Buying Advice What should I consider?

[archwoodholding]

https://maps.yahoo.com/place/?lat=4...r Creek Dr Akron, OH 44306 3933 United States


Here's a satellite picture of the property

It would be a great idea if it could be done just don't see how with way parking is set up and "driveway" is the flatter area down middle. The creek runs thru the trees on left behind buildings. As you look at this the road is steep to the right.

 

[LD1]

Looks like a good spot for a storage shed is there on the left between the first and second building.

By the time the creek is gonna cause you issues, you will have bigger issues to worry about as two of the buildings on the left are gonna be gone.

 

[archwoodholding]

That area floods everytime we get a heavy rain as does the small area at the tip of the map (behind dumpsters) as the creek wraps around back there. Many of the trees on either bank are being undercut such that the roots are visible 3-4' back under the trunk of trees on the banks just hanging in mid-air all the soil washed from them. Sooner or later one is going to hit a building or a person.

 

[archwoodholding]

If you look along drive way and that area is my mail boxes I have a parking lot drain at each end of the mailboxes and one near street. When water comes down that creek those things turn into 4' - 5' fountains of creek water and have lifted the heavy steel covers and tossed them aside.

 

[vince2]

Have you considered a covered trailer and park an ATV and other snow removal equipment in it? Weather forecasts usually give you ample warning and you take the trailer with equipment out to the location while the weather is decent. When the snow is gone, put the trailer with equipment in a secure place.

 

[archwoodholding]

That may actually be a very simple solution worth more attention. Thanks!

 

[paulfun9]

How much or should I say how deep is the flooding? Could it be possible to use some heavy rocks to build up an area so that a shed and its contents wont be affected by the flooding?

 

[archwoodholding]

I thought about that a few years back but would be like building a garage on stilts and then building a ramp to get stuff in and out etc... Not to mention when the creek swells up and over its banks it's moving at a fair clip and thru there so could undermine a foundation pretty easy based on the 200-300lb boulders it tosses down the creek like marbles. I've never done much construction of any degree in areas where you know it's far less than ideal. Without someone with more knowledge and experience than I putting an eyeball and a pencil to it, I wouldn't risk the expense on the structure or the equipment its likely to have in it. The City needs to build a containment pond or something upstream to limit this flooding and the speed that the water flows down the creek ... If they were to do that I'd be willing to risk it.

 

[TJP89]

Have you considered a covered trailer and park an ATV and other snow removal equipment in it? Weather forecasts usually give you ample warning and you take the trailer with equipment out to the location while the weather is decent. When the snow is gone, put the trailer with equipment in a secure place.

This is the best idea I've seem yet for this problem

 

[bspeedy]

How about a cabbed tractor that can be road driven to the parking lot? Cab tractor with an angle blade can move a lot of snow in a hurry. Doesn't help your sidewalk situation...

 

[archwoodholding]

Thanks for the comment. Please don't take this as mean spirited or me just poking holes. I've convinced myself on larger things than this that there is only one way to do something only to discover I was wrong. If I already had tractor with cab it may be a viable option.

Feasibly and physically it's not a good fit. First the closest storage or marshaling area I own is 10 miles from here. Cab or no cab is be on slick snow covered roads with others, that also relegates me or one of my employees to jump on the thing and drive it there to clear the the lot at all times of day or night with more down time and fuel consumption in travel than clearing barring the danger of traffic etc...

Next comes expense of the tractor and maintenance. My main problem when it comes to the parking lot is being able not to inflict thousands of dollars asphalt damage due to to sloped surface on one side.

I like keeping equipment on site some how but even if it's the on site manager or a crew I send during the night, having the right tool is far more important than a shed of tools in my experience. Cutting time is saving money on walks etc... and if it's me whose doing the labor it's saving my body and that of anyone else's which saves on downtime, injuries, and doctor expenses.