A new bodge shed

v8willy · Apr 21, 2019

New & bodge in the same sentence

Had an old shed we used to keep cattle in beside the crush, was built around 78~9 as a pighouse then the internal walls were ripped out, was still being used the odd time for cattle going to mart, sick animal beside crush, or at the end of the year could feed in the yard & still go out to the fields.

When it was the main cattle shed they fed out in the yard, shut them up in the shed while putting a bale in, then could shut them out while putting straw in, cleaned the yard enery 3 weeks or so, shed could only be cleaned out with 35 & buckrake.

It worked well but was a bit messy & labour intensive too.

Then the roof fell in...

Then we realised how much we had used it.
Thought for a while about what to do, then came up with a (very) rough plan to bodge a new shed around the old buildings & put a roof over the crush as well, we get a fair amount of rain & if it's not raining it's blowing a gale down the valley.

new steel arrived

v8willy · Apr 21, 2019

Had to remove the roof before cleaning out

then clean out

first time the Merlo has been in here, can see the floor layout for the pig pens too.

Empty

then strip the roof back on the rest of it

seen better days, full of mice & starlings.

done

another option spotted on the road

v8willy · Apr 21, 2019

Posts

odd stone about

decided to extend it

first post in

can see the scored out marks on the posts, hence the bodge....all changes again later too.

Jason g · Apr 21, 2019

Fair play looks like you certainly got your use out of the old shed. Cant wait to see it completed

v8willy · Apr 21, 2019

A few holes

for a few brackets

last post at the low end

wall in

end sheets going on (2nd hand)

then dressed & first link of timbers

shifting steel about the yard on your own

v8willy · Apr 21, 2019

More holes, end plates on trusses this time

truss going round from workshop, was on my own that day, rest went round on a chain with one man steering

should have been earlier
first truss going up

the plan was to put a few inches of concrete over the floor just to level it...

but then realised that would have left the feed passage lower than the floor
can also see why the wall was left till the last, once it's down that takes the crush out of use

had a think about it, the pighouse was built when I was a kid & I can just about remember the yard being there, the pighouse was just put on top of the old yard, so with a bit of luck we could just take it back down to that level.
wall down & floor stripped out

v8willy · Apr 21, 2019

Starting to replace the wall

changed the side sheets to spaced

gate for shed end

and crush

ran a saw round old concrete edges

v8willy · Apr 21, 2019

Started to put more sheets on, ( new sheets on the roof ) had a few cattle out in feb but then the weather changed

had to bring them in & put them on the crush side

with a ring feeder

temp drinker fitted

last bit of the roof

fitted, keep dry when working with the crush

Jason g · Apr 22, 2019

Looking good rather substantial structure built for a hurricane is it just for the cows or for all sorts of livestock.

v8willy · Apr 22, 2019

Jason g said:
Looking good rather substantial structure built for a hurricane is it just for the cows or for all sorts of livestock.

Mostly cows or anything a year old & above, tho allsorts will likely end up in it sometimes.

FIL46 · Apr 24, 2019

Ah some good old home fabrication done to how you want it good stuff,

v8willy · Apr 28, 2019

Roof going on

first part of floor in, more of a patch up job

having a go at shuttering, make it tidier & easier cleaned out

Dividing gates

then thought of a drop down bit just in case of small calves or weaning

Jason g · Apr 28, 2019

Fair play coming on real good

Matt77 · Apr 28, 2019

Looks excellent

love a project!

multi power · Apr 28, 2019

What size steel is in the roof ? And what is the span ?

KennyO · Apr 28, 2019

Looking good @v8willy

We've got some 30ft roof steels off an old leanto one day I will get them up over my handling pens.

Greenbeast · Apr 28, 2019

this is brilliant

v8willy · Apr 29, 2019

multi power said:
What size steel is in the roof ? And what is the span ?

7" X 4" & span is 40'

Neddy flanders · Apr 29, 2019

are there more hours in your day than mine?

v8willy · Apr 29, 2019

Neddy flanders said:
are there more hours in your day than mine?

Not half enough in mine, this was started last June, hoped to be done by end of Jan, then Feb, getting close now....

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