Do You Have a Tractor Shed/Barn?

WinterDeere · May 20, 2024

wolc123 said:
It will be pretty tight, but I think I can do it.

If your memory is anything like mine, you'll do well to take a picture of the whole mess, when you finally finish your first-year's Tetris exercise of fitting it all in there. Then, try like hell to remember where you stored the photo.

Classic WinterDeere move is to get it all figured out after two hours of wasted effort in/out with each piece of equipment, just to forget the arrangement by the following fall.

wolc123 · May 20, 2024

WinterDeere said:
If your memory is anything like mine, you'll do well to take a picture of the whole mess, when you finally finish your first-year's Tetris exercise of fitting it all in there. Then, try like hell to remember where you stored the photo.

Classic WinterDeere move is to get it all figured out after two hours of wasted effort in/out with each piece of equipment, just to forget the arrangement by the following fall.

Probably a good idea. I’ve got a bunch of junk stacked up in one corner that I hope to be able to get sorted out before winter. If I do, I should have plenty of room did everything. Not sure where or if I’ll find the time for that though.

I’m hoping not to have to store my corn planted on the west end of my woodshed, but might have to if I don’t get that other stuff sorted out. Having the planter in the woodshed will complicate the job of retrieving wood to burn in the house over the winter.

5030 · May 20, 2024

My main tractor building is a Clearspan Truss arch building, 100 feet long x 48 feet wide x 16 feet high at the highest point with a 10 x 14 foot overhead door at one end and a man door at the other end. I also have a heated and cooled 6 stall shop attached to my machine shop and I keep my tractors in there all winter. Finally. I have a 80 foot x 40 foot hip roof barn for bale storage (and cats) and all the implements. I can put a tractor trailer in the Clearspan, no issue and I do.

kozal01 · May 20, 2024

Yes! Finally I do! Well, almost. Still working on the roof but the storms here are keeping me grounded. So far for the price this Arrow Carport is pretty nice. Put down crushed concrete as the base, learned some nice lessons leveling it with my box blade. Fun project.

Even got my girlfriend to help out!

oldballs · May 20, 2024

kozal01 said:
Yes! Finally I do! Well, almost. Still working on the roof but the storms here are keeping me grounded. So far for the price this Arrow Carport is pretty nice. Put down crushed concrete as the base, learned some nice lessons leveling it with my box blade. Fun project. View attachment 871382 View attachment 871383 View attachment 871385

Even got my girlfriend to help out!

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Keep us informed of your progress.......might want to have an Aarow myself....except my girlfriend is 91 YO.......

Cheers,
Mike

kozal01 · May 21, 2024

oldballs said:
Keep us informed of your progress.......might want to have an Aarow myself....except my girlfriend is 91 YO.......
Cheers,
Mike

I will. Going to try to finish the roof before the storms tonight.

kozal01 · May 26, 2024

oldballs said:
Keep us informed of your progress.......might want to have an Aarow myself....except my girlfriend is 91 YO.......
Cheers,
Mike

Finally finished up this week. Between storms, wind and work it took me longer than it should. Overall I like the Arrow, but the price does show in some ways, especially the roofing. The roof sections were only 4' long so there were a lot of panels which meant lots of playing with alignment and overlaps which need sealing. The kit came with butyl tape but balancing my fat a$$ on the top of an 8' step ladder (really needed a 10') and trying to keep everything aligned plus run the tape made for a frustrating endeavor. Got some heavy rain today, I have one leak and of course it was right over my seat!