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Post by Tim Horton on Feb 13, 2020 1:29:37 GMT
OK... So I saw a thing where a guy put pallets together to make a covered wood shed.. Nice enough project as it were.
Running around in my head is a variation where I make a pretty simple shed with one open side, on skids, covered, that I can move with the tractor..
So with that in mind, I have been cutting squares of graph paper to represent standard 40x48" pallets and arranging them to see how I can make this work out.. I can even fold edges on the squares to represent the thickness of a pallet. I'm trying to figure this out to do the least amount of cutting on the pallets and then patching back in an end or side..
Anyone done this ?? Anyone know where to find existing plans ??
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Post by paisley on Feb 13, 2020 1:46:21 GMT
There was a really sharp guy on HT Tennessee andy? He does wood on like sides pallets and lines the up covered (maybe a building. He fork lifed when and where needed.. I told my dear wonderful neighbor about this cause he has fun toys to do this and now his year he is doing it...
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Post by Jolly on Feb 13, 2020 13:10:29 GMT
OK... So I saw a thing where a guy put pallets together to make a covered wood shed.. Nice enough project as it were. Running around in my head is a variation where I make a pretty simple shed with one open side, on skids, covered, that I can move with the tractor.. So with that in mind, I have been cutting squares of graph paper to represent standard 40x48" pallets and arranging them to see how I can make this work out.. I can even fold edges on the squares to represent the thickness of a pallet. I'm trying to figure this out to do the least amount of cutting on the pallets and then patching back in an end or side.. Anyone done this ?? Anyone know where to find existing plans ?? What is the purpose of the shed?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2020 14:55:47 GMT
Wow! There are so many sites with instructions for building with pallets!
This one has a very basic step-by-step. The shed is not on skids, but it seems that would be pretty easy to add some sturdy skids when you're framing.
And here's another site with loads of ideas - and plans.
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Post by paisley on Feb 13, 2020 18:10:16 GMT
The problem I have is ,10-15cord building is big.
So it would get in the way of our home
I would love to have pallets loaded and stacked away and just moved closer as needed.
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Post by Tim Horton on Feb 13, 2020 20:37:01 GMT
Thanks for the links to the DIY projects.. >>>>>> What is the purpose of the shed? >>>>>>>> Purpose, initially to store overflow wood from the main wood shed. On skids as any structure that can be moved can't be taxed. For instance, multiple sheds means storage at the site of harvest, to be moved where and as needed..
Having some time now to stir this idea around a little more in my head, and spending some time with my crayons and graph paper in my "good idea" note book...... I think I will first build a couple (steel) skid frames.. A 4x10' and 4x8', maybe a 4x6' also.. Then work from there with individual structures.
The more I think, the 4x6' will be a combination storage shed for tools in the bush. And a on the ground blind overlooking the swamp when moose season is on... It is a half kilometer to the near edge of the big pasture, and about a full kilometer to the far corner.. >>>>>>>>>>> I would love to have pallets loaded and stacked away and just moved closer as needed. >>> Actually... I do that now, of sorts.. I have a standard size pallet, with another pallet standing on end on the flat one. Anchored in place with 2 plywood gussets. Creating an L shape that I can stack wood on and move with the 3pt, or front end loader pallet forks on the tractor.. Works well, but limited to the lifting capacity of the tractor.. My tractor is a brute for its size, but only to a point..
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Post by paisley on Feb 13, 2020 21:26:15 GMT
I have hand tools, determination, and no big equipment. I do have a riding lawnmower.
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Post by Jolly on Feb 14, 2020 14:06:03 GMT
Steel underneath would be better than what I was thinking...4x4 skids and notched in cross-members with an eye bolt on either end to pull the shed.
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Post by Tim Horton on Feb 15, 2020 0:57:56 GMT
Steel underneath would be better than what I was thinking...4x4 skids and notched in cross-members with an eye bolt on either end to pull the shed. >>>>>>>
Yes.. I will use steel... A simple 2x2x1/4 angle iron on the top. Some short legs, an angle iron bottom skid with a wide angled shoe on either end of the skids.. At 4' wide, it will take a sheet of plywood for a deck. Be the same track width as my tractor. Easy enough to bolt any kind of deck to. Multiple shipping pallets and the like. Level with a jack when in place, and easy enough to move, if, when necessary.
...4x4 skids and notched in cross-members with an eye bolt on either end to pull the shed. <<< This does have a use, at a cheaper price than steel skids. This would work well for a portable tool shed, ground hunting blind type structure.
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Post by joebill on Feb 20, 2020 2:21:57 GMT
Steel on bottom SOOO much better. A "stone boat" style skidding assembly will tow just fine in a straight line without undue stress, but when you start to turn it if it is not super sturdy you will pull it apart.....Joe
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Feb 20, 2020 14:41:18 GMT
Steel on bottom SOOO much better. A "stone boat" style skidding assembly will tow just fine in a straight line without undue stress, but when you start to turn it if it is not super sturdy you will pull it apart.....Joe
You're suggesting a solid sheet of steel for a bottom?
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Post by Tim Horton on Feb 21, 2020 22:20:37 GMT
Stone Boat.....
You're suggesting a solid sheet of steel for a bottom?
I have seen both, kinda sorta.. Many types from a ice fishing sled type to an old 1950s car hood.. There even was a split type, kind like a "scoop stretcher" It hinged open in front, you put it around a large, heavy object, mostly a rock, closed the back end as much as possible and pulled.. As you pulled it lifted and "scooped" the rock into the boat. Then you closed the back halves of the boat..
No... They don't turn that well. They tend to turn on a pivot point at the center of the boat and load. Actually they turn OK, just at there own turn radius.
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Post by joebill on Feb 27, 2020 21:16:47 GMT
Steel on bottom SOOO much better. A "stone boat" style skidding assembly will tow just fine in a straight line without undue stress, but when you start to turn it if it is not super sturdy you will pull it apart.....Joe
You're suggesting a solid sheet of steel for a bottom?
Not suggesting a solid sheet, although it would prob'ly never come apart. Suggesting welding up the undercarriage from steel pipe or angle, channel, etc. I have seen the old stone boats from wood 100 years old or better still going strong, but there was a LOT of expert joinery in them and hand fitting that represented skills not so available today...Joe
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Post by ceresone on Feb 28, 2020 15:16:07 GMT
Nothing the same.. But my chicken house is built on a trailer frame, wheels pull lighter than skids with a small tractor.just a thought.
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Post by DEKE on Feb 28, 2020 15:56:24 GMT
Nothing the same.. But my chicken house is built on a trailer frame, wheels pull lighter than skids with a small tractor.just a thought.
me too. I built a coop on an old boat trailer. we still use it as your brooder house, but built a larger pen for the main flock.
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