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Need some more covered and even some enclosed area... Having a steel barn put in Friday. Been busy making the pad with caliche base and washed rock top coat. Lots more work than when you first figure it... Had to clear the area, level it, haul base in, level that and roll it in, then haul the washed rock in and level it... Had two good sized oaks I had to cut, and then get the stumps below grade level as well. Hope the finished product looks okay and lasts awhile. I'll post a pic after the builders leave.
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Seems like a good use for a dump trailer!
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Seems like a good use for a dump trailer! No doubt I'll put that to good use! Barn don't look like much yet, huh?
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What size you putting up?
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Having a pad ready for a building is no small thing. When Jake, and I built his shed ten years ago the dirt work, and hauling for the pad was $6000 with dirt off the farm.
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Hope they don't have to set a post on top of one of those oak stumps.
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What size you putting up? 36' wide by 26' deep w/ 12' wide x 26' garage with roll up shop type door, walk in door and two windows. Main part of the barn is drive through for tractors, etc.
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Having a pad ready for a building is no small thing. When Jake, and I built his shed ten years ago the dirt work, and hauling for the pad was $6000 with dirt off the farm. Yeah, it's expensive here too. Luckily, I had some extra material from when I resurfaced my road coming into the ranch here, and it was close enough to use my loader bucket to place it. Hope they don't have to set a post on top of one of those oak stumps. Yeah, I positioned it so that the two stump areas were interior to any bearing wall structure.
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What size you putting up? 36' wide by 26' deep w/ 12' wide x 26' garage with roll up shop type door, walk in door and two windows. Main part of the barn is drive through for tractors, etc. Sounds nice. I need something like that.
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Make it twice as large, you'll thank me later.
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Make it twice as large, you'll thank me later. Yeah, I know. I just have to do a bit at a time, until I win the lottery... The new barn is in addition to the first one I added a few years ago. It tends to get crowded... Keeping my welding trailer in that one only leaves room for one tractor.
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That will be nice, Barry. Always use another barn/shed. When I get thru with the house, I've got to do something. Probably build another barn, but enclose part of it for a shop. Always cheaper to build than to buy.
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Some progress today.. The guys had to deal with wind gusts up to 40mph. With sheet metal that can get interesting...
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Nice shop! You’ll like it.
I know about build what you can afford.
Also build bigger than what you think you’ll need.
I built my shop 30x40.
I was working offshore at the time. 2 and 2.
Took about 6 months from slab to putting up the last tin.
Except for the slab, my dad and i did everything.
Since then we’ve built a 28’x40’ drop shed on one side.
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Glad they are done! Garage side view Now I have a crappy old shed I need to move and re-roof... It never ends.
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Looks good, Barry. Driven posts? Garage have a slab?
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Looks good, Barry. Driven posts? Garage have a slab?
Thanks! Some posts driven, and there are 12 3 foot auger anchors as well. Just a compacted road base pad with washed rock on top for the pad. No concrete. My main shop here at the house has concrete floors. The one above was just to park tractors and ATV's, riding lawn mower, etc. Maybe skin a deer under it, and such.
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Looks good, what is that old, If I had that, and you had a feather?
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Not familiar w the auger anchors. They buried under each post?
eta Bunch of styles came up via the googler. Main walls cabled to them?
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I don't know what Barry used, we have some the are short augers on the end, you screw them in.
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