Thanks Jim, still seem to use more storage space, never have enough

 

I wondered that as well. I got the engineering drawings the other day. But there were some mistakes in it. So, they are back at it fixing the issues. I still need to review the drawings some more to see if they missed anything else.

I was talking with a friend that is with a huge John Deere dealership in Nebraska. He said last year at one point sales were down 25%, Now they are so busy they can't keep up with demand. They can't get all the parts they need to build the equipment.
On a good note, I see that you can actually buy some ammunition online now. It looks like the manufactures are starting to catch up with demand there. I was in Bass Pro Shop a few weeks ago and they didn't even have an ammo aisle. They were reusing that space so the shelves weren't empty.

 

Crazy most of these shops, garages or barns a twice as big as my house.
My little garage in Germany 😉.

My garage.

 

Wow! That is a tight space to work in.

 

Joe,

Any progress on the shop?

I've signed for a 30' x 40' Pole barn back in May. Hope it will be built by February. See attached.

 

I got a call from them on Monday and things are moving. They said the materials might be delivered by Sept 5th. I doubt that date is accurate though.
We will see.

 

I understand. 7 months lead time for the shop and 4-6 months wait to have a well drilled. First driller backed out because he couldn't get casing.

 

Glad to hear there is movement!

 

I received a materials list on Friday. They say the delivery date will be Tuesday Sept 7th. I had a couple of questions. Hopefully they will respond Monday. I haven't seen the final engineering drawings. Although, the only change I needed from the last set was to indicate it was residential and not commercial.

Now I need to measure my pad and start planning out the build. Another company (Great Western Buildings) has some great videos on putting up a building. So I have been watching lots of those. One video has a list of tools needed. Here are my notes from that:Tools Need for building install

· 100 ft Tape measure
· Rotary Impact Drill
· Spirit Level
· Magnetic level (5ft, couple of smaller levels)
· Standard crowbar
· Two Part Epoxy (door jambs, non load bearing bolts)
· Reciprocating Saw
· Pop rivet gun – electric if there are lots of rivets to do
· Spud wrenches
· Tool bags that you can take up the ladder
· Standard Drill
o 9/16 bit

o Step bit

o ¼ bit

o 3/16 bit

o 9/64 bit (for pop rivets)

· Box wrenches
Crescent wrench
· Impact drill
· Tek Screw Gun – so you don’t overtighten panels with insulation
· Angle Grinder with cutoff disc (cross cuts)
· Electric Shear
· Hand shears (left, right, straight)



To unload truck

· Rough terrain Telehandler

o 5000 lb Genie 5519

o Do not use bobcat or backhoe



For construction. My first though was a teleboom for lifting things. Then I saw a video where people were using a vertical mast boom lift (Had to dig to find out what it was called.) If I pair that with a scissor lift I wonder if that would work better for me.?

Will a vertical mast boom lift work?

Should I get a scissor lift?

 

Can't help on your questions but ya gotta be getting excited about FINALLY moving forward. Good luck!

 

I had to google up a vertical mast boom lift. That is used for people only. Don't use it for lifting things. They are not designed for that. How tall is your building? There are different options depending on how tall you go, how fast you want it done, the skills of the people doing the work and money involved. I have used scaffold, and scissor lifts for people. Telehandlers work great for material moving and lifting.
For your tool list, some of that stuff I don't see you needing, but depends on the product and how it is installed.

 

Yeah, I will study tools that I need closer as I study more and see my plans. If I could find a professional to install the building that would be the way to go. But that seems next to impossible these days.
It has 12' side walls with a 3/12 pitch. Peak height will be around 15'.
I think I got the name wrong. There is a contractor lift that I was thinking of. Not sure if there is a place to rent something like that though. Just weighing my options at the moment.
A telehandler would be awesome and there is a rental place less than a half mile from my house. But, I would want to make the most of the time with the equipment to save cost.

 

I would not use this in your installation, they are highly unstable on anything above 10 feet. We used these for lifting air handlers into the attic, even with the outriggers they have for them it was a very tricky lift above 10 foot. I would plan on a small gradeall forklift and two 16 ft scissor lifts, more bang for your buck.

 

you are going to need some long chains to square everything up.

 

Excellent, thanks for the info. Just what I was looking for. It seemed like it would be very handy, but the stability issue is important.