New Implement Shed

[nickel plate]

What a great project! Your own trees, your own sawmill producing your own timbers and board stock. I do have a question/suggestion: Does the verticle siding have a lap or T&G edge? If not and they are in fact just square butted, are you or should I say please batt (1x3, 1x4 verticle battens) at each butt joint. This proceedure will require a lot of horizontal nailing/blocking but years out-way worth it. You stated that the used tree stock was dying-dead but how dry are-were the boards after milling? You might want to wait as long as the warm weather cycles to air dry the nailed siding and then batt the joints before your wet and cold weather sets in. Please keep up this thread, we want to see the tractor in it's bay and your implements on the other side. Good job.

 

[damartin]

I got some trees cut and milled this weekend with the help of my neighbor and brother in law. I now have enough boards to finish the shed, just need the time to do it. I took some pictures showing the work that we did last weekend and the tree cutting/milling this weekend. We also spread the stones for the floor with the FEL and now the shed it is actually usable. The tractor is now in it's new home but I didn't put the impliments in yet. I got to use the Tajfun winch to haul the 6 Hemlock trees up a very steep hill and it worked very well. The heaviest log that I hauled up the hill was 29" at the butt end and 30' long. I am amazed that the winch can haul that up a steep hill with my small John Deere 790 tractor as the power source. Nickel Plate, the boards aren't butted, they are overlapped 1/2" on each side in/out/in/out so they can shrink alot without exposing any gaps. My wife took a short video of the winch hauling a log up the hill but I'm not sure I can post it due to it's size. If anyone knows how to post the video let me know.

 

[sld]

Man, that is awesome!

Harvesting and cutting your own wood to size is just too cool.

As a woodworker, I am just hoping you don't douse the whole thing with used tranny fluid. What did you decide for a stain / sealer?

 

[netwayne]

That shed is coming along really nice. Like the color of the metal roof. We have that same color scheme going on with a new barn put up. Our roof is metal and cranberry colored. We are going to do some cranberry trim paint as well but right now we have painted our fascia the exterior paint color (light beige) but now looking at your berry colored fascia......hmmm might have to change it.

Anyway, nice job with your project. Looks great!!

 

[FxdGrMind]

Awsome project!!! I'm completely GREEN with envy and my tractor is Kubota Orange....

If you don't mind my asking, what did the mill set you back and how much for the 3pt.winch/tree dragger?

Love the look!

 

[theboman]

I'd love a mill!! They are affordable too. I want a Wood-Mizer, BAD! Check out the Forest Forum for lots of info. http://www.forestryforum.com/index.php

I haven't started my shed yet...it's gonna be soon! Got the spot nearly ready. Most the poles are cut. I just need to get my butt in gear..BTW, the darn $7k engine is being put in my truck now....going on 7 weeks...

BO-DADDY was a sawmill man

 

[studor]

Very Nice!
I was wondering about your technique of overlapping (In-out) and why you chose that over a board and batten approach. Do you fasten the boards to each other at all or just to the stringers? When I bought my place one of the outbuilding had been built with green lumber butted tight - after a year it had some fairly large gaps that we covered with battens. I am just about to close in the back of an old barn and looking at your pictures has me thinking

 

[Builder]

Thanks for the comments, I didn't get any pictures this weekend but maybe I'll get some next weekend. We got the gable end finished and about 1/3 of the back side, including a door and 1 window. We also wired in a few recepticals and lights. Eddie I want to mention that I read most of your creating a lake thread and enjoyed it very much.
I am totally out of siding boards now and I guess I'll be cutting trees this weekend and getting them ready to be milled. The tree cutting and milling is the fun part for me so I'm looking forward to it. I don't know if I'll seal the wood or not, from what I have read the Hemlock will do well with no sealer as long as it doesn't touch the ground. I also read somewere on the internet that used transmission fluid will do well to preserve the wood. Any opinions?
Thanks again for the comments and I'll try to get a few pictures this weekend.

Great job.

I remember cutting down 20 walnut trees on a property I owned and sawmilling them into hardwood flooring. We even made dowel pegs with shims. Nothing's cooler than building something with wood taken from your own land!

On preserving the wood, you could spray it with anything from linseed oil to CWF. There's a ton of choices. Just put it in a pump sprayer and flood the wood then roll it out smooth real quick with a paint roller & extension handle. One thing Iwould encourage is to let the wood "season" a little so the water dries out of it. Vertical baords never hold water for long, so as long as your rake fascia covers the top edges of the boards and you keep them up at least 6-8" off the ground, that will help. If possible, treat the tips and the backs before installing.

 

[Builder]

Very Nice!
I was wondering about your technique of overlapping (In-out) and why you chose that over a board and batten approach. Do you fasten the boards to each other at all or just to the stringers? When I bought my place one of the outbuilding had been built with green lumber butted tight - after a year it had some fairly large gaps that we covered with battens. I am just about to close in the back of an old barn and looking at your pictures has me thinking

The board/batten approach allows the edges of the wood to shrink/expand and if 1x2 furring strips are placed behind the boards, it allows use of 3/4" rigid styrofaom insulation for additional R values.

 

[damartin]

SLD I will probably wait a few years before I seal the wood, I don't know what I'll use for a sealer. I hear that Hemlock weathers well without any sealer especialy when it is installed vertically. The saw mill is a Timber King B20 and It cost a little less than 17,000 used, it is a 2002 model. There are many used models that are less money but I wanted all hydraulic controls in order to save my back. There is no specific reason that I overlapped the boards other than I like the way it looks. I nailed the inner boards in the center and tried to catch the edge of the inner boards when nailing the outer boards at their edges. The boards were still very green when nailed in place and so far there is no problem with splitting due to shrinking while drying.
Builder I removed a Walnut tree by the roots to make room for the shed, I plan to mill the root ball to get some nice burl wood. Thanks for all the comments and for the good information that I have been getting from this site.