Popular Post gearhead204 Posted December 24, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2014 well my Christmas present is starting to take shape...........a nice new 40x80x20 stocking will allow me to stuff a lot of presents inside! my plan is to lean-to the sides and make a dog house for red 11 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Will be nice when it's done 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 yes I cant wait ! I have too much stuff that don't fit into the 24x36 lean to style shop I have now .......gotta step out side just to my mind Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Excellent! 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 very nice 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Sprinklers? 1 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 naw weed might be legal here but its not gonna be grown in there! there for no sprinklers Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 That will be great. Why did you go so high? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 I want to loft one side, and hope to put a bridge crane in this will let me have either a top running or under slung crane and still have at least16 ft. of head room. Plus it allows me to put in windows just under the eves then lean to each side and have enough head room to get the other taller equipment under. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Congradulations. Joe D. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 yes I cant wait ! I have too much stuff that don't fit into the 24x36 lean to style shop I have now .......gotta step out side just to my mind I am in the same boat.The county says I can go up to 2400 sf. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 looks great,hope to do the same soon 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmyb Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I really like your superliner too. Envious of your shed! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 as you can see the earth work was a real bitch, I got it close with the d45 komatsu then borrowed my buddy Rogers pc 220-7 ( sorry no pics) and over dug the foot print about 1 1/2 feet and got out all the BIGGER rocks but it still wasn't very user friendly! if you look in the 2nd photo (1st. posting) you will see my poor man sona tube a collection of nonreturnable 35 & 55 gal poly spray drums I hole sawed the bottoms then placed in gravel and put a 18x18x3 concrete pad for the post to sit on then filled with concrete the subgrade still has to come up about 14" then it will get a 6 " floor with a thickened edge I will also bore the posts and install rebar just for added strength and a frost barrier but that wont happen until spring, after the frost is out! I used over 30 yards of crushed rock just to back fill the post holed .......damn rocks .............f.....ing rocks ......aka sex stones Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Its wood is some reason you used wood ? As a general rule nobody builds a shed out of wood in Australia to many white ants and not as strong as steel I have been told there are more white ants in Australia than the rest of world combined dunno who counted them all something to do with Australia not going thru the last ice age Looks like a good size shed my dad always says "a man can never have to many sheds"Paul 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maint1 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Looks really good. Your toy box just got a lot bigger. Maybe a landing strip right beside it for De Plane so we can see you at all the right coast shows? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Maybe its a hanger for a helicopter?A runway would be expensive to build with all those rocks. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in a new building and the vehicles, tools and equipment that will be stored inside and no sprinklers......yes this makes perfect sense to me!!! 1 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 excellent,,,have a ball...and best of luck...bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 The majority of sheds built here are wood pole. We don't worry about your crazy ants, we just worry about the damn frost pushing them up. When I built my one shed I used steel because at the time it was cheaper, not anymore. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCR Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Skylights? When I built my building 32 X 60 X 16 high I did not put them in. Wish I had. On my to do list 1 Quote Denny330-550-6020A "Mack Pack" Charter Member Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I have 2 buildings. 1 steel 42'x60' 14' door it was a Miracle Truss about 20 years old no problems. 2nd building is a pole barn 40'x60' 2-12' doors. no problem with this one either. Pole Barn was much cheaper and only took 3-days to complete by Dutchmen from Pa. very good workers. As Dirtymilkman said no ant problems here. Wood that is in contact with earth is treated. Joe D. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Just a reminder...Gearhead had his pilot's license suspended indefinitely (after the PA incident at Mike's place) so he has no use for plane/runway or helicopter acess. BTW, Yardo...I never saw sprinklers in a machinery shed. Maybe there should be but then one would have to keep it heated to prevent freezing. 1 Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Just a reminder...Gearhead had his pilot's license suspended indefinitely (after the PA incident at Mike's place) so he has no use for plane/runway or helicopter acess. BTW, Yardo...I never saw sprinklers in a machinery shed. Maybe there should be but then one would have to keep it heated to prevent freezing.That's what dry pipe systems are for......filled with pressurized air. Sprinkler head trips, air dumps which releases a check valve allowing water into the system. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Pole Barn was much cheaper and only took 3-days to complete by Dutchmen from Pa. very good workers. As Dirtymilkman said no ant problems here. Wood that is in contact with earth is treated. Joe D.As a building code official (coincidentally in Pa.) this is where knowing your stuff comes in handy. I issue permits for pole barns regularly. The trick with the new pressure treated lumber is knowing which type can be "in contact" and which can be "immersed into" the ground. .40 ACQ is the standard pt lumber, good for "contact." .60 is for immersion into water (like pilings for docks) or immersed into the ground. When I do a permit, and they want to immerse the 6x6's or 8x8's into the ground, I always question which type of ACQ it is.....and the amish guy applying for the permit always says "its pressure treated" and ends up walking away scratching his head when I deny the permit. Plus 90% of the time they just want to dig an 18" round hole, dump four bags of dry sackrete in and then sink the poles. No water, no nothing. I dont trust it so I make them get the plans signed by an engineer- which almost always NEVER happens, and the engineer makes them auger a 24" wide by 36" deep hole (the frost line here in this part of Pa.) and makes them fill it up to grade with delivered 3000psi concrete. Then they have then wet-stick a post base bracket for the poles before the concrete sets up. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/38195-new-shop-challanges/#findComment-271630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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