My first project with the BX25

[asylum575]

Jay,

The landowners garage in a box will be on sale for $249 on Friday as part of the Black Friday sale. The link is posted above, if not, if you look at the "related Topics" threads, someone started the sale thread and posted a link.

Dataway,
So much for global warming.

 

[Tractor Factor]

Having said that, I can't picture these units as being anything but a temporary solution for protected storage in areas with severe weather.

Well, that's basically the way I'm looking at it, but...I know a guy just a few miles from here who has had one up for about 5 years now, and it's still going strong. He's in a very windy spot...so much so that he had a $56,000 wind turbine installed last year at the high point of his 95 acres. Wouldn't you know it, New York State (which, I think, is $3 billion in the red, paid half the cost of it!

 

[jaybrad]

Jay,

The landowners garage in a box will be on sale for $249 on Friday as part of the Black Friday sale. The link is posted above, if not, if you look at the "related Topics" threads, someone started the sale thread and posted a link.

Doh! I even responded to part of that thread and didn't see the link.

Thanks.

 

[RobJ]

Still looks like it's under a tarp!!

But a lot nicer now. Will it hold up to the snow?

Rob

 

[jaybrad]

Tractor Factor (or others),

How tall is the door opening? The online specs show 12 x 20 x 8, but I'm assuming that means to the peak?

You also mentioned adding heat and lights. Got any clever ideas for doing that?

Thanks,
Jay

 

[asylum575]

If you look at the pictures from the first post, you can see that the Rops are down. The backhoe isn't mounted on the BX that's in the shed. I'm wondering if the BH will fit pinned in place.

 

[jaybrad]

Yeah, I saw that. It's hard for me to guess how much clearance there is at the door entry.

I hesitate to say this in a Kubota forum, but I have a "different" brand that also has a backhoe. So I'm trying to figure out if this would work with my (red) tractor.

Jay

 

[Tractor Factor]

I think it's 6'4" to the door, so the ROPS does have to be folded down...a small inconvenience, really. That's also about the height of the side walls, so there's no limitation walking around inside (as long as you're under that ).

I took the backhoe off in order to bring it somewhere to have some welding done on the bucket to accomodate the Markham toothbar. With the backhoe on the tractor is 14' long and the shed is 20'. So, approximately 3 feet extra in both the front and back when parked in the center.

I've put up a string of lights we use occasionally in my construction business, (5) 100W rough service bulbs suspended from the ridge pole with some long cable ties. I may bury a permanent electric line eventually, but for now power is from a heavy duty 100 foot extension cord...whatever works. I've got a small kerosene salamander heater which should work ok to take the chill off when it's cold enough to warrant it.

And, yeah, a heavy snow may be a bit of a problem. Besides the end wall/rafter steel support members there's only two additional, which makes for a span of about 6 1/2 feet. Two nights ago there was an inch of heavy, wet snow sitting on the roof, causing a bit of a sag. While it wasn't a problem, it made me wonder how much of a total load that tarp could hold between the rafters. Anyway, I knocked the snow off from the inside with a wide broom before I went to bed.

I may try to add an additional rafter member between the existing ones, maybe out of some cheap 1x3s, in order to cut down on the span a bit. Only problem with that is I also will have to add a vertical wall "stud" to the ground for every extra rafter, as the horizontal framing members aren't designed to carry any weight on their own.

 

[jaybrad]

I think it's 6'4" to the door, so the ROPS does have to be folded down...a small inconvenience, really. That's also about the height of the side walls, so there's no limitation walking around inside (as long as you're under that ).

<el snippo>

And, yeah, a heavy snow may be a bit of a problem. Besides the end wall/rafter steel support members there's only two additional, which makes for a span of about 6 1/2 feet. Two nights ago there was an inch of heavy, wet snow sitting on the roof, causing a bit of a sag. While it wasn't a problem, it made me wonder how much of a total load that tarp could hold between the rafters. Anyway, I knocked the snow off from the inside with a wide broom before I went to bed.

Hmmm, last winter we "enjoyed" ~ 120" of snow, including several storms where we got a foot of very heavy, wet snow.

My son is the engineer in our family who would figure how much weight a 6 1/2' span would need to hold. Since he's not here, I'd just say that it's, "a lot."

Seems like I've seen others that have a support every 3-4', but I haven't measured to be sure.

In any case, there's a reason why TSC is able to sell these for $250 when others cost about double that. I doubt that it is because the nice folks at TSC are willing to lose money so we can keep our equipment under cover....

 

[Tractor Factor]

In any case, there's a reason why TSC is able to sell these for $250 when others cost about double that.

Well, we also get about that much snow here. I'll let you know how I made out next spring...,maybe sooner.