Before we start.
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I have been waiting at least 5yrs to do these 2 builds.
It has taken all that time to aquire the materials to do this.
Bought the poles a couple years ago. The final pieces to the puzzle was the reclaimed lumber from the old round pen.
So a little rain & mudd is not gonna stop me.
People keep asking, Are You Gonna Cement Those Poles?
Nope, Can't afford it. Also, you may not have noticed but those 10ft poles are 8 1/4 to 8 1/2 inch pole Heavily Wolmenized.
The poles you buy at the lumber stores are treated 1/10 of what these are. I'm using 8 of them per building. They are milled square at the bottoms & planted on a sandy base.
The last component was when Mom said go ahead & tear down the round pen, before it falls Down.
I will use the salvaged 2x8s for the horse Kick Wall.
A Kck Wall is the lower section of a horse shelter or building that insures if a horse kicks it that as with tin they don't cut there legs up.
1st picture is where Hawk & Gabes Leantoo will go.
We are 2 days into Salvage operation.
28 of 7 1/2ft 2x8s so far.
God Bless Sawsalls.
Location of New Build.
Phase 1.
At the end of Day 2 of Build.
That was a very long day.
End of day 3.
Got the last 3 poles set.
Another very long day. 8 pm finnish.
Lucky Me, I get to do it all again on the second building.
End of Day 6 photos.
All salvage wood for internal & external Kick walls are done.
Progress on Horse Siesta Shacks.
Some more rafters & perlins.
Finnished all the roof rafters yesterday.
There was math involved.
Boooo, Hissss.
For the people who know a little something about Building things.
You may ask. Why did you use 2x4s & not 2x6s for the roof rafters.
Cost!. I build with the sum of the parts combining for the Strength.
The roof sheeting will be 3/4 OSB.
Also I have an old Horse Siesta Shack, Over 50 years Old.
Cool thing. 1st pic shows the 2x12x16 foot Header Board. Menards diddn't have what I wanted when Josh went to get me a dozen missing pieces. So they gave him a deal on that piece. Happy Days, what a gorgeous Header Board. Laurie I got one just like it for Red & Marnie.
We are now doing Final Prep for 3/4 OSB sheeting.
Gonna put cheater board up to place all sheets of OSB.
Think I will even put a short 2x4 spinner board on cheater board to hold it in place. Goin Full Rube Goldberge on it.
Plus use the tractor to set in place. At most I will need to flip them up. Roof will be just sliding them. At my age I use every possible way to do it like a Lazy man.
I carry nothing I can push in a cart or on the tractor.
There are days that I feel like the cartoon character Bullwinkle.
That's another story though.
Siesta Shack update.
Moriah Newman (my Daughter) was here.
Hey Baby I need a spotter. Gotta do proof of concept & it's a bit Sketchy. You can't help or the concept is a fail.
So I began moving 3/4 inch thick 4x8ft sheets of OSB onto the sides & roof of the Horse Shack. Got 6 sheets on.
I'm a big fan of using my tractor to get things real close then flip them or slide them on.
For the most part everything worked, even at 9ft in the air.
I don't work with helpers because at my age everybody is younger & then I work to fast, Young peoples slow is my fast.
Last 7 sheets of OSB go on today. Because I have to mow the lawn tomorrow.
Reality check.
Even though I bought the materials for these 2 Siesta Shacks over the last 5yrs. Each shack will probably have cost $1,500.00 each.
Lumber, Poles, Screws, Shingles & stain.
Here's the Bomb though. If I had had them Built It would in all likelyhood have cost 3 to 4 Thousand dollars each.
The big expense would have been the Exterior & interior Kick walls that I used salvage lumber for.
Most horse shacks are built using tin siding & the gap on inner stalls between boards is a lot more tha 1.5 inches.
One horse puts there leg through that tin exterior & your vet bill will be a couple thousand. I've seen it.
2. interior kick wall at more than 1.5 inch gap. Horses do crazy stuff.
Which can & does result in them getting there legs tangled in bigger gaps. Again Big Vet Bill.
So I build with interior & exterior kick walls now.
If I use tin on an exterior wall. I put a 3/4 inch sheet of backer board behind it.
I cheap out everywhere I can, but not on 4ft high Kick walls.
Here's the Kick in the pants.
Back in 1983 we had our Friend Larry Blizzard build our little 30x40 foot pole barn & it cost at the most $3,500.00
And as I said if I'd had that little 10x16 foot Horse shack built by someone else a good day would probably have been the same amount of money.
Forgot to tell you.
Got the 3 sheets up on the roof & tacked down.
Asked mom. I really would like to get the other 3 on.
It was after 6pm.
Mom said No you are done for today.
Yes Mam.
Got the 3 sheets up on the roof & tacked down.
Asked mom. I really would like to get the other 3 on.
It was after 6pm.
Mom said No you are done for today.
Yes Mam.
All the wood is on. Trim work. Roof. Paint.
Today after more than 2 months I do not have to get out & work on the 2 Horse Shelters.
Following picture is of the second identical build.
Only picture that I had of one of the completed shelters.
I have to admit, I'm at a loss for what to do.
Thinking seriously about working on Gabriel & Hawks fencing Project.
All I need to do it is a fancy Storebought Fence Post Whanger.
Old Men need to stay busy.
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