New house for tractor coming

[TractorLarry]

Well, now that I got all the fencing done, and the dog run re-designed, I have room for a REAL tractor shed

The current "Pup-Tent" style I'm using now did very well over the winter, but I want my driveway back and a more permanent shed.

I finally found a steel/resin shed that has a door big enough to get through:

Sheds.com: Resin/Steel 8' x 9' Storage Building

Door opening is big enough for a 54" deck (so it says). The opening is just under 60", which is fine for my 48" deck.

Looks nice too.

Don't let the $599 price fool you though. That's just the start. After the floor kit and anchor kit, not to mention shipping (which is horrid for 700 pounds of stuff), it comes in at just under $1000.

I've been looking for a long time. This is the first 8 X 9 I've found with a big enough door.

-Larry

 

[Sumosized]

That's a nice looking shed. Let us know how it is to put up.

 

[Fordlords]

That is about the same type of shed we put up two summers ago, and so far so good, excellent little sheds- should last a lifetime, and no painting or maintenance required. (I call it the Playskool shed LOL!) I made a platform for ours with treated 2x4's, and used 1/2" treated plywood on the platform. I dug the sod out and imbedded the platform in the ground, then lag bolted the shed to it. It was about $150 additional for the wood for the platform, but well worth it to support the weight of the tractor and other junk we have inside it. The shed itself is relatively easy to construct, I had the whole project done in about 3 long afternoons. I think ours is 10x12 with a big double door, and total cost was around $1000, that being we bought it at a local BJ's wholesale and brought it home in a pickup, so no shipping costs.
-Fordlords-

 

[jay25rs]

Very nice shed. I was looking at purchasing one for my house this year but instead, I cleaned the garage real nice and found the room I needed by doing all closet maid heavy duty shelving.

 

[Fordlords]

I just had to build it to have a place to hide my collection of classic junk small engines, seized string trimmers, and stuck chain saws

-Fordlords-

 

[TractorLarry]

What I like about this one is unlike some cheaper plastic sheds, this one has a real steel 'frame' or 'skeleton' to it. That should make it a lot stronger than the all-plastic, snap together models.

At around 700 pounds for everything, I'm glad I bought the wagon for the tractor. The delivery company will just dump it in the drive way most likely, and I'll be hauling it around back a wagon load of pieces at a time

Here are the assembly manuals if you want to see how it's built:

http://www.sheds.com/manuals/pdf/amanuals/English 713710306.pdf

http://www.sheds.com/manuals/pdf/amanuals/English 713880506.pdf

-Larry

 

[MrJimi]

Consider that a 54 inch cut deck is wider than 54 inches and don't forget that discharge chute

 

[TractorLarry]

Correct. Mine is a 48" deck, and the actual door opening is just under 60 inches. They allowed for that.

I should be fine.

I can always flip up the discharge if I have to, which in fact is what I have to do now with the current 'tent'.

-Larry

Consider that a 54 inch cut deck is wider than 54 inches and don't forget that discharge chute

 

[Fordlords]

I just looked and I thought the shed we had was from Rubbermaid, but it was made by a company called, "Lifetime." It is steel re-enforced inside, just about everything is secured with allen head sheet metal screws. After it was put together, a neighbor up the street who rents an apartment asked if she could move in

-Fordlords-

 

[TractorLarry]

LOL!

-Larry

I just looked and I thought the shed we had was from Rubbermaid, but it was made by a company called, "Lifetime." It is steel re-enforced inside, just about everything is secured with allen head sheet metal screws. After it was put together, a neighbor up the street who rents an apartment asked if she could move in

-Fordlords-

 

[Northstar]

I have a 8'x12' barn style shed with 60" doors. I bought a 44" deck so it would fit through the doors, which works fine. I didn't realize at the time though that the bagger is offset and it won't fit, I have to remove it to get in the shed .

 

[TractorLarry]

It's always something, ain't it

-Larry

I have a 8'x12' barn style shed with 60" doors. I bought a 44" deck so it would fit through the doors, which works fine. I didn't realize at the time though that the bagger is offset and it won't fit, I have to remove it to get in the shed .

 

[TractorLarry]

Well, I now have a 600 pound box in the middle of the driveway. Trucker had a heck of a time getting it off the truck.

Glad I have the tractor and wagon. It's going to have to earn it's new home by hauling the parts around back a little at a time

Gotta wait for the floor kit. They forgot to put it on this truck. It's supposed to be here tonight.

-Larry

 

[OhioGuy]

Larry,
We need pictures please!
Curt

 

[TractorLarry]

When it's finished, which I hope is tomorrow!

Friday afternoon I unboxed it in the driveway and hauled all the pieces around back with the 1864 and wagon.

Yesterday I laid out the flooring kit and nailed it down, and put up most of the metal 'skeleton'.

Today I finished up the rest of the skeleton, and put in a few of the plastic panels but then the thunderstorms came long. I just hope none of the plastic bits blew away!

I hope to finish tomorrow.

It was slow going. There are a few places where you simply cannot proceed without having two people. It's not that the pieces are heavy. In fact, they are quite light. The problem is at certain steps, such as where you put up all the metal wall posts and then put the top metal rails in place, the whole thing is a giant house of cards until it's all in place and you put in some screws. It fell apart on me 3 times before I gave up and went and grabbed the next-door neighbor

Even with two people this step was astonishingly difficult to get through without the whole thing caving in, so we improvised by securing things with duct-tape as we went along, and skipping ahead a few pages and putting in a few angle-brackets ahead of time. Once all together and screwed, it's actually quite strong.

Not to mention it was 90+ degree's both yesterday and today with extremely high humidity, and given my health I was only able to work on it for an hour at a time without taking a break for an hour or so.

-Larry

Larry,
We need pictures please!
Curt

 

[TractorLarry]

Ok, got all the outer skins and the roof & gables on.

Only thing left is the doors and interior panels. Should be able to finish it tomorrow.

It's just been too hot and humid to do more than about 2 hrs at a time!

-Larry

 

[TractorLarry]

Rats. Delayed again. Popped out my Sacroilliac Joint and had to go to the doctor. She rotated my pelvis back into position but have to go again tomorrow for cortisone injections.

Good heavens this hurts, and I've had three major spine operations including a fusion with instrumentation!

-Larry

Ok, got all the outer skins and the roof & gables on.

Only thing left is the doors and interior panels. Should be able to finish it tomorrow.

It's just been too hot and humid to do more than about 2 hrs at a time!

-Larry