Carport prep - Cedars must go!

[rtdiggr]

I am sorry but that is funny.

I can laugh because i had a 14' trampoline for my daughter that blew about 200' away. That's okay my new car [at the time] slowed the tramp down until it reached the road.
New fender and hood and now is as good as new. oh yeah some money.

Shane

 

[cowboy357]

Sad to see but funny to watch Marty , now that Your over the initial shock . I,m guessing Your weather men also refer to 40 to 50 MPH winds a a breezy as they do here .

We ended up with one similiar to that one a few years ago , after straight line winds & No clue to this day where it came from or who it belonged to . Sure didn,t do Our metal building any good though . But no one ever claimed it . Bob

 

[woodlandfarms]

That is just brutal...

Two things... What is the new carport going to be like? And what kind of security cameras did you buy, mine the color is marginal at best, your little orange Kubota really pops...

 

[dirt ditch]

That's terrible. Maybe with insurance you can get a garage. Your out a lot more money, but It reminds me when I purchased one of those 10x20 tent carports last year. Set it up for shade to work under. Used it for one week then a thunderstorm came through with torrential rain and straight line winds. Got the tools put up and ran inside the house just in time to look out the window and see it buckle in half and fold over leaving it wrapped up in an unusable pretzel. Like your ordeal, it sucked but was kinda cool to watch.

 

[myyaz33]

That is just brutal...

Two things... What is the new carport going to be like? And what kind of security cameras did you buy, mine the color is marginal at best, your little orange Kubota really pops...

I can't remember what model camera they are, but they are the coax type with sony ccd. The quality is way better than you see due to the DVR settings I use to save more footage to disk. It is funny you say the Kubota color pops as it is a TYM T273 which is bright red in color..

Anyway the new building details have not been finalized. Still pricing post frame construction and all steel construction for 30x40 and 40x50 size buildings.

 

[KennyV]

Marty...
I have also had kite problems like that. It is just hard to figure out how much tail you need for a given size kite. Trial an error before you can get it to keep flying at any good altitude.

Now I see where I am getting my North winds from... would not mind it at all if you blocked some of the stronger breezes. Good luck, KennyV

 

[PA hayseed]

man, and I thought I was the only one that had that kind of Sh#t luck.

Dont feel too bad, my daughter's playground was recently demolished by high winds. It snapped 2x4's bolted together, and flipped it over end over end.
Funny thing, my PHD is simply resting on two 4x4's bolted together like a cross, and it never moved. That swingset had to be well over 1000 lbs. All PT lumber, 2x4 and 4x4 and some decking boards.

I hope your insurance company pays you. If nothing else, maybe you can make a wind turbine out of the scrap.

 

[myyaz33]

I decided not to turn it into insurance.

I think there is enough to salvage and make an excellent canopy over dad's cattle chute. Seems to always rain during our branding. This should work pretty well. Might need to bend and weld a little but should work out.

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for posting the video. It was interesting to watch. Probably pretty frustrating having to fight the wind, but at least you tried.

Eddie

 

[Tim_in_IA]

Man that is the worst feeling when you are fighting nature and it is a losing battle. For me it is usually pouring down rain and a tarp or something is ripping and I am out there soaking wet trying to fix it. Glad you have a sense of humor about it. I've considered buildings like that time to time. Thanks for sharing!

 

[westcliffe01]

I spent every weekend last summer driving from eastern Michigan to our facility in Seward NE to use special equipment they had out there. You folks have a special thing with wind, thats for sure...

Next time, use a post hole digger and put down 12" tubes and grout the legs in concrete. Its not really a very big job, and it certainly won't go walking across the field.

You didn't mention damage to anything under the roof, but that is something to consider. Generally the value of the stuff under the roof is higher than the structure and one can do an amazing amount of damage that way. Had a gust of wind blow our shade umbrella off our deck (it had been on the deck for 2 years, no incident and sheltered from prevailing westerlies) and if flew off and "speared" the passenger side door on our Audi A6. Had I not traded the car in under the cash for clunkers program, it would have cost $2k or more to replace that door (aluminum skinned) and re-paint it.

Sometimes **** happenes !

 

[myyaz33]

OK, I am beginning to think that particular location on my lot (where the carport was) does not want something on top of it. First the carport and yesterday the new swimming pool.

Yesterday was extremely hot calm day and I finally broke down and bought one of those above ground swimming pools. Due to the carports demise, I thought I would just use that spot as it won't take much to level again with the TYM. Got the land leveled, assembled the pool (simple as 1,2,3 according to the instructions). Started filling the pool, got about 3 hours into and and wham here comes a quick thunderstorm from nowhere. It brought some nasty winds and fortunately no hail (for me anyway).

Long story short the pool hadn't had time to fill enough to keep the wind from bending the metal frame and slamming a sharp edge into the liner. It punched 3 holes in the bottom and bent the heck out of the frame. The storm also took a wooded chair off the front porch ever so delicately and smashed my riding lawn mower with it, busting the chair in about 20 pieces. The TV antenna now also looks like a birds nest.

So with all the bad luck, I am thinking that spot might be an Indian burial ground or something, maybe I better just leave it alone...

Sorry guys, no pictures.. the week was already bad enough before this happened and I rather not have pictures when I have the memories so vivid in my mind.

 

[EddieWalker]

That sure is an interesting string of bad luck. Can you fix the pool, or is it beyone repair?

Eddie

 

[myyaz33]

That sure is an interesting string of bad luck. Can you fix the pool, or is it beyone repair?

Eddie

Already put 3 large vinyl patches on it. Time will tell.. Unfortunately too much time as the repair parts we ordered won't be in for a month. They have to come from (dare i say) CHINA. By that time, I don't think I will try putting the pool up again this year. We don't have the warm weather like you southern folk.. ya know.

 

[hobie]

I'm thinking that with wind like that, you should build an underground house and garage. I thought the carport was a cool solution, but after what you went through, I'd be thinking of moving. Wishing you much better luck, Brian

 

[wedge40]

Dude that area has bad juju. I'm thinking an Indian Chief is buried there. Till it and plant some flowers.

Wedge

 

[myyaz33]

Dude that area has bad juju. I'm thinking an Indian Chief is buried there. Till it and plant some flowers.

Wedge

I am afraid I would suddenly get severe allergies and it would be only to the type of flowers I chose to plant there!

Seriously, I am going to put something in that spot that the wind can't mess with..

 

[RxRatedZ71]

Maybe a wind-turbine is most appropriate. Try to embrace the wind's power more so than overcome it! How about a windmill pumping water through a pipe use to fill up the pool on the other side of the house. Sounds like it might fill up faster that way!