New Carport

   / New Carport #21  
As someone else said, the cost of me installing it was only like $75 less, worth the money for me.

I went with extra bracing on mine, I also added a foot of height and went with the heavier wall tubing, mine was a cardinal, ended up being $1000 I think.

Of course a month or so after buying it, we lost the land we were renting and I had the pleasure of moving it. (see AlB's house rework on Projects thread) it was not that bad, but I sure wish I had not had too do it. :)

I would highly reccomend them.
 
   / New Carport #22  
Champy said:
Mine is fully enclosed with rollup door; window; and walk in door. Base size is 20x26(?) with an 8'x10' door opening to get my JD990 inside. In addition to the rebar I also added the big screw in mobile home anchors along each side. This Fall I reinforced the roofline where it meets the side wall because of high winds hitting the building sideways caused the roof to constantly chatter.

Champy,

Thats a nice looking setup you have!

What did that set you back?

Stu
 
   / New Carport #23  
PSDStu - Here is an excerpt from my prior thread......

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/101201-new-home-my-990-a.html


Started with a basic setup from All-Steel Carports, then enclosed all the sides and cut in and mounted the doors and windows using low-rent mobile home type hardware. The normal wall height is 5' so I had to upgrade to get the 8' clearance for the 8'x10' rollup door (which goes up nicely and tucks out of the way leaving a lot of room inside) with a rough price of ~$3800. I had some quotes for a pole-barn that started at $10k-12k for the same size building so decided to go this way. Added mobile home anchors that are bolted on the inside steel frame and drilled into the ground about 3' deep. By the way, putting up one of those rollup doors is a real back-breaker since you lift the whole assembly (rolled up) to the header to mount it on brackets.........sweated that one.

One added benefit of this approach is that the county building inspectors don't require you to get a building permit, and this type of construction is considered a "temporary" building (no fixed foundation/footers) = no property taxes applied. Also it will allow me to actually move the building if we ever wanted to at a later date.........which also eliminated a lot of hassles with the Mrs. regarding deciding exactly where to put the building.
 
   / New Carport #24  
Dmace,

I'm in Brookfield and would appreciate the name & number for the local reseller.

Bob
 
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#25  
Hey Bob,

My local reseller is A1 Auto and RV sales in Rochester, NH. They have one setup outside their shop on Route 125. PM me if you want to stop by and check it out in person. I am right off of Route 16.
 
   / New Carport #26  
Bird said:
As for snow load, let's see if this link will take you directly to the right photo. They can handle the load. quote]

Although there's no light weight guys on that roof it only represents about 8 pounds per square foot.
Snow loads for manufactured housing designed for Wakefield N.H. are 35 pounds per square foot. I'd get a design spec in writing. That said, I've seen these even further north in N.H. & they seem to hold up well. As for enclosing the sides, I'd also get a wind loading spec before covering. MikeD74T
 
   / New Carport #27  
I had one of these installed about five years ago. Had the heavier frame which added a foot of height, set on RR ties. With one extra sheet of metal on each side, total was about $1000 installed. I have since added metal to enclose both sides, about 1/3 of the east end & 1/2 of the west end. I keep two narrow front tractors & part of my garden tractors & attachments in it. Have been very satisfied with it! ~~ grnspot110
 
   / New Carport #28  
Bird said:
As for snow load, let's see if this link will take you directly to the right photo. They can handle the load.
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Between the weight of the carport and the anchors on each side, it's going to take a pretty tough wind to move one.

For Info, Bird and anyone else in snow/wind areas: The photo Bird linked to show 15 guys on the roof of an 18x21 unit. At 250 # each that's only 3750# total, roughly equal to a 10 psf snow load. Most areas require a higher psf capability. At my 8300' altitude in Colorado, I need 65 psf. That would be 24570# on that same 18x21 carport, or 98 guys at 250# each.

The moral of the tale is: Check it out - If you live in a snow zone get a guaranty from the manufacturer as to what load it is designed for. Same thing for wind. I built my home for 75 psf snow load and 110 mph winds.

Dick Thomas
 
   / New Carport #29  
Hey Dick, I live just north of Dallas. I think our carport had a inch of snow on it once.:D So what do I know about snow load?:rolleyes: I certainly don't disagree with your numbers, but it seems to me that your calculations took the total weight of those people and spread it evenly over the entire carport, when in reality each person's weight was concentrated on one square foot or so; i.e., that person's two feet. And then of course, other parts of the carport had no weight on them at all. How would that alter your calculations, if at all?
 
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#30  
By calculating the total load on the roof (including roofing material) and averaging that over the entire roof area, you are really only figuring the total average load on the framing of the structure which is how Dead Load is calculated. If you want to calculate dynamic live load for the roofing material, then you would take the load (person) divided by the area (1sq.ft. for feet) and that is the load on that concentrated area which is basically how snow load (Live Load) is calculated.

I saw the installer walking on that metal roofing in between supports and it didn't budge, so I know it is strong. Plus loading the roof panels which are one piece (4ft by 21ft), just one guy picked it up in the middle and the flex was unnoticeable.

I will put some pics up today or tomorrow since it has 9" of pretty heavy snow on it now. Boy is it nice not cleaning off the truck or all the snow that would be in the bed.
 

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