Posted by jdemaris on January 14, 2008 at 16:01:23 from (67.142.130.30):
Well, the story goes like this. I build all my own buildings usually - and do so rock solid - but it takes time and is expensive. I've always got more equipment than buildings. During the past year or so, there's a crew of mexicans that comes around and installs steel car-port type sheds - and installs them cheaper than I can buy one in parts. $1300 installed for a 24' long by 28" wide, overheight shed. In a weak moment, I bought two since I hate leaving tractors out in rain and snow.
So, the crew shows up late-summer. Two guys - neither speaks a bit of English. I was trying to ask how they plan on anchoring these things - but I don't speak Spanish - they don't speak English - so I got nowhere with my questions. I let them do their thing. I did watch one guy drive four-foot long iron stakes at an angle into the ground for anchors. They got done and left. Looked pretty good. One shed is down low and protected from wind and has three tractors in it. The other is right next to my new almost-finished barn that has 5400 watts of solar panels on the roof and six tractors and two trucks inside. This new "Mexican" shed is only fifty feet away. Long story short - came home one day and found it upside down. At the time - my Ford diesel pickup and big ugly backhoe were parked inside. Building came clear off and blew away without putting a scratch on anthing. Tore some anchors out of the ground and ripped some others in half. The building looks like a tinker-toy - but it's pretty heavy. It was quite a job to pull it back over and get it back into place without completely ruining it. Now, it's a stinking mess - but the roof still stops the rain and snow. This spring - I'll have to find a way to permanently anchor it. I might run chains along the bottom and pour a concrete pad over them. For now - the big Pettibone backhoe and my Deere 1010 crawler loader are parked inside and the building it's chained to them.
I guess I'm lucky the thing didn't land on my solar panels. There's over $20,000 worth and my homeowners insurance does not cover them.
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