Implement Shed

[Coyote machine]

Nice job Lloyd,

Snow flies around your neck of the woods when? Next week or two?
Is that a custom rig on the back of the Kioti - looks like a rear pallet fork setup?
As I reply I don't have the pics available to reference, but I was wondering if you could let light in the front via a transom type window above your doors, and skip the translucent panels?
Or you could use acrylic blocks to create a transom effect...
Just a thought.

 

[Lloyd_E]

Coyote

The carry all on the back is custom. See this thread: www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/137599-logging-hitch-11.html

We could of had snow the other night, 3 degrees Celsius - 35 Fahrenheit.

I am really trying to use up materials to build the implement shed - so the need for custom built stuff is on hold. Hoping this will be a quick job. The door options that everyone has
posted certainly has me thinking now.

lloyd

 

[czechsonofagun]

Lloyd, thanks for explanation, I had no clue

In my old country we are of course metric all the way. In specific applications you could find differently - like seat belt anchoring bolt used to be one of the Whitworth threads to make sure shade tree mechanic does not replace it with common bolt. Not sure, how is it now when Skoda is part of Volkswagen.

 

[RobertBrown]

We got a great start on the shed. What you see took us 4 hours to build.


Nice work, wish I had one, If you built it where I live it you would have to have an architect seal drawings, get a permit, and at least two inspections. Did you have plans or is it from a kit? Are you going to have any electric?
4 Hours?
It would have taken me for hours to get the tools set up and the wood cut. How much help did you have?
Are you going to to use any simpson fasteners, wind straps, ground anchors?

 

[Lloyd_E]

Robert B.

No plans but lots of reference from TBN. No power simply a shed to store the implements.

Anything under 218 sq ft. You don't need a building permit or stamp here. Anything over 800 sq ft you do. I will tie roof to top plate. And tie into ground.


Lloyd

 

[PA hayseed]

Thanks guys for the support.

All limber is band saw milled and true to size: a full 2"x6", 2"x4", 2"x8" etc.
The posts are a full 4"x4". We air nailed together to hold and I re-spiked with longer galvanized spikes/nails.


PA... somewhere on TBN some one did this shelf thing. The idea is to place the rake and back blade on the shelf with forks. The shelf will be 2x10" x10' joists/span with angle bracing on the sides with 2x4 as decking with 1" spacing between deck boards. Hopefully this will be strong enough to hold the rake and blade - they will be in separate bays not together on one shelf. They will be high enough to allow the bush hog to be backed in underneath. The snow blower will sit in front in the other bay.

lloyd

Thanks for answering my question, I can see the application better mentally now. I am in total agreement with you on replicating the things the old timers did. Their stuff is largely still standing. Fact is I live in a 100 year old house, and it has been hit by high winds numerous times. I had it picked up and moved last year, and the sill plates were 4-6 inches thick and 10-12 inches wide.

I think you got it right with getting the wood from a mill. No en-gun-eer is going to convince me that a new 2x4 is as strong as an old real 2x4. The growth rings alone will tell you they new ones are junk scraps of trees. The old ones from my house had rings tighter than ...well I can't use that expression on this site.

Thanks again for the info. Good luck with your shed.

 

[GreenLawnFarm]

looks nice. don't forget a fire estingisher.

 

[Lloyd_E]

GLF,

A fire extinguisher is a good idea and I keep forgetting to buy a bunch to place in my numerous buildings. I also should get one for the tractor too. How many of you guys mount them to your tractor?

PA, The wood we get from the local building supply stores is junk. I am trying to buy from as many small(band saw) operations as I can find. Their wood is cheaper or about the same in price but the quality is better and you can negotiate on the price a bit depending on volume. Also you can order specific sizes if need be. One local guy I use has been milling pine boards almost clear - up to 21" wide by 10'-12' long and an 1"&1/8" thick. I told him I would take as much as he can give me. I do reproduction furniture and one product I build is wide plank harvest tables - wonderful to have a table almost 4"wide by 8' or 10' long with a two board top.


lloyd

 

[2manyrocks]

Yes, real wood. Not matchstick lumber. And the money spent actually goes to somebody you know that worked for it. I bandsawed some lumber with a friend a couple of years ago. Those logs don't just jump on the bandsaw by themselves and the boards don't jump off the bandsaw onto your truck, either.

 

[Donkey Shade Farm]

Good job Lloyd. Can't wait to see the implement shelf pics. I have room in the barn for what I have, but lined up on the barn floor and the one I need is usually in the back! The shelf would make it easier to access and free up some floor space for more implements.

 

[PA hayseed]

GLF,


PA, The wood we get from the local building supply stores is junk. I am trying to buy from as many small(band saw) operations as I can find. Their wood is cheaper or about the same in price but the quality is better and you can negotiate on the price a bit depending on volume. Also you can order specific sizes if need be. One local guy I use has been milling pine boards almost clear - up to 21" wide by 10'-12' long and an 1"&1/8" thick. I told him I would take as much as he can give me. I do reproduction furniture and one product I build is wide plank harvest tables - wonderful to have a table almost 4"wide by 8' or 10' long with a two board top.


lloyd

Shoulda known you did woodworking as soon as you mentioned a mill. I imagine those growth rings are nice and tight on those boards too.

Do you kiln dry or air dry your lumber? I would imagine as far north as you are you probably kiln dry them. I've been to Nova Scotia once, in what we call springtime. It was a little chilly up there for spring. Nice people up there, took me and my friends for a little ride sightseeing. Couldn't believe people were swimming, but to each his own.

 

[Lloyd_E]

PA,

There is a small company down the road that does specialty mill work. They will kiln dry your lumber for a price but I usually store mine up stairs in my shop - stickered and air dry it. Some of our lumber yards sell air dried and kiln dried wood in outdoor buildings with open doors etc. I figure the kiln dried stuff will eventually get to the air dried moisture content if left long enough - less purchase turnover. Some day I should take my moisture meter along for the trip to test just for the fun of it.

I am planning to build a greenhouse on the side of my work shop. This will be used as a solar kiln as well as a green house and a solar source of heat for the workshop. Rough measurements are 12'wide by 22' long - length of building.

It is a rare sight to see me swimming here. Usually late Sept or early Oct after we have several hurricanes blow up some warm water from down south(USA) via the gulf stream will I attempt to get in. I have been in the salt water in mid-october but usually never much before and that goes for lake swimming as well. My Caribbean trips spoiled me.

lloyd

 

[Lloyd_E]

Been busy with lots of little projects before winter sets in.

Managed to get the roof and battens on. I will trim tar paper and flash facia with aluminum.
Still need to lay landscape fabric and gravel before putting implements in.

Doors are "quick and dirty" and roughly in place - need to build another set plus one more shelf on right side. Each shelf will have a thin sheet of ply added... because I have some laying around. Also the front of the 2x4s on shelf will have a facia board added to tie them together.

One of the little projects was a carry-all for the back of tractor. Another "quick and dirty"
job - the base is a decent hardwood pallet.

Lloyd

 

[Lloyd_E]

Started to load implements in. Still need to build other doors and lay gravel but everything will JUST fit.

Lloyd