Buying Advice Hard time deciding

[DieselBound]

Yep. It’s usually up. It’s about 12 inches too high for the garage door. Found that out one day when I forgot to put the ROPS down.

Could be worse. I started backing my car out of my garage and found out that the opening wasn't big enough WHEN THE GARAGE DOOR IS STILL CLOSED! New garage and I hadn't had my autopilot (brain) programmed properly! Just slightly dimpled the metal door.

Even on pretty flat ground I've come close to tipping my B7800 over. Only time I'd ever folded the ROPS down was when I transported it (once).

 

[seaofblue]

Could be worse. I started backing my car out of my garage and found out that the opening wasn't big enough WHEN THE GARAGE DOOR IS STILL CLOSED! New garage and I hadn't had my autopilot (brain) programmed properly! Just slightly dimpled the metal door.

Even on pretty flat ground I've come close to tipping my B7800 over. Only time I'd ever folded the ROPS down was when I transported it (once).

It doesn’t take long to make a goofball error does it?
I have an old barn that’s in need of some TLC. I plan on using it for my tractor in the future so I don’t have to keep lowering the ROPS. I would use it now but unfortunately it can’t be locked and secured and I’m afraid of what the thieving meth heads would try to do to it.

 

[DieselBound]

Here's how I started out (back side of old pole shed- I'd already done a bunch of brush-hogging:


Sectioned it into a tractor bay and a shop (like 10' x 10'! - I've now got a real garage and shop): roof and floor were all but totally gone; I put in a "floating" floor in the workshop because the poles were showing signs of deteriorating and I didn't want to attach to them. My B7800's ROPS barely fit (it was a natural cut point/location and I don't know if I really measured; but, as you can see, it fits! worst case I'd just dig down a bit)


My Kioti, cabbed, lives outside. Work bay door on my new garage, however, is 9', which is amply tall enough to allow it and other equipment inside.

 

[seaofblue]

Here's how I started out (back side of old pole shed- I'd already done a bunch of brush-hogging:
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Sectioned it into a tractor bay and a shop (like 10' x 10'! - I've now got a real garage and shop): roof and floor were all but totally gone; I put in a "floating" floor in the workshop because the poles were showing signs of deteriorating and I didn't want to attach to them. My B7800's ROPS barely fit (it was a natural cut point/location and I don't know if I really measured; but, as you can see, it fits! worst case I'd just dig down a bit)
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My Kioti, cabbed, lives outside. Work bay door on my new garage, however, is 9', which is amply tall enough to allow it and other equipment inside.

Sweet. That looks nice. I’ll pay you to come fix my now lol.

 

[DieselBound]

Cost me about $500 for materials to get it into a usable state. Workshop is now only used to store material (lumber and such). But it was all actively used for a good 5 years, in which case at $100/year it wasn't a bad investment: FAR cheaper than my new garage and shop (which was about one hundredfold more $$). Labor not included, and I can say that there was plenty of labor involved, from clearing around the building to clearing out the garage/trash that was inside (crap left from years of renters living here). Oh yeah, I had to run power out to it as well: only ran about 20 amps of 120v.

I'd have contemplated making a lean-to off the side of my new garage/shop had my new tractor been an open-station one. As it is both it, newer tractor (NX), and my truck live out in the weather. I just finished a woodshed that has a high roof so that I can stack my crates of firewood; my NX can readily fit in there (with just a bit sticking out), but it's for my firewood! It also has a slot for my fuel tank and my Polaris (has a roof and front and rear windows, but no cab doors in which case it is the bigger candidate for protection from the weather.

 

[seaofblue]

Cost me about $500 for materials to get it into a usable state. Workshop is now only used to store material (lumber and such). But it was all actively used for a good 5 years, in which case at $100/year it wasn't a bad investment: FAR cheaper than my new garage and shop (which was about one hundredfold more $$). Labor not included, and I can say that there was plenty of labor involved, from clearing around the building to clearing out the garage/trash that was inside (crap left from years of renters living here). Oh yeah, I had to run power out to it as well: only ran about 20 amps of 120v.

I'd have contemplated making a lean-to off the side of my new garage/shop had my new tractor been an open-station one. As it is both it, newer tractor (NX), and my truck live out in the weather. I just finished a woodshed that has a high roof so that I can stack my crates of firewood; my NX can readily fit in there (with just a bit sticking out), but it's for my firewood! It also has a slot for my fuel tank and my Polaris (has a roof and front and rear windows, but no cab doors in which case it is the bigger candidate for protection from the weather.

Here's what I have to work with. The first thing I will have to do is block and level it

 

[DieselBound]

I worked with my dad to rebuild and re-purpose some old chicken barns: I scraped chicken crap that was mummified to about 6" deep! Lots of reblocking and using cables to pull in the sides of the buildings. Cut parts of floor out for stalls (cows and horses). I'm wanting to say that that was easier than what I did, but I suspect the work with my dad was easier because there were two of us AND he was the one who had to do all the thinking and figuring (I was just a laborer).

Thinks LOTS up-front and the job is sure to be easier.

 

[seaofblue]

This old crib housed a mule for several years. So I know what you mean about the poop. It was good fertilizer for the yard even though having poop on the front yard for a little while didn't make the wife too happy