Minimum Shed

[tradosaurus]

We installed a metal building large enough so we could drive our tractor underneath without having to put the ROPS down each time.

 

[K5lwq]

This cost me $800 in materials. 12x12.. You can do something similar and it be free standing if you put some posts in the ground if you don't have an existing structure to come off of..

Atsah, what did you put on the ground in your shed? Looks effective.

 

[atsah]

Atsah, what did you put on the ground in your shed? Looks effective.

I dug it down three feet, removed all the clay, put a foot of one inch gravel and then foundation foam and then filled it with 1/2 inch gravel and compacted it. On top of that and directly under the tractor I laid out rolled roofing..

It's the only piece of ground that never is effected by frost of my property, and no rust on any equipment I put in there..

 

[K5lwq]

I dug it down three feet, removed all the clay, put a foot of one inch gravel and then foundation foam and then filled it with 1/2 inch gravel and compacted it. On top of that and directly under the tractor I laid out rolled roofing..

It's the only piece of ground that never is effected by frost of my property, and no rust on any equipment I put in there..

Very nice! Gives me some good ideas. Thanks for sharing!

 

[atsah]

Very nice! Gives me some good ideas. Thanks for sharing!

You wouldn't need to go as extreme as I did if you are doing it in TX, our problem in ME is four feet of frost on anything uncovered, so I figured three feet was perfect covered..

 

[bridge4]

This cost me $800 in materials. 12x12.. You can do something similar and it be free standing if you put some posts in the ground if you don't have an existing structure to come off of..

That's a nice shed! How did you attach to the existing building? I want to do something like this off of my shipping container.

 

[atsah]

That's a nice shed! How did you attach to the existing building? I want to do something like this off of my shipping container.

I ran a 4x6 the length of the existing shed (a 2x6 would be plenty) and ran the 2x6's for the roof off of it, I installed angle iron brackets from each 2x6 to the 4x6. 2x6's 16 on center, I used strapping to screw the metal roofing to..

If I did it again I would use 1/2inch plywood, it would have been easier to screw down the roofing and would have cut the rain noise, if it's raining hard it's really loud under there..

 

[rangerfredbob]

I built a 12'X20' lean to attached to an existing shed, cost me $500ish in materials since I found the metal roofing used for $50... Here's a construction picture, attached to the original shed by lag bolting a 2x6 to the studs.

 

[atsah]

I built a 12'X20' lean to attached to an existing shed, cost me $500ish in materials since I found the metal roofing used for $50... Here's a construction picture, attached to the original shed by lag bolting a 2x6 to the studs.

Basically what I did.. Cheap and effective...