer in
one of their yards during the summer, but I don't expect to do it for
free. Would would you offer? The same $10/foot as we're going to pay
for the winter storage? Or less because the winter storage offers
protection from the elements, whereas the neighbor's yard it would be
exposed (altho with a boat cover on it when not in use). With the boat
and trailer, that'll probably come out to about 22' total (I'm
assuming the barn guy bases it on the total length, not just the lenth
of the boat itself), so it'll be around $220 for the winter storage.

On Aug 3, 3:44 pm, "M. Baker" wrote:
My husband is buying a 17' Mr. Pike boat/trailer today. We don't have
a large lot or pole building or anything. I've already lined up a guy
who will rent us space in his barn for winter storage from Oct/Nov.-
Apr/May, for $10/foot for the winter.

At the very least until my husband can get rid of an old car of his to
make more room on the side of our garage, I was thinking of asking my
neighbor(s) on either side of us if we could park the boat/trailer in
their yard during the summer/boating months. The one guy has a double-
lot, and the area closest to our house has an extra garage and he
usually always has SOMEthing parked over there - a boat that they then
sold, old cars of his sons', a VW van the one son bought to work on
(and hasn't touched yet), a pop-up camper. It's not like he's not used
to something being there, it's just that usually it's his own stuff,
not a neighbor's.

The other neighbor for the most part doesn't even live in his house
anymore. He moved over a year ago about 60 miles away to live with his
fiance (I think they're married now) for work. He does construction
and apparently that's where better jobs were. Anyway, he/they only
come up to this house once in a blue moon. He used to have a boat
himself, several years ago, and he parked it alongside his driveway in
mulch that's right on the other side of the split rail fence
separating our front yards. So there is room, and the driveway would
still be empty for when he does come up here occasionally.

I was going to ask one of them if we could park the boat/trailer in
one of their yards during the summer, but I don't expect to do it for
free. Would would you offer? The same $10/foot as we're going to pay
for the winter storage? Or less because the winter storage offers
protection from the elements, whereas the neighbor's yard it would be
exposed (altho with a boat cover on it when not in use). With the boat
and trailer, that'll probably come out to about 22' total (I'm
assuming the barn guy bases it on the total length, not just the lenth
of the boat itself), so it'll be around $220 for the winter storage.

I would think $100 would get their attention.

Are you thinking $50 or 100/month or for the whole summer/season?


On Aug 3, 5:11 pm, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:47:35 -0000, "





wrote:
On Aug 3, 3:44 pm, "M. Baker" wrote:
My husband is buying a 17' Mr. Pike boat/trailer today. We don't have
a large lot or pole building or anything. I've already lined up a guy
who will rent us space in his barn for winter storage from Oct/Nov.-
Apr/May, for $10/foot for the winter.

At the very least until my husband can get rid of an old car of his to
make more room on the side of our garage, I was thinking of asking my
neighbor(s) on either side of us if we could park the boat/trailer in
their yard during the summer/boating months. The one guy has a double-
lot, and the area closest to our house has an extra garage and he
usually always has SOMEthing parked over there - a boat that they then
sold, old cars of his sons', a VW van the one son bought to work on
(and hasn't touched yet), a pop-up camper. It's not like he's not used
to something being there, it's just that usually it's his own stuff,
not a neighbor's.

The other neighbor for the most part doesn't even live in his house
anymore. He moved over a year ago about 60 miles away to live with his
fiance (I think they're married now) for work. He does construction
and apparently that's where better jobs were. Anyway, he/they only
come up to this house once in a blue moon. He used to have a boat
himself, several years ago, and he parked it alongside his driveway in
mulch that's right on the other side of the split rail fence
separating our front yards. So there is room, and the driveway would
still be empty for when he does come up here occasionally.

I was going to ask one of them if we could park the boat/trailer in
one of their yards during the summer, but I don't expect to do it for
free. Would would you offer? The same $10/foot as we're going to pay
for the winter storage? Or less because the winter storage offers
protection from the elements, whereas the neighbor's yard it would be
exposed (altho with a boat cover on it when not in use). With the boat
and trailer, that'll probably come out to about 22' total (I'm
assuming the barn guy bases it on the total length, not just the lenth
of the boat itself), so it'll be around $220 for the winter storage.

I would think $100 would get their attention.

You're much nicer than I, although I'd go up to $100 if $50 didn't do the
trick.
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No, that $10/ft. (maybe $220ish) was for the whole winter season. But
unfortunately he doesn't store year-round. He likes the stuff to be
out by mid-May.


On Aug 3, 5:44 pm, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:25:23 -0700, "M. Baker"
wrote:





Are you thinking $50 or 100/month or for the whole summer/season?

On Aug 3, 5:11 pm, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:47:35 -0000, "

wrote:
On Aug 3, 3:44 pm, "M. Baker" wrote:
My husband is buying a 17' Mr. Pike boat/trailer today. We don't have
a large lot or pole building or anything. I've already lined up a guy
who will rent us space in his barn for winter storage from Oct/Nov.-
Apr/May, for $10/foot for the winter.

At the very least until my husband can get rid of an old car of his to
make more room on the side of our garage, I was thinking of asking my
neighbor(s) on either side of us if we could park the boat/trailer in
their yard during the summer/boating months. The one guy has a double-
lot, and the area closest to our house has an extra garage and he
usually always has SOMEthing parked over there - a boat that they then
sold, old cars of his sons', a VW van the one son bought to work on
(and hasn't touched yet), a pop-up camper. It's not like he's not used
to something being there, it's just that usually it's his own stuff,
not a neighbor's.

The other neighbor for the most part doesn't even live in his house
anymore. He moved over a year ago about 60 miles away to live with his
fiance (I think they're married now) for work. He does construction
and apparently that's where better jobs were. Anyway, he/they only
come up to this house once in a blue moon. He used to have a boat
himself, several years ago, and he parked it alongside his driveway in
mulch that's right on the other side of the split rail fence
separating our front yards. So there is room, and the driveway would
still be empty for when he does come up here occasionally.

I was going to ask one of them if we could park the boat/trailer in
one of their yards during the summer, but I don't expect to do it for
free. Would would you offer? The same $10/foot as we're going to pay
for the winter storage? Or less because the winter storage offers
protection from the elements, whereas the neighbor's yard it would be
exposed (altho with a boat cover on it when not in use). With the boat
and trailer, that'll probably come out to about 22' total (I'm
assuming the barn guy bases it on the total length, not just the lenth
of the boat itself), so it'll be around $220 for the winter storage.

I would think $100 would get their attention.

You're much nicer than I, although I'd go up to $100 if $50 didn't do the
trick.
--
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I was thinking per month. Wasn't your winter storage rate 'per month'? If
that's for four or more months of storage, I'd leave my boat there year
around.
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On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:44:39 -0700, "M. Baker"
wrote:

My husband is buying a 17' Mr. Pike boat/trailer today. We don't have
a large lot or pole building or anything. I've already lined up a guy
who will rent us space in his barn for winter storage from Oct/Nov.-
Apr/May, for $10/foot for the winter.

At the very least until my husband can get rid of an old car of his to
make more room on the side of our garage, I was thinking of asking my
neighbor(s) on either side of us if we could park the boat/trailer in
their yard during the summer/boating months. The one guy has a double-
lot, and the area closest to our house has an extra garage and he
usually always has SOMEthing parked over there - a boat that they then
sold, old cars of his sons', a VW van the one son bought to work on
(and hasn't touched yet), a pop-up camper. It's not like he's not used
to something being there, it's just that usually it's his own stuff,
not a neighbor's.

The other neighbor for the most part doesn't even live in his house
anymore. He moved over a year ago about 60 miles away to live with his
fiance (I think they're married now) for work. He does construction
and apparently that's where better jobs were. Anyway, he/they only
come up to this house once in a blue moon. He used to have a boat
himself, several years ago, and he parked it alongside his driveway in
mulch that's right on the other side of the split rail fence
separating our front yards. So there is room, and the driveway would
still be empty for when he does come up here occasionally.

I was going to ask one of them if we could park the boat/trailer in
one of their yards during the summer, but I don't expect to do it for
free. Would would you offer? The same $10/foot as we're going to pay
for the winter storage? Or less because the winter storage offers
protection from the elements, whereas the neighbor's yard it would be
exposed (altho with a boat cover on it when not in use). With the boat
and trailer, that'll probably come out to about 22' total (I'm
assuming the barn guy bases it on the total length, not just the lenth
of the boat itself), so it'll be around $220 for the winter storage.

I'd offer him $50 a month. That's enough to help pay his electricity bill,
and it's not a 'nothing' amount. Hell, he can probably take his wife out to
dinner at Golden Corral for that and have enough left over for a bottle of
(cheap) wine.
--
John H

On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:47:35 -0000, "
wrote:

On Aug 3, 3:44 pm, "M. Baker" wrote:
My husband is buying a 17' Mr. Pike boat/trailer today. We don't have
a large lot or pole building or anything. I've already lined up a guy
who will rent us space in his barn for winter storage from Oct/Nov.-
Apr/May, for $10/foot for the winter.

At the very least until my husband can get rid of an old car of his to
make more room on the side of our garage, I was thinking of asking my
neighbor(s) on either side of us if we could park the boat/trailer in
their yard during the summer/boating months. The one guy has a double-
lot, and the area closest to our house has an extra garage and he
usually always has SOMEthing parked over there - a boat that they then
sold, old cars of his sons', a VW van the one son bought to work on
(and hasn't touched yet), a pop-up camper. It's not like he's not used
to something being there, it's just that usually it's his own stuff,
not a neighbor's.

The other neighbor for the most part doesn't even live in his house
anymore. He moved over a year ago about 60 miles away to live with his
fiance (I think they're married now) for work. He does construction
and apparently that's where better jobs were. Anyway, he/they only
come up to this house once in a blue moon. He used to have a boat
himself, several years ago, and he parked it alongside his driveway in
mulch that's right on the other side of the split rail fence
separating our front yards. So there is room, and the driveway would
still be empty for when he does come up here occasionally.

I was going to ask one of them if we could park the boat/trailer in
one of their yards during the summer, but I don't expect to do it for
free. Would would you offer? The same $10/foot as we're going to pay
for the winter storage? Or less because the winter storage offers
protection from the elements, whereas the neighbor's yard it would be
exposed (altho with a boat cover on it when not in use). With the boat
and trailer, that'll probably come out to about 22' total (I'm
assuming the barn guy bases it on the total length, not just the lenth
of the boat itself), so it'll be around $220 for the winter storage.

I would think $100 would get their attention.

You're much nicer than I, although I'd go up to $100 if $50 didn't do the
trick.
--
John H

On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:25:23 -0700, "M. Baker"
wrote:

Are you thinking $50 or 100/month or for the whole summer/season?


On Aug 3, 5:11 pm, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:47:35 -0000, "





wrote:
On Aug 3, 3:44 pm, "M. Baker" wrote:
My husband is buying a 17' Mr. Pike boat/trailer today. We don't have
a large lot or pole building or anything. I've already lined up a guy
who will rent us space in his barn for winter storage from Oct/Nov.-
Apr/May, for $10/foot for the winter.

At the very least until my husband can get rid of an old car of his to
make more room on the side of our garage, I was thinking of asking my
neighbor(s) on either side of us if we could park the boat/trailer in
their yard during the summer/boating months. The one guy has a double-
lot, and the area closest to our house has an extra garage and he
usually always has SOMEthing parked over there - a boat that they then
sold, old cars of his sons', a VW van the one son bought to work on
(and hasn't touched yet), a pop-up camper. It's not like he's not used
to something being there, it's just that usually it's his own stuff,
not a neighbor's.

The other neighbor for the most part doesn't even live in his house
anymore. He moved over a year ago about 60 miles away to live with his
fiance (I think they're married now) for work. He does construction
and apparently that's where better jobs were. Anyway, he/they only
come up to this house once in a blue moon. He used to have a boat
himself, several years ago, and he parked it alongside his driveway in
mulch that's right on the other side of the split rail fence
separating our front yards. So there is room, and the driveway would
still be empty for when he does come up here occasionally.

I was going to ask one of them if we could park the boat/trailer in
one of their yards during the summer, but I don't expect to do it for
free. Would would you offer? The same $10/foot as we're going to pay
for the winter storage? Or less because the winter storage offers
protection from the elements, whereas the neighbor's yard it would be
exposed (altho with a boat cover on it when not in use). With the boat
and trailer, that'll probably come out to about 22' total (I'm
assuming the barn guy bases it on the total length, not just the lenth
of the boat itself), so it'll be around $220 for the winter storage.

I would think $100 would get their attention.

You're much nicer than I, although I'd go up to $100 if $50 didn't do the
trick.
--
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I was thinking per month. Wasn't your winter storage rate 'per month'? If
that's for four or more months of storage, I'd leave my boat there year
around.
--
John H

On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:54:03 -0700, "M. Baker"
wrote:

No, that $10/ft. (maybe $220ish) was for the whole winter season. But
unfortunately he doesn't store year-round. He likes the stuff to be
out by mid-May.


On Aug 3, 5:44 pm, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:25:23 -0700, "M. Baker"
wrote:





Are you thinking $50 or 100/month or for the whole summer/season?

On Aug 3, 5:11 pm, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:47:35 -0000, "

wrote:
On Aug 3, 3:44 pm, "M. Baker" wrote:
My husband is buying a 17' Mr. Pike boat/trailer today. We don't have
a large lot or pole building or anything. I've already lined up a guy
who will rent us space in his barn for winter storage from Oct/Nov.-
Apr/May, for $10/foot for the winter.

At the very least until my husband can get rid of an old car of his to
make more room on the side of our garage, I was thinking of asking my
neighbor(s) on either side of us if we could park the boat/trailer in
their yard during the summer/boating months. The one guy has a double-
lot, and the area closest to our house has an extra garage and he
usually always has SOMEthing parked over there - a boat that they then
sold, old cars of his sons', a VW van the one son bought to work on
(and hasn't touched yet), a pop-up camper. It's not like he's not used
to something being there, it's just that usually it's his own stuff,
not a neighbor's.

The other neighbor for the most part doesn't even live in his house
anymore. He moved over a year ago about 60 miles away to live with his
fiance (I think they're married now) for work. He does construction
and apparently that's where better jobs were. Anyway, he/they only
come up to this house once in a blue moon. He used to have a boat
himself, several years ago, and he parked it alongside his driveway in
mulch that's right on the other side of the split rail fence
separating our front yards. So there is room, and the driveway would
still be empty for when he does come up here occasionally.

I was going to ask one of them if we could park the boat/trailer in
one of their yards during the summer, but I don't expect to do it for
free. Would would you offer? The same $10/foot as we're going to pay
for the winter storage? Or less because the winter storage offers
protection from the elements, whereas the neighbor's yard it would be
exposed (altho with a boat cover on it when not in use). With the boat
and trailer, that'll probably come out to about 22' total (I'm
assuming the barn guy bases it on the total length, not just the lenth
of the boat itself), so it'll be around $220 for the winter storage.

I would think $100 would get their attention.

You're much nicer than I, although I'd go up to $100 if $50 didn't do the
trick.
--
John H- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I was thinking per month. Wasn't your winter storage rate 'per month'? If
that's for four or more months of storage, I'd leave my boat there year
around.
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Wow! And I'm paying almost $2000 a year!

In that case, I'd offer my neighbor $250, for the non-winter months, but
I'd be sure to let him know that I was paying $220 for the winter months
under cover, etc. Maybe he'll think he's getting a good deal.
--
John H

"M. Baker" wrote in message
ps.com...
My husband is buying a 17' Mr. Pike boat/trailer today. We don't have
a large lot or pole building or anything. I've already lined up a guy
who will rent us space in his barn for winter storage from Oct/Nov.-
Apr/May, for $10/foot for the winter.

At the very least until my husband can get rid of an old car of his to
make more room on the side of our garage, I was thinking of asking my
neighbor(s) on either side of us if we could park the boat/trailer in
their yard during the summer/boating months. The one guy has a double-
lot, and the area closest to our house has an extra garage and he
usually always has SOMEthing parked over there - a boat that they then
sold, old cars of his sons', a VW van the one son bought to work on
(and hasn't touched yet), a pop-up camper. It's not like he's not used
to something being there, it's just that usually it's his own stuff,
not a neighbor's.

The other neighbor for the most part doesn't even live in his house
anymore. He moved over a year ago about 60 miles away to live with his
fiance (I think they're married now) for work. He does construction
and apparently that's where better jobs were. Anyway, he/they only
come up to this house once in a blue moon. He used to have a boat
himself, several years ago, and he parked it alongside his driveway in
mulch that's right on the other side of the split rail fence
separating our front yards. So there is room, and the driveway would
still be empty for when he does come up here occasionally.

I was going to ask one of them if we could park the boat/trailer in
one of their yards during the summer, but I don't expect to do it for
free. Would would you offer? The same $10/foot as we're going to pay
for the winter storage? Or less because the winter storage offers
protection from the elements, whereas the neighbor's yard it would be
exposed (altho with a boat cover on it when not in use). With the boat
and trailer, that'll probably come out to about 22' total (I'm
assuming the barn guy bases it on the total length, not just the lenth
of the boat itself), so it'll be around $220 for the winter storage.


If your neighbors will not accept money for allowing you to store the boat
on their property give them a gift card (you have to decide what amount is
appropriate) for gas or other merchandise after you winter store the boat,
with the card neatly tucked inside a Thank You card. ;-)

Good idea. I was in a cast for 6 weeks this spring and couldn't drive,
so had to rely on a co-worker for a ride to work every morning (my
husband was able to pick me up every day for the ride home). When I
got the cast off, I got him a card for Wesco because he'd mentioned
that's where he gets his gas, and another for a local restaurant that
he'd casually mentioned is his wife's favorite. During our daily
conversations during the ride to work, I filed these tidbits away and
gave him those afterwards as a thanks.
I would definitely do something like that for my neighbor, if for some
reason he wouldn't accept cash.


On Aug 3, 7:38 pm, "JimH" ask wrote:
"M. Baker" wrote in message

ps.com...





My husband is buying a 17' Mr. Pike boat/trailer today. We don't have
a large lot or pole building or anything. I've already lined up a guy
who will rent us space in his barn for winter storage from Oct/Nov.-
Apr/May, for $10/foot for the winter.

At the very least until my husband can get rid of an old car of his to
make more room on the side of our garage, I was thinking of asking my
neighbor(s) on either side of us if we could park the boat/trailer in
their yard during the summer/boating months. The one guy has a double-
lot, and the area closest to our house has an extra garage and he
usually always has SOMEthing parked over there - a boat that they then
sold, old cars of his sons', a VW van the one son bought to work on
(and hasn't touched yet), a pop-up camper. It's not like he's not used
to something being there, it's just that usually it's his own stuff,
not a neighbor's.

The other neighbor for the most part doesn't even live in his house
anymore. He moved over a year ago about 60 miles away to live with his
fiance (I think they're married now) for work. He does construction
and apparently that's where better jobs were. Anyway, he/they only
come up to this house once in a blue moon. He used to have a boat
himself, several years ago, and he parked it alongside his driveway in
mulch that's right on the other side of the split rail fence
separating our front yards. So there is room, and the driveway would
still be empty for when he does come up here occasionally.

I was going to ask one of them if we could park the boat/trailer in
one of their yards during the summer, but I don't expect to do it for
free. Would would you offer? The same $10/foot as we're going to pay
for the winter storage? Or less because the winter storage offers
protection from the elements, whereas the neighbor's yard it would be
exposed (altho with a boat cover on it when not in use). With the boat
and trailer, that'll probably come out to about 22' total (I'm
assuming the barn guy bases it on the total length, not just the lenth
of the boat itself), so it'll be around $220 for the winter storage.

If your neighbors will not accept money for allowing you to store the boat
on their property give them a gift card (you have to decide what amount is
appropriate) for gas or other merchandise after you winter store the boat,
with the card neatly tucked inside a Thank You card. ;-)- Hide quoted text -

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