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Saucymynx
Silver Member
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- Dec 25, 2018
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- LS MT7 101 Farmall 656 Ford 2610 Farmall 140. JD 670
Great ideas and pictures! I do like the Amish built idea and was toying around with building one myself. I have about 30 sheep so need it to be on the large size. I might just go with the portable garage idea for this year and tackle something more rugged next year. They’ll be back in the barn. Come November anyways.
IXLR8
Veteran Member
I had one of these for 15 years until I bent a pole hitting it with the tractor. That was also about the limit before seams started to rot and come apart. With the domed top, it easily shed snow, we had one storm were we got almost 3 ft of snow with some pretty good winds on the coast of Maine.... no issues.
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They are better made than the Shelter Logic units, also a little more expensive. I used the cable anchors that came with the unit. Waste of time, use the screw-in anchors. I needed to move my unit, I just made up a wooden frame that attached to the center of the top of the unit that mated with the bucket on my tractor. I lifted the unit with the tractor and had a person at each corner guiding it. Once lifted, it took about 5 minutes to move it about 1000ft.
Portable Garage For Sale, Portable Garages Near Me, 12 x 20 x 8 | MDM
Portable Garage For Sale, Portable Garages Near Me, 12 x 20 x 8. The round style instant garage is one of our most popular sizes of portable garages.
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bmaverick
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- Sep 17, 2013
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- Beloit-WI
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- Yanmar YM2610 ■YANMAR GURU■ EXTRAORDINAIRE
Thanks for the report. high winds and snow load are a big concern out my way.I had one of these for 15 years until I bent a pole hitting it with the tractor. That was also about the limit before seams started to rot and come apart. With the domed top, it easily shed snow, we had one storm were we got almost 3 ft of snow with some pretty good winds on the coast of Maine.... no issues.
They are better made than the Shelter Logic units, also a little more expensive. I used the cable anchors that came with the unit. Waste of time, use the screw-in anchors. I needed to move my unit, I just made up a wooden frame that attached to the center of the top of the unit that mated with the bucket on my tractor. I lifted the unit with the tractor and had a person at each corner guiding it. Once lifted, it took about 5 minutes to move it about 1000ft.Portable Garage For Sale, Portable Garages Near Me, 12 x 20 x 8 | MDM
Portable Garage For Sale, Portable Garages Near Me, 12 x 20 x 8. The round style instant garage is one of our most popular sizes of portable garages.
IXLR8
Veteran Member
The biggest issue is the cable anchors they provide are terrible. One needs to ditch them and get the screw in the ground anchors.
doneill127
Gold Member
I’ve had a shelter logic 20 ft garage in a box for about 6 years. I had to use the cable anchors because the rock a glacial till they call soil around here wouldn’t allow me to use screw in anchors. It’s survived blizzards and tropical storms in New England. They sell these things at tractor supply with a 7 oz cover to meet a low price point. Mine started leaking and tearing after 3 years. They offer replacement covers +14 oz pvc with 10 year warranty or a 21 oz with 15 year warranty. I got the 14 oz which was over $1000 which is more then the whole garage cost me.
paulsharvey
Elite Member
I dont know if I can still dig up the pictures; but I had a free 8 ft diameter steel conduit spool, for holding 1"-4" communications conduit. I cut the two outside hoops in half, creating 4 half circles; the spreader pices of the inside of the reel are 4 ft long 1" steel square tube; i used those as "legs" and "purlions"; and spaced the 4 half circles at 4 ft OC; giving me an 8 ft wide; 8 ft tall; 16 ft long, steel frame; I then put some thin hat channel on at "roof" and hung a heavier duty, semi clear, nylon reinforced tarp over it. The hight at the side "walls" was 4 ft, and the center height is 8 ft. The tarp is long gone, and the frame is sitting in the woods still at the old house.
paulsharvey
Elite Member
I'm not suggesting that you hunt down, and pay for a conduit spool, but more than I would see what you can rig up for next to free. The advantage of the metal frame, you can drag it around; I used hold galv street sign U channel as runners. It would sure beat assembling, and disassembling the soft sided tarp garages every couple weeks when you move pasture