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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Happy 30th birthday to me! View attachment IMG_2284.jpeg
I'm up at the cabin by myself tonight, Matt and his BIL should be up in the morning.
Luckily, I unloaded the truck just before the weather turned (this was NOT predicted). Heavy rain, extreme wind, is sounds like I'm in the middle of a hurricane up here, and the temps dropped to 30. Just glad the wood stove is kicking out heat, and hoping things change by tomorrow AM!
We are supposed to insulate the new bathroom, and I even brought a dual flush toilet up with me!
Luckily, I unloaded the truck just before the weather turned (this was NOT predicted). Heavy rain, extreme wind, is sounds like I'm in the middle of a hurricane up here, and the temps dropped to 30. Just glad the wood stove is kicking out heat, and hoping things change by tomorrow AM!
We are supposed to insulate the new bathroom, and I even brought a dual flush toilet up with me!
Happy birthday! Nice present!
Happy birthday
. Nice assault crocks
.Sweet mower too, they sure help get the lawn mowed quickly. Many guys don't like them, because it makes it hard to drink a beer while mowing, for that I'd say get a hydration pack
.Enjoy your day.
My Country Clipper had a joystick. You could certainly drink a beer while mowing on that one.Happy birthday
Nice assault crocks
Sweet mower too, they sure help get the lawn mowed quickly. Many guys don't like them, because it makes it hard to drink a beer while mowing, for that I'd say get a hydration pack
Enjoy your day.
Happy Birthday and a nice gift.
Nice, not an option I need, but I know someone will find that info crucial!
.I need to get another trac vac, leaves take way to long to blow of the yard with the mower of backpack blower with all the outbuildings someone built here
. But, I'm not complaining, sure is nice to have the buildings and everything in them.Got the chutes cut and installed yesterday, and the insulation in the wall above the shelf. Also installed 3/4 isopoly under the shelf to separate the bays, and I'll install r-11 in the 2x4 wall under the shelf today if I get all the electrical finished.
I don't have a source of BL like you do, so I'll have to buy PT 6x6s. The shed will be either 10x12 or 10x16. I was planning on 2' deep post holes topped with concrete tops to get to grade and then placing three 6x6s on 5' centers for the joists to ride on. Maybe 2x6s or 2x8s with 3/4 OSB on top. May be overkill and I don't like the idea of more post holes than just 4 to plumb up. I might be storing milled lumber in it and I don't want the floor to sag. I'm still in the planning stages.
Arrrrh.... Don't you just hate it when this happens?
That was the last of the mulberry I just split last month. Going to try to get it restacked before the noon rain starts. I have more garden work to do this week before my duck season starts next Saturday and I certainly don't have the time to re-do things.
That was the last of the mulberry I just split last month. Going to try to get it restacked before the noon rain starts. I have more garden work to do this week before my duck season starts next Saturday and I certainly don't have the time to re-do things.
Jumped a nice buck while going in with the Crossbow this morning. He was hurdling the logging remains, so no chance to count points.
He ran right past a trail camera, but I guess he was too fast, it did not PU a thing! Several does and Bear on the trail cameras the last couple of days, all at night!
He ran right past a trail camera, but I guess he was too fast, it did not PU a thing! Several does and Bear on the trail cameras the last couple of days, all at night!
Yep. I had similar last month, but it was the nearest stack to the OWB and time to fire it up for the year, so I just burned it instead of having to restack it.
2x8 joists yes, spaced 16" on centre. 8 foot span where the joists sit on the 6x6's. Would be plenty solid for for anything that you would normally store in a shed. Unless we're talking about a functioning hot tub or a car lol...
I'm no engineer, but that will probably support a bulldozer, if the door's big enough.
I went with 2' centers 2x6 (its mostly rough cut white oak) on the little room next to the shop. 10'x16' joist run the short way, fully supported by the pad of the shop on one end, joist hangers, sistered joists on the front, back and 2 centered joists where the posts go down through. Both ends uses pt 6x6, the end twards the wood shed has 2 6x6 sistered since it's supporting the roof of the room+ the main 4x12 beam for the wood shed side. The middle posts in the room side are pt4x6. Outer 6x6's sit on 12" concrete pillars 4' in the ground, center 4x6 sit on 8" concrete pillars 4' in the ground. 1
Topped with 1" white oak boards. Plenty enough for any weight I can throw in a "man cave" room.
Topped with 1" white oak boards. Plenty enough for any weight I can throw in a "man cave" room.
I'm gonna need to see pictures, or have your kid draw it up with some crayons for me
. That white oak will probably last longer than the PT. Most people don't know there are a lots different types of treated wood, kinda like shrimp 
, gotta get the right type or you would be better off using white oak from a mill, just want to let it season first. Did you guys use any wood on the deck of your buddies trailer, or does everything ride on metal bunks. I'd have like to see pics of that project, sounds like quite the job you two did.
What do you mean "2' deep holes topped with concrete tops", what's in the rest of the hole. That's where you could just stand a BL round/log up in the hole and cut it off at the height you need. I can't see it being that hard to source 20' of 8" locust sticks to make 6 three foot round posts, rather than 4, my opinion. Put an add on fascistbook or Craigslist, I'd rather use that than 6x6 PT, and since you're still planning, you have plenty of time. For a building that size that you plan on putting weight in, I'd probably use concrete patties in the bottom of the hole, and I'd do what I could to only disturb the dirt I was removing so the patties were sitting on compacted soil.
I'll see if I can find some pictures of what I've done with my coop and the barn, not sure I kept them all, but I know I took some.
If I had enough oak, I would have built it completely out of it. I did get ground contact rated pt, and after everything was in place treated it with Copper green wood preservative. I don't think I took any pictures after I added the sister joists, before it got enclosed/insulated. The bottom side is lined with tin, holes spray formed closed, then sealed with roofing tar, then 4" of insulation, then the 1" white oak boards top it. The ledgers and front and rear joists are completely covered too. So besides the posts that stick out 6ish inches bellow the floor and rest on the concrete pillars, there's very slim chance of moisture getting to any of that wood. The rear ledger, sits on top of the concrete pad for the shop, so fully supported. I did seal the concrete before hand in the hopes of preventing moisture tearful through the pad to the wood Everything was fastened with head-lok structural fasteners and structural screws for the joist hangers. Tried my best to over kill it. I really don't want to have to redo that section in 20 years. Has a good air gap under it so hopefully any ground moisture will have ample air circulation to dry out quickly. You can kinda see how i did the posts here.I'm gonna need to see pictures, or have your kid draw it up with some crayons for me
Did you guys use any wood on the deck of your buddies trailer, or does everything ride on metal bunks. I'd have like to see pics of that project, sounds like quite the job you two did.
And possibly see there by the man door, where the room joists sit on the pad.
No, there's no wood between the bunker frame rail and the truck frame rail. Metal to metal.(well, both have a coat of epoxy paint on them, so not really metal to metal.) I really wish he would let me take pictures of it. He's very old school in that regard.
Even if it is disturbed, it not too much effort to take a digging iron and compact the hole bottom + add a bit of stone to the bottom while he's at it. Had to do that with a few of my post holes I went too deep on. I just used concrete till I was above the ground line.
Yea, sorry, I need to clarify a bit. First, the shed cannot be built into the ground. That would be too easy. It has to set freely on top of the ground or would be taxable. And my property taxes, like all of you, are high enough already. The ground slopes downhill by a foot to a foot and a half depending on the length (12' or 16').
The joist framework (PT) will set on top of 6x6s PT runners. The spacing is up for grabs depending on which way I run the joists.
For a 10' x 16' shed for example: a) Do I want 10' joist riding on two (10' span) or three (5' span) 16' 6x6s
or b)16' joist riding on three (8' span) or four (5'-4" span) 10' 6x6s.
It all depends on which way is easier/cheaper to do and based on how much weight I want to store. Still not sure.
The post holes I was talking about was a 2' deep hole packed with rock the first foot or so and then capped with concrete using something like a sonotube(sp?) to get the tops to grade. Stupid idea to mix the two; it will sink for sure over time. Trying to save money since it's only a shed.
So it will have CONCRETE pillars in the ground supporting the ends of the PT 6x6s (above ground).
Sorry for the length. If I could have drawn a diagram it would have been shorter.
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