Three lots North of me is a 17 acre spread straddling our mile long road with 9 residents on acreage lots. The guy who owned it is a commercial real estate agent. He and wife planned to build on the almost 10 acres on one side of the road and build motorbike trails on the other. Five years later I find out they are divorced and he subdivides 7 acres on one side of the road and sells 3 lots. Then his wife, apparently a residential real estate agent, puts the remaining 9+ acres on the market. I had seen in the distance what looked like some stacked I-beams. I texted her and asked if she wanted to get rid of that pile of metal on her lot. She replied that yes she wanted it gone and I could have it. I did an initial recon and it was tough to see what I was looking at.
This stack is chest high and at least 15 feet deep. Hard to tell how long so I looked at Google Maps and the imagery was taken soon after he had semi truck('s?) deliver the steel. This was before the Jungle took over, which happens so fast around here that I named my tractor Agent Orange. On the map image I measured the I-beams and estimated they were 35' long. I figured there was no way my Kubota L2501 could lift them and I would have to rent a 4 wheel drive forklift and a big ass trailer to move them.
A buddy helped me and we found that my little tractor could just lift these beasts with the forks. We didn't try to remove the jungle and just lifted the first few beams off of the stack which pulled enough jungle off to see what we were looking at. I borrowed a 20' car hauler and threw a couple of timbers across the rails and balanced one of the 35' beams on it. We through a ratchet strap over the front end and used his pickup to haul one over to my place. These looked like the rafters or roof beams and there were a couple of other haphazardly stacked piles that were the columns.
We used my grapple to pull apart the stacks and got those laid out, still trying to get a handle on what the heck this beast was. Whatever it turns out to be, I decided it was worth the effort to get it over to my place. My buddy helped for 2 days then I did the rest myself. I got to where I could load 4 roof beams on the trailer, unhitch my forks on top, put my skid steer ball mound attachment on the front of the tractor and haul the load to my place. Using the tractor helped negotiate the tight turn onto and off of the road and down my long tree lined driveway to the lower pasture at the rear of my place.
I think I have 2 separate buildings. One was painted and the other natural red iron. There were some misc pieces that might be a gantry crane and there is a stack of Z iron some of which might be serviceable. I need to do a proper inventory and get all the like pieces stacked together. I can measure the ends of the columns and roof beams and count the bolt holes to see what goes with what and figure out what these units would look like when assembled.
There is a level riding arena between this fence line and my barn that I was dreaming of putting a 40'x80' shop into one day. I have been told by a guy who puts up steel buildings that I just need to pour the footers for the columns and the building('s) can be erected, blasted, painted and roofed. Before I can get going on that I need to figure out what the building looks like. The roof beams bolt together in the middle meaning that the spread is about 70 foot. The building length depends on how many column's and roof beam sets are erected and the spacing. I found a building going up near me that has similar steel and I think mine would look like this flat topped sloped roof beast.
This building has 7 pairs of columns with bolted together roof beams. I have 6 white painted roof beam pairs and 5 red ones. Anyone here have and idea what I'm looking at here? I probably have room for a 70'x100' building. At first it would be an open aired dirt floored "riding arena" which the local assessor would certainly be used to in horse country. Plumbing, car lift, slab, siding and build out would happen as funds and time allows. I'd love to get my boat and shipping containers under roof and part of it enclosed.
This stack is chest high and at least 15 feet deep. Hard to tell how long so I looked at Google Maps and the imagery was taken soon after he had semi truck('s?) deliver the steel. This was before the Jungle took over, which happens so fast around here that I named my tractor Agent Orange. On the map image I measured the I-beams and estimated they were 35' long. I figured there was no way my Kubota L2501 could lift them and I would have to rent a 4 wheel drive forklift and a big ass trailer to move them.
We used my grapple to pull apart the stacks and got those laid out, still trying to get a handle on what the heck this beast was. Whatever it turns out to be, I decided it was worth the effort to get it over to my place. My buddy helped for 2 days then I did the rest myself. I got to where I could load 4 roof beams on the trailer, unhitch my forks on top, put my skid steer ball mound attachment on the front of the tractor and haul the load to my place. Using the tractor helped negotiate the tight turn onto and off of the road and down my long tree lined driveway to the lower pasture at the rear of my place.
I think I have 2 separate buildings. One was painted and the other natural red iron. There were some misc pieces that might be a gantry crane and there is a stack of Z iron some of which might be serviceable. I need to do a proper inventory and get all the like pieces stacked together. I can measure the ends of the columns and roof beams and count the bolt holes to see what goes with what and figure out what these units would look like when assembled.
There is a level riding arena between this fence line and my barn that I was dreaming of putting a 40'x80' shop into one day. I have been told by a guy who puts up steel buildings that I just need to pour the footers for the columns and the building('s) can be erected, blasted, painted and roofed. Before I can get going on that I need to figure out what the building looks like. The roof beams bolt together in the middle meaning that the spread is about 70 foot. The building length depends on how many column's and roof beam sets are erected and the spacing. I found a building going up near me that has similar steel and I think mine would look like this flat topped sloped roof beast.
This building has 7 pairs of columns with bolted together roof beams. I have 6 white painted roof beam pairs and 5 red ones. Anyone here have and idea what I'm looking at here? I probably have room for a 70'x100' building. At first it would be an open aired dirt floored "riding arena" which the local assessor would certainly be used to in horse country. Plumbing, car lift, slab, siding and build out would happen as funds and time allows. I'd love to get my boat and shipping containers under roof and part of it enclosed.
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