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The first step for my shop
Frank S:
Many layers later I have only a few more feet to go
The last foot or so is just clay and dirt packed in so that later I can remove it to pour concrete when I pour the slab
Now I am setting the pedestal for the brick crane
The crane can lift 4000 lbs in the horizontal position with the hook at the end of the 28 ft boom and 10,000 when elevated to its highest angle. It should prove to be a real handy addition to the shop.
the way I have it positioned it will have over a 300° which will allow it to swing from near the outside south wall all the way around to touch the wall from the inside
Frank S:
Finally have column #10 in the ground Time to set up the rest of the scaffolding come up with more scaffold boards Laser line the tops for trimming set some trusses at least 2 so I can add in some wind bracing then set the rest of the trusses and bridge them all together. Plus I need to go to my mine site and excavate another 100 yards of flex base select fill clay to level out the inside floor area then another 4 to 500 yards raise the outside grade on the south side some sloping slightly away from the building so I will be able to have a hard packed area at least 50 feet wide around the side and back of the building Trucks don't do well in the sandy loam unless it is right after a really hard rain.
What I really need is to come up with a small tracked loader or tracked skid steer for a while. My old 755 backhoe is just too old too slow and too cumbersome at times when just moving material.
I have all 5 trusses completed the 3 center trusses are doubled for the possible later addition of a light weight bridge crane the West end truss will be stiffened by x bracing Tabernacle style to truss #2 and will have a I beams welded to the bottom of it for a tri fold rolling door set to allow access to the whole west end of the building depending on which way the doors are rolled, Haven't decided about the East end yet I may opt to only have a 30ft single rolling door or a pair of 15 foot doors to give a 30 ft opening. I may add an 8ft wide 53 ft long mezzanine attached to the top of the container then build a 12 by 40 ft office on top. Or just place my school bus on top and make my office out of it but still add the mezzanine.
In case anyone is wondering all columns have at a minimum a 24" diameter base welded to them and are from 6 to 8 feet in the ground the holes were dug to penetrate into the blue gray white hard layer below a red clay layer. Since I could not afford to put down concrete footers below each column this became the next best alternative and past experiences show this is often as good if not better than concrete with a few exceptions such as the columns having direct contact with the soil instead of being bolted or welded to a plate secured in the concrete. However these columns are not plain pipe they are oilfield grade tubing designed to be buried 1000's of feet into the earth to last for decades in all types of soil strata I have used the same grades of pipe in construction of both fresh and salt water piers they may eventually rot or rust through but not in my children's and possibly my grand children's life times.AT 64 and half years old if it lasts for 30 years I'll be happy.
Column #10 before complete back fill
Bruce S:
Nice dog ya got there :).
Frank S:
--- Quote from: Bruce S on April 19, 2019, 11:23:37 AM ---Nice dog ya got there :).
--- End quote ---
Thanks Bruce S; between her and a male from her 2nd litter they kill more varmints than I ever could with my 10/22 or all of my shot guns combined. Only seen 2 snakes this year and every day she and the male drag up something and give it to the pups of her 3rd and probably her last litter The male is getting old enough now that it is either him or her and since there are several other males within a couple of miles I think it is going to be her.
kitestrings:
Wow, you got a project there for sure Frank. Looking good. ~ks
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