Duck Pond Redneckery

[Duck]

The steel is for the chicken coop I'm building out of electrical conduit.

Tan roof, dark green sides.

I figure the tan roof will make it invisible to the thieves in the county thief department who sometimes decide to steal more annual extortion money without even coming out & seeing if it's a permanent structure, or a camper car port or trailer.

Most of the year, my grass is tan colored because I don't water it.

 

[Duck]

Don't worry @Chef Boyardee I'll add more pictures later.

 

[AK7]

Make sure @Sinister wears his safety harness

 

[Duck]

It cost almost $600 for the steel to do a chicken coop.

I wonder what it's gonna cost to do this whole barn roof?

I'd have to pay for truck freight too. Ain't no way I'm hauling all that home on my harbor freight trailer.

 

[Duck]

Make sure @Sinister wears his safety harness

Do you ever haul Snorkelifts, or other brands?

They're fun to play with.

Mines 42 ft max height measured to platform floor.

And that's probably the smallest they make.

A big 150 footer would scare the hell outta me.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Menards used $100 worth of 16 foot 2x6 lumber and plastic banding to make a crate for two $30 pieces of ten foot sheet metal roof ridge cap.

And the young man on the forklift just set the whole thing on my trailer instead of opening the crate and keeping the lumber like it says on the label.

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Gotta pay Brandon Jones somehow.

 

[Duck]

Gotta pay Brandon Jones somehow.

I didn't order the 2x6s and they didn't charge for them.

 

[AK7]

Do you ever haul Snorkelifts, or other brands?

They're fun to play with.

Mines 42 ft max height measured to platform floor.

And that's probably the smallest they make.

A big 150 footer would scare the hell outta me.

Yes.
I borrowed a 125' jlg lift to take down a 160' Chinese elm tree that was over the house. Only took 1 day.
I had been quoted 18 grand to take it down.

 

[Rigjockey]

I am just curious, what is the cost of 2X6's in your area? Just ballpark it.

 

[Rigjockey]

Yes.
I borrowed a 125' jlg lift to take down a 160' Chinese elm tree that was over the house. Only took 1 day.
I had been quoted 18 grand to take it down.

Wow, 18 grand huh? I bet the satisfaction of that DIY project was next level.
18 grand saved!

 

[389 Hood]

Yeah, these tree idiots are insane around here with their prices. They want 5 G's to take down a 40' oak.

 

[Duck]

I am just curious, what is the cost of 2X6's in your area? Just ballpark it.

I looked it up yesterday. It's about ten bucks for a 16 foot "construction grade" but these are "select" grade.

My phone was being too slow to keep trying to navigate the Menards website to find the select grade.

 

[AK7]

Wow, 18 grand huh? I bet the satisfaction of that DIY project was next level.
18 grand saved!

It was short lived.
Took the lift back and grabbed a backhoe to dig out the stump.
Turned the corner by the house and saw the Bobcat going down the street with the bucket all the way up and 3 little kids in the bucket.wtf?
Thing was bucking like a bronco.
The wife was driving.
I think I was still screaming at her a week later.
I showed her videos of how easy it is to tip one over with weight in the bucket.

She said on that day,she was the coolest mom on the block.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I didn't order the 2x6s and they didn't charge for them.

I was implying that being cheap and making crates out of your product to ship another product to save money is how you pay for Brandon Jones.

Of course it doesn't save anything if they give away the crate.

 

[Electric Chicken]

It was short lived.
Took the lift back and grabbed a backhoe to dig out the stump.
Turned the corner by the house and saw the Bobcat going down the street with the bucket all the way up and 3 little kids in the bucket.wtf?
Thing was bucking like a bronco.
The wife was driving.
I think I was still screaming at her a week later.
I showed her videos of how easy it is to tip one over with weight in the bucket.

She said on that day,she was the coolest mom on the block.

Yikes.

 

[Rigjockey]

You didn't use Google Earth.
Here is the picture I was telling you about. It's years old now and I just took it.View attachment 89878

You are correct! I used Google maps thinking it was the same thing. But, Thanks for posting the pic with 707. Pretty cool!

 

[Rigjockey]

It was short lived.
Took the lift back and grabbed a backhoe to dig out the stump.
Turned the corner by the house and saw the Bobcat going down the street with the bucket all the way up and 3 little kids in the bucket.wtf?
Thing was bucking like a bronco.
The wife was driving.
I think I was still screaming at her a week later.
I showed her videos of how easy it is to tip one over with weight in the bucket.

She said on that day,she was the coolest mom on the block.

Ya, those Bobcats look pretty shifty to me. I mean even when they are doing snow clearing they are lifting off the wheels.

 

[Duck]

I made a fake bird house as a jig for holding hot HDPE strips at the correct 120° angle while they cool down, so they'll hold that bend & not be a pain in the ass to install...

 

[Duck]

The saw horse happens to be just the right height to hold the two pieces of steel at a close enough angle..





Now I gotta get some 3/4" conduit hanger straps and some neoprene washers to attach it to the top of the side walls.

I've never attached steel siding to a tube frame before.
It's just thin wall Chinesium tubing. I don't want drill it for self-tapping pole barn screws because it'll weaken it.

And I don't want the steel to be mechanically locked in place like that. I want it to be able to slip a little bit if the frame flexes while I'm moving it.

It'll be resting on 8 points of contact while on the ground. But when I lower the wheels to move it, it'll be supported by only 3 points. The 2 wheels, and the ball hitch on the 4 wheeler.

That transfer of load paths will put shear forces on the screws if it's screwed directly to the frame.

By using the polyethylene strips and conduit hangers, the plastic will be able to slip a little bit if the frame changes shape slightly.

That's the theory anyway.

 

[Rigjockey]

I made a fake bird house as a jig for holding hot HDPE strips at the correct 120° angle while they cool down, so they'll hold that bend & not be a pain in the ass to install...

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Needs more pics!