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Hi everyone,
I know there are lots of people here with creative money-making ideas, so perhaps there will be some useful suggestions for us.
On our 53 acre property (purchased <2 years ago) we have a 1500' x 30' asphalt airstrip. It hasn't been used as an airstrip in ~20 years. It is still in reasonably good shape but not good enough for airplanes! Also, houses are now located at the property line not far from the end, so using it as an airstrip is definitely out, even if I could make money somehow that way!
I had been considering using it as boat/trailer/RV storage space. There are several such places around, but presumably I could find customers as we are located adjacent to a major highway. However, the location is not secure, and chain link fencing would cost ~$5000 just to secure the road accesses at each end. Fencing the southern property boundary parallel to the strip would be so far beyond that I wouldn't even want to contemplate it. So making the space partly secure might be possible but even spending $5K to start such an endeavour seems questionable.
I considered renting it to driver training schools for skid control, etc. Called a couple but got no interest. Perhaps insurance/liability is too much of a problem.
Any other ideas for a large hunk of otherwise useless asphalt surrounded by forest, houses, and a highway?
Thanks in advance,
Jeff Hathaway
I know there are lots of people here with creative money-making ideas, so perhaps there will be some useful suggestions for us.
On our 53 acre property (purchased <2 years ago) we have a 1500' x 30' asphalt airstrip. It hasn't been used as an airstrip in ~20 years. It is still in reasonably good shape but not good enough for airplanes! Also, houses are now located at the property line not far from the end, so using it as an airstrip is definitely out, even if I could make money somehow that way!
I had been considering using it as boat/trailer/RV storage space. There are several such places around, but presumably I could find customers as we are located adjacent to a major highway. However, the location is not secure, and chain link fencing would cost ~$5000 just to secure the road accesses at each end. Fencing the southern property boundary parallel to the strip would be so far beyond that I wouldn't even want to contemplate it. So making the space partly secure might be possible but even spending $5K to start such an endeavour seems questionable.
I considered renting it to driver training schools for skid control, etc. Called a couple but got no interest. Perhaps insurance/liability is too much of a problem.
Any other ideas for a large hunk of otherwise useless asphalt surrounded by forest, houses, and a highway?
Thanks in advance,
Jeff Hathaway