Another drying Shed

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I decided to build a shed off the side of my metal carport I just bought.
I didn't have telephone poles and absolutely was not gonna buy treated post from Slowe's or even attempt to dig holes in that hard ground.

Soooo, I just sawed 2 heavy White Oak cants and leveled them up on blocks. It took some doing to level them suckers and jack them up and move them an inch or 2 but I got them perfect.


  

 
Then started doing a little framing.


  

  

  

 
Went and picked up my ordered metal from the next town over.


  

 
Then put the roof on. The outside 2 rafters are heart Cedar. the inner rafters are SYP.


  

  

 

I now have a 12 x 21 shed to stack and air dry more lumber. But actually I probably will build shelves to place my Mantles and carved Corbals on.

[redbeard]

Now you done it! It will be a barn before you know it.  happens to me all the time. Starts out small and ends up  big. Nice Job!

[Nomad]

     David, much as I hate to say it you've finally impressed me.  I like it! :D  Side note; you gonna be at Jake's this weekend?  It'd be nice to see you again.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

     David, much as I hate to say it you've finally impressed me.  I like it! :D  Side note; you gonna be at Jake's this weekend?  It'd be nice to see you again.

Thanks Nomad. I not gonna be able to make it to Jake's this year but will be in Georgia in a week or so after the project on government business concerning our national security.
I'll let ya know when I'm in Georgia. 

[WDH]

That is a novel approach for sure.  Good thing that you did not under-size that beam.  If it was a hamburger, it would be a 5 and a quarter pounder  :D

will be in Georgia in a week or so after the project on government business concerning our national security.

I will have to get Julio to watch the border and issue a Red Alert. 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

If it was a hamburger, it would be a 5 and a quarter pounder  :D

Those 2 cants came out of 1 log. Very little profitable lumber would have come out of that log. However, that log split makes a good foundation. Very heavy. I occasionally will soak it down in spent motor oil mixed with diesel.

[WDH]

That thing has lettuce, tomato, three kinds of cheese, onions, ham, sausage, bacon, with two fried eggs on top. 

[Chuck White]

Nice lookin' drying shed, David.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

That thing has lettuce, tomato, three kinds of cheese, onions, ham, sausage, bacon, with two fried eggs on top.

....between a Sesame Seed Bun.  :D

[brianb88]

Nice!

[4x4American]

easy now you're getting into mcdonalds copyright territory 

[fishfighter]

You have to hand stack lumber in? I got to build something, but I have to have it were I can back in my tractor. I'm not about to double stack lumber, ;D Still, your shed should do the trick.

[Ribsy]

I'm likin' it!!!

[hackberry jake]

Nice! That would be a good use for "suspected metal" logs as well. Less chance of hitting trash with the blade.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

You have to hand stack lumber in? I got to build something, but I have to have it were I can back in my tractor. I'm not about to double stack lumber, ;D Still, your shed should do the trick.

If you want it stickered you have to hand stack it. My backhoe and forks bring a load directly from the mill bed to the shed. Then stack and sticker 1 time. 

[fishfighter]

I have a full manual mill. I stack and sticker right off the mill.

[hackberry jake]

What were you doing with the grinder?

[Peter Drouin]

Nice job, having lumber under a roof is a good thing  8) 8)

[Dave Shepard]

Looks good!  8) (And it's a good thing sunshine doesn't weigh very much.)  :D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

What were you doing with the grinder?

Had a bent screw. Broke it off and ground it down flush.

[sumday]

You sure that beam can handle that much span ?

[YellowHammer]

Those big hunks of wood on the blocks also serve as crash protection in case a runaway locomotive makes a run at your drying shed.   ;D
Anyway, looks great. 
YH

[Brucer]

Very nice.

I always like to put an old asphalt shingle on top of the concrete blocks to prevent moisture wicking up into the wood. You could probably slip them in if you wanted to :D.

[Ox]

Unrelated to this topic, but the asphalt shingle brought back a memory that might be helpful to someone.
An old timer told me to put a shingle at the bottom of the hole before you set a post, grit side down.  The weight of the building pushing down on the post pushes and smears the asphalt of the shingle into the end grains of the post and seals it off from any moisture wicking.

[5quarter]

You are clever old goat ... ;) a Hundred years from now, when all else has rotted into the ground, that oak sill will still be sitting there. someone will probably find it and sell it for huge $$...a relic from a time when humans still built stuff with wood.  : :

[78NHTFY]

Poston--now that's a beeutifulll thang!  ( Did I get the accent right? :D :D :D--learned from my bro in St. Augustine (a builder BTW) who's acquired a nice twang to his talkin). For a minute though, as I scrolled down the pics, I thought you were somehow laminating the beams end to end to create a huge carrying beam...   All the best, Rob.

[taylorsmissbeehaven]

Great looking shed David. I do have to ask though, did someone fall off the stool in the third picture? Im not sure that stool is  an OSHA approved building stool! But still, nice addition to the wood yard. Brian

[grweldon]

I have a question...  Do you think you could use two beams like that to use as the foundation for a drying shed?  I need to build one but I don't want to have to prepare what most folks would call a foundation.

I'm really tired of them... https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,80465.msg1223241.html#msg1223241

With your method, I could just cut a couple of 8x8s (or larger) and use them to build on top of.  Do you think your blocks will sink in to the ground over time?

[fishfighter]

You can always build 24"x 24" slabs 6'-8' on center and put concrete piers on top. Then your sills. Something like this. You can adjust the height too!



 

[thecfarm]

That looks good. I turned the blocks the other way. My holes are not on the ground. I know the blocks are stronger the other way,but I built the Women Cave that way and all is good,so far.