Step by step photos of new garage

[patrick_g]

Roger, How far ahead are you booked?


You said, "I still get a kick out of what sub-compac tractors will do."


I had my heavy equipment guys out for a couple days of dozer and articulated loader work and once again my favorite operator was commenting on how surprising it was to see what I could do with my Kubota CUT. He says, " How much HP that thing got, about 60 or 80?"

I just smiled and said, "Almost 40." Apparently there are little tractors and there are "L I T T L E T R A C T O R S"

You look to have the KNACK with your CUT. I do OK but when it comes to BIG work I have learned to step aside and let the bug guys get at it. It could easily take me a 40-50 hours to do what a D-6 Cat can do easily in a day, including unloading, loading, delivery time etc.

I have an area in which I am contemplating an erosion control structure (a pond for controlling erosion) which is estimated to require moving about 8-10 thousand cubic yards of dirt and will have a dam with a maximum height of about 30 feet. I don't think I want to do the heavy lifting myself.

I am currently doing a small stock watering pond (about 2500 yds of dirt) by dozer. I was there and did a few things with the Kubota but less than 5%, only where it made sense.

Pat

 

[roermo]

Patrick: your right about the right size tool for the right job. I have a good friend that works for cat dealer and he keeps telling me I do not have a d6 or a backhoe. But we both get a kick out of what it does do. When it came time to square up the large whole I dug for the grage and get some space to work around the forms and dig the footing, I brought in the big boys and got it done for less than 300.

Thanks for the note. Good luck with your project. Do you get to operate the big stuff?

Roger

 

[roermo]

Put up some finishing touches in the garage tonight. I was getting ready to shut off the lights tonight when the 1st picture caught my eye. What more can you ask for a tractor and beer light. The picture does not show how good the light shines through the sign the flash deems it. Then the phone and tv is a nice added touch.

Just thought I would share some of the more fun things I am doing that is not real tough work but adds some class.

Roger

 

[patrick_g]

Patrick:
Thanks for the note. Good luck with your project. Do you get to operate the big stuff?

Roger

I got plenty of seat time in a 10 wheel dump truck and a BobCat with 500lb hydraulic chisel. I got a few minutes in a small Cat and may get a chance at a lot more seat time in a D-6 or bigger. A pond design we are struggling with has an estimated 8-10,000 cubic yard dirt moving requirement and the dozer operator wants a second dozer on the job. I am the candidate operator. He would do the stuff requiring experience and I would basically mindlessly push dirt from where he leaves it to where he wants it leaving the shaping and "brain work" to him.

Here is a picture from my second story bathroom of the D-6 parked in my front yard right now and you can see the fresh dirt were it was used. I was operating my tractor while he did the dozer.

Pat

 

[roermo]

We had our 1st snow ice mix here in Hannibal Mo. Now my garage is paying off big time keeping my truck and tractor out of the weather. I have been waiting to play in the snow and plow my drive for the 1st time. Yes I still had the deck on because I had just cut the yard a week ago and mulched the leafs. That is Missouri for ya. I wanted to take the deck down to the basement garage but the snow came before I got it there, so I plowed my path to get to the lower garage. So I store the tractor, blade and bucket in the new garage and keep it warm using a propane gas ventless heater when working in the workshop area. Got to love a garage and warm tractor on a snowy day.

 

[patrick_g]

So I store the tractor, blade and bucket in the new garage and keep it warm using a propane gas ventless heater when working in the workshop area. Got to love a garage and warm tractor on a snowy day.

Roermo, not to "RAIN" on your parade but the ventless heaters sure do add gobs and gobs of humidity to the air which should surely encourage our old enemy RUST. Warm humid storage for tools and equipment is not typically a good thing.

Vent free heaters get maybe 10-15% more heat/$ vs direct vent so far as fuel costs go but you may have collateral damage to rustable metal. If you get considerable condensation you might have worse problems than just rust.

When you heat the interior while you are there you may or may not notice any interior condensation, at lest while the space is warm. When you shut the heat off and the room cools then the air will condense out moisture (dew) on cool surfaces.

Pat

 

[roermo]

Pat thanks for the reply, I had read here about the water condensation from this type of heat and did not give it much thought. You are right, the glass on the doors have beads of moisture on them. The floor has stayed dry, except for the snowmelt. I had this heater from my river camp and the tank too. It was or is a stopgap until I can afford an all in one electric unit. I hope some time next year before the cooling season. I had wanted to put in a wood stove but two national insurance companies said no no no woodstove in a garage. So I went with what was free. I never thought about the tools etc getting condensation. I will have to keep an eye out.

But it sure is nice to go out and work on projects and watch then snow fly, open the door and start up the tractor and head out to play and have a nice warm place to come back to.

Roger

 

[patrick_g]

Pat thanks for the reply, I had read here about the water condensation from this type of heat and did not give it much thought. You are right, the glass on the doors have beads of moisture on them. The floor has stayed dry, except for the snowmelt. I had this heater from my river camp and the tank too. It was or is a stopgap until I can afford an all in one electric unit. I hope some time next year before the cooling season. I had wanted to put in a wood stove but two national insurance companies said no no no woodstove in a garage. So I went with what was free. I never thought about the tools etc getting condensation. I will have to keep an eye out.

But it sure is nice to go out and work on projects and watch then snow fly, open the door and start up the tractor and head out to play and have a nice warm place to come back to.

Roger

Roger, A heated shop is a glorious thing and I hope you end up with a satisfactory solution before getting any serious moisture problems. My sister insisted on getting a vent free gas log in her new house. They always open a window a little for fresh air.

Gee, who knows, since the unit depletes the oxygen in the room and that retards rusting, maybe that will help offset the rust boosting effects of the moisture.

Just kidding, the oxygen depletion will be fixed by infiltration in a while after the heat is shut down but the moisture will linger on after condensing on things.

Pat

 

[gemini5362]

Roger, A heated shop is a glorious thing

Pat

Says the man with the HUGE heated shop/garage

 

[Lynkage]

Roger

I used a heat/cold window unit in my smaller shop (20X25 wood shop) you might be able to do the same. I put mine through the wall. It works very well in both extremes. Maybe this would work for you.