Fabrication complete

[Kevin*]

After hours of cutting, welding and grinding the frame is complete, going to pick up some paint and roofing tins today to finish it all up. Then it’s time to unbolt the sections and move it to its home where it can hold a little over 4 cords.

She’s 21’ long, 5’ deep and 6’ tall at the front. The “rails” on which the wood stacks on are 16” apart and have a 6” gap between them for air flow. All made from 1”x2” tube that I got a long time ago for free, could probably make 3-4 more of these with as much of this material I have left. Moving should be easy with 3 guys as the sides, roof and bottom are separate pieces and no one piece is all that heavy.
I will post a picture when I get her moved in, I’ve got the bed all made for her with 6” of bark on top of weed barrier in the best spot I've got for sun and wind.

 

[Woody Stover]

Awesome shed!

Think you'll need help carrying it?

 

[Blue2ndaries]

Nice!

 

[Stegman]

That's pretty cool. How much does one of those sections weigh, anyway?

 

[Capetownkg]

Nice work. Bringing a little metal to the wood shed forum I like it!

 

[gregbesia]

I take one , thank you. Very nice

 

[woolybugger141]

Very nice, like the truck camper too

 

[Jack Straw]

WOW!!

 

[Mitch Newton]

Very nice. No worries about it deteriorating. You will use that for a long time!!

 

[NortheastAl]

Awesome job! I like that more than a wood shed. It can be moved more easily if you need to.

 

[HDRock]

I like it
Can't beat free steel, I bet U used up some wire on that

 

[Kevin*]

That's pretty cool. How much does one of those sections weigh, anyway?

The bottom section should weight the most and 2 guys can pick it up pretty easy, i'm guessing around 150 lbs but I can toss the whole thing in the shipping scale to see.

I like it
Can't beat free steel, I bet U used up some wire on that

a small dent in a 30 lb spool. employer provide electrical juice, 10 bucks in bolts, 25 in paint/materials, 10 bucks in flap disk's.

 

[Beer Belly]

Awesome

 

[Get Wood]

Looks nice Kevin. I hope to get mine started next summer.
Plan on doing something like that with 3 inch tube.

 

[PapaDave]

That thing just upped the ante a couple notches.

 

[Jon1270]

Suggestion: you may want to put some treated boards or bricks or patio pavers under it , to spread the load so that it doesn't sink into the ground.

 

[Bocefus78]

Holy wood rack batman! Upped the ante is right! I dont think I have that much steel on my insert itself!

 

[mustash29]

Beautiful!

 

[Kevin*]

Suggestion: you may want to put some treated boards or bricks or patio pavers under it , to spread the load so that it doesn't sink into the ground.

yeah, it's got 4 pieces of 1x2 on the bottom each 5' long, I don't think it will sink too far but that's why I built it with a 8" air gap under it, hopefully it doesn't sink too far. down side if it does it will once it's loaded with wood. if she's loaded with 4 cords of fir that would be about 12,000 lbs over 480 sq/in which is 25 psi. that's the same as a car/small truck or horse. math isn't my strong suit so feel free to correct.

 

[Shadow&Flame]

Very nice indeed. I just built some end pieces to use for wood racks. I bought a metal carport for my truck
and wood to live together...they get along quite well... If I had the time and the free metal, I would have built
something like that as well. Nice work....

 

[bogydave]

Very nice.
Can you imagine how much better it's gonna look full of wood

 

[Kevin*]

Finally got it moved and the gutter put on. Next is the massive task of filling with wood.

 

[ScotO]

yeah, it's got 4 pieces of 1x2 on the bottom each 5' long, I don't think it will sink too far but that's why I built it with a 8" air gap under it, hopefully it doesn't sink too far. down side if it does it will once it's loaded with wood. if she's loaded with 4 cords of fir that would be about 12,000 lbs over 480 sq/in which is 25 psi. that's the same as a car/small truck or horse. math isn't my strong suit so feel free to correct.

maybe just stick a cinder block cap or flat 4" thick stone under each leg when you install it....that'd be as good as anything to keep it from sinking..

BTW, that's awesome....nicely done! No bugs are gonna hurt your shed, that's for sure!

 

[HDRock]

That's fantastic, green with envy here

 

[Applesister]

Nice Job
just the ticket
its what I have in mind, a solid roof with lots of open airflow
And its neat looking.