Start of the New Building

[tst]

starting to bring in material for the new barn, it will be 40 x 80, two stories with large shed roofs on the outside to get equipment out of the weather, picked up some plywood yesterday, 268 sheets of 3/4", it only took two old guys, me being one of them 1 1/2 hrs to load it all by hand, hope it will have enough room for the machine shop and room for cubs and storage
Tim

[Bob McCarty]

Tim, A big project that I know you'll enjoy once completed. Don't they have fork lifts where you live?

Bob

[Donegal Cub]

Tim, looks like a big project, as a former woodworker I will follow your work with great interest. Will the ply be exposed to the weather??. Will the roof also be of ply??
Please keep us up to speed with the work like Barnyard did with his. I enjoyed following all the processes he did when constructing his barn. Hope you can find the time to do the same
Bernard,
Donegal Cub.

[tst]

Building will be wood roof and shingles, do not like tin, where I picked up the plywood no forklift was to be had, the plywood was slightly used new!, a contractor remodeled a gym and was required to hay 3/4 ply on the floor before working on it, so some of the wood has paint stains, tire tracks from the man lifts, never nailed or screwed, it was a deal to buy the pile for $2000, 3/4 fir plywood by me is $35 a sheet so that would have cost a little over $9000 from the lumber yard, so for saving $7000 I bought it all I had to use the trailer as I could not fit it all in the minivan

[ScottyD'sdad]

I got tired, reading about it, Tim!
Ed

[tst]

I figured you were coming down to help put it up Ed? I will have donuts!

[Jackman]

Hey Tim I passed you did not know it was you though, that big load made me take notice happy building

[tst]

It will be happy when it is one big piece!

[ScottyD'sdad]

I figured you were coming down to help put it up Ed? I will have donuts!

Will take more than donuts, to get me to lift all that plywood!
Ed

[PVF1799]

Looking forward to more progress photos - congrats on the lumber steal.

[Rudi]

Tim, never pass up a good deal like that one. now you gots 7 grand more to play with for the barn

When I built my pole barn - used materials or 2nd's/3rd's at rock bottom prices helped make the project doable. I like recycling material. You done got a great deal.

Now .. where are the pics????

[twotone]

Tim, I worked in a lumber yard for 21 years. Definitely worth hand loading. That's a steal!

[tst]

My trusses came in, the building will be 46 x 60, camera broke so no pics of them yet
Tim

[tst]

got a camera working again, here is a pic of the trusses, got them covered up to keep them dry until ready to install, they will look better on top of the building then laying on the ground

[danovercash]

How much do you think that load of plywood weights? Bet you knew it was behind you!