Ryan McMullen

What about limiting the age of the kids?

Most kids are great for being a "go-fer". Go get me this tool, go get some water, go get...

I know when I'm working on a project and the kids want to "help" (mine are 5 & 9), they make great tool holders/fetchers

Matt Walker wrote:Love the industrial strength trailer! Man, Tim does good work. I made a little Solar powered 12v utility cart for smaller homestead use. I did have the panel mounted to it, but found that my battery bank is large enough and my loads small enough I don't need to truck the panel around with me. My largest load (either water pump or intermittent inverter use) will go pretty much all day without dragging the batteries down too far. I have a second slightly larger bank at the panel's location, which runs interior lighting in my home, and that bank can bring the cart bank up quickly if needed. I love this little set up, particularly the pump. It's so nice to be able to have pressurized water at any location from any source. Hope you don't mind me adding this on to your thread Paul, I thought it would be cool to show folks a smaller version of a similar concept for smaller homesteads where there aren't a whole crew of folks working all the time.

Matt, love the utility cart. Is the water pump an on demand (meaning will shut off when pressure is reached) or continuous run? I have plans for something similar but will include 1 or 2 solar panels for use at my hunting cabin where I have no power at this time.