Barn / Shop build
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Fleet Mechanic
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I plan on contracting the roof. I have done it before, but I am too old to do it. Hopefully I will have it on by winter.
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Fleet Mechanic
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Pictures of the doors. Each door is 8' wide by 14' high. There are two of these doors on each end of the barn. This will give me an opening of 16' wide by 14' high. Each of these doors weigh 400 pounds each, without the skin on them or the insulation installed. They definitely need to be locked closed or open. They cannot be left free to swing in the breeze. Getting hit by one of these doors would ruin your whole day.
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From: Kalispell, MT
I'm an old residential contractor and I've helped raise a couple of commercial steel buildings. Your barn/shop is amazing - it always a pleasure to watch a machinist build a building. Well done!
Here in Montana, the Con-ex containers are just starting to catch on as building components. I love the dry, lockable, rodent-proof storage areas....
Here in Montana, the Con-ex containers are just starting to catch on as building components. I love the dry, lockable, rodent-proof storage areas....
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Fleet Mechanic
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I'm an old residential contractor and I've helped raise a couple of commercial steel buildings. Your barn/shop is amazing - it always a pleasure to watch a machinist build a building. Well done!
Here in Montana, the Con-ex containers are just starting to catch on as building components. I love the dry, lockable, rodent-proof storage areas....
Here in Montana, the Con-ex containers are just starting to catch on as building components. I love the dry, lockable, rodent-proof storage areas....
It looks like my barn is not too far from you.
Getting one trip, high cube, shipping containers makes the build go easier. You will not have any contamination issues, rust issues, dent issues or other common problems. The high cube containers give you much more head room and are worth the difference in cost.
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Fleet Mechanic
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There have been times where I think that I may have bitten off more than I can chew. It is like eating an elephant. You do it one bite at a time.
I figure that it will take me a couple more years to where I can really enjoy it.
I plan on spending summers up there in my RV. With almost 110 acres, I do not plan on spending a lot of time indoors. Therefore, I am building a big barn with a tiny home, my RV. The RV can be parked under the wings with plenty of extra space.
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Fleet Mechanic
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I spent most of my life building things for other folks, now it is time for me to build for myself.
The problem is that this is getting in the way of working on my 55 F-100. Too many projects and not enough time.
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Life is funny, by the time you've earned/learned how to do everything, you're often too old to do it while enjoying it. Life is hard.
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Fleet Mechanic
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I didn't make mistakes with women or money or drugs/alcohol when I was a kid. I made the mistake of dreaming that I'd be 21-24 years old and own my house, have two or three muscle cars, build barns, and travel to meet people.
Life is funny, by the time you've earned/learned how to do everything, you're often too old to do it while enjoying it. Life is hard.
Life is funny, by the time you've earned/learned how to do everything, you're often too old to do it while enjoying it. Life is hard.
I started building my own house when I was 24. I would not try it again. Back then I could work 12 hour days for weeks on end. Now, a 12 hour day is something I could only do once a week.
One advantage to being older is that you learn to work smarter. My problem is that after working my whole life, I cannot sit still. I need to have a project. When I rebuilt my old Ford 335 tractor, that I needed to build my barn, it gave me the idea to rebuild an old truck. I really did not need another project with my barn build going on at the same time.
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"too many projects and not enough time" There is a silver lining in having too many projects..... when your at wits end on the barn, you can turn to the truck and do some "fun" work. Then back to the barn with a better mental attitude. 
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I only have about 1-1/2 months in the summer to work onsite, on the barn. I still try to do some work at my home, for items I need on the barn. Right now I am building new steel saw horses for use at the barn. My dad and I built the saw horses I used for welding the beams together. Those two saw horses were built about 50 years ago. I will post some pictures of my new, adjustable saw horses that are also able to be disassembled for transport. I have a nice trailer jig that I use for many of my projects, however, it will not be moved to my barn. Therefore, a nice set of heavy duty saw horses are in order.
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The new saw horses on top of old ones.
The legs being assembled on trailer jig.
The Millermatic 350P used to weld them out.
These saw horses are stronger than the old ones, and are adjustable for height along with being able to be disassembled for transport.
Now I just need to assemble the braces and take them apart for priming and painting.