building shavings storage

building shavings storage

Post by Eileen G. Morg » Sat, 14 Feb 1998 04:00:00


name says it all, huh?
I hate using straw, although I've been using it 'cause I've got a oft
but no place (YET!) to store shavings. Howver, my straw guy just sold
the last of his stuff (horrors!) and I can't find anything for the
price (or even more money) which is even close to the quality. I did,
however, find a shavings supplier who can bring a dumptruck load of
shavings out at a time.

Any suggestions for building some kind of shavings storage?
I have an old bank barn--can't really build it into the barn I have.
I'm looking for a sturdy idea for a seperate little building or
storage something or other.

thanks!
eileen morgan
The Mare's Nest

 
 
 

building shavings storage

Post by Kirsti Stephens » Sat, 14 Feb 1998 04:00:00


Quote:

>name says it all, huh?
>I hate using straw, although I've been using it 'cause I've got a oft
>but no place (YET!) to store shavings. Howver, my straw guy just sold
>the last of his stuff (horrors!) and I can't find anything for the
>price (or even more money) which is even close to the quality. I did,
>however, find a shavings supplier who can bring a dumptruck load of
>shavings out at a time.

>Any suggestions for building some kind of shavings storage?
>I have an old bank barn--can't really build it into the barn I have.
>I'm looking for a sturdy idea for a seperate little building or
>storage something or other.

Eileen,

I just have the guy dump the load next to the barn and tarp it. I'd
love to have a real shavings bin so I don't have this big green worm
next to the barn... oh well, some day.

Kirsti

 
 
 

building shavings storage

Post by Jane H. Kilbe » Sat, 14 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

> name says it all, huh?
> I hate using straw, although I've been using it 'cause I've got a oft
> but no place (YET!) to store shavings. Howver, my straw guy just sold
> the last of his stuff (horrors!) and I can't find anything for the
> price (or even more money) which is even close to the quality. I did,
> however, find a shavings supplier who can bring a dumptruck load of
> shavings out at a time.

> Any suggestions for building some kind of shavings storage?
> I have an old bank barn--can't really build it into the barn I have.
> I'm looking for a sturdy idea for a seperate little building or
> storage something or other.

A three sided structure with wide open doors in the front. Roof can be
solid or a roll back type like hurricane closures or a roof that slides
back or can be pulled up to accomodate a dump truck. Size depends on how
much shavings you want to accomodate. If you use bags, you can put 100 bags
in a 10 x 10 x 10 or go slightly larger 12 x 12 x 10 for bulk loads.

down the tejas trails....
jane kilberg & her GOS (Gang of Spots) in the great nation of tejas

 
 
 

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Post by ASimpCat » Sun, 15 Feb 1998 04:00:00


Quote:
>> Any suggestions for building some kind of shavings storage?
>A three sided structure with wide open doors in the front. Roof can be
>solid or a roll back type like hurricane closures or a roof that slides
>back or can be pulled up to accomodate a dump truck.

I've wanted to build such a structure, with a roof that somehow moved out of
the way to make room for a dump truck, but never could figure out quite how to
do it (probably didn't try hard enough.)  Do you have any plans (drawings) or
know where I could get some?  
("Hurricane closures"?  We don't have hurricanes where I live--just
earthquakes, fires, floods, and landslides--so I don't know what hurricane
closures are.)
Alice Simpson

 
 
 

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Post by Jane H. Kilbe » Sun, 15 Feb 1998 04:00:00


Quote:


> >> Any suggestions for building some kind of shavings storage?

> >A three sided structure with wide open doors in the front. Roof can be
> >solid or a roll back type like hurricane closures or a roof that slides
> >back or can be pulled up to accomodate a dump truck.

> I've wanted to build such a structure, with a roof that somehow moved out of
> the way to make room for a dump truck, but never could figure out quite how to
> do it (probably didn't try hard enough.)  Do you have any plans (drawings) or
> know where I could get some?  
> ("Hurricane closures"?  We don't have hurricanes where I live--just
> earthquakes, fires, floods, and landslides--so I don't know what hurricane
> closures are.)

No, I don't have plans, just designed one out of my birdbrain. As for the
roof, one could use a solid top with large clips on the sides and back to
clip on the sides and front. Front clips need to be off to either side of
the doors. You can latch the doors three way....the normal front door latch
and a spring latch into a hole of the solid roof and into the concrete pad
on the bottom of the doors. This is what I built.

A roll back type top could also be a heavy duty tarp on a roller fastened
to the back of the shed, or an aluminum type customed sized such as those
that are used on businesses to cover entrances for security purposes and
one raises up like a garage door, only with using it as a roof covering, it
would slide back. Check with local contractors in your area. For this type,
you would probably have to add in tracks for the closure to slide on and
would be more expensive.

down the tejas trails....
jane kilberg & her GOS (Gang of Spots) in the great nation of tejas

 
 
 

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Post by Jorene Dow » Sun, 15 Feb 1998 04:00:00


[...]

Quote:
>Any suggestions for building some kind of shavings storage?
>I have an old bank barn--can't really build it into the barn I have.
>I'm looking for a sturdy idea for a seperate little building or
>storage something or other.

[...]

In an emergency you can always throw a tarp down, dump the shavings
on the tarp, and put another tarp over the top. <g> For longer term,
I've seen 3-sided sheds (tall enough for the dump truck to back in
and tilt) on a concrete slab with a tarp (weighted bottom) hung as
the front wall in the winter. You can rig the tarp to roll up, tie
up, etc., to make winter access easier.

- - -
Jorene
just moseyin' down the California trails
from the CEOates Ranch ... :)
http://www.CEOates.com

Meet other rec.eq posters on:
http://www.psnw.com/~jcdowns/RecEq/RecEq.html

 
 
 

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Post by Picke » Tue, 17 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Hi

Many years ago we poured a large concrete slab probably 10' wide and 20' long.
We put up sides that are 4 and a half feet
high,  then we put on a plexiglass hinged,  pitched roof that opens in the
middle. Midway down the outside  each side of the "shed" we put in a very tall
6x6  pressure treated post that is probably 14' tall.  We put rings at the top
and a pully system.  The rope attaches to the middle top of each panel.  When
the truck comes the driver is easily able to raise each side straight up and
back the truck in and dump.  

Out bedding has never been wet since.

 
 
 

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Post by Sylvana Smit » Thu, 19 Feb 1998 04:00:00

<<I've wanted to build [a shavings storage] structure, with a roof that
somehow moved out of the way to make room for a dump truck, but never
could figure out quite how to do it (probably didn't try hard enough.)
Do you have any plans (drawings) or know where I could get some?>>

We saw a nifty one at Denny Emerson's farm in Southern Pines last
weekend.

The shed had three solid walls and a solid wood beam down the center,
from loading end to the back of the shed.  

Instead of traditional rafters, the roof structure was formed with
cross-bows of PVC pipe, ends tucked into slots in the sidewalls, and
bent in a gradual arc from the left side to the right side, passing over
the center beam.

The roof itself was a sturdy tarp, lashed to this framework, and it
wasn't unattractive, really.  Not something you'd put in your front
yard, but not an eyesore either.  I'd estimate it would take less than
five minutes for two people to disassemble the roof structure--and about
the same to do it back up again.

Down here in the warm south, a plain ole shavings pile with a tarp
slopped over it is a magnet for copperheads and moccasins, so I like the
idea of a shelter that is relatively low-profile but still tall enough
to stand up in, fully under cover.  No more flipping back the tarp to
find slithery venomous things curled up beneath.  Ick.

No doubt this shelter was inexpensive to build as well.  I'd even think
a similar design would be feasible as a low-cost run-in shelter too,
especially for rented fields where you don't want to spend a lot of
money on permanent fixtures.

--Sylvana

 
 
 

building shavings storage

Post by Joyseymo » Sun, 22 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Quote:
>name says it all, huh?
>I hate using straw, although I've been using it 'cause I've got a oft
>but no place (YET!) to store shavings. Howver, my straw guy just sold
>the last of his stuff (horrors!) and I can't find anything for the
>price (or even more money) which is even close to the quality. I did,
>however, find a shavings supplier who can bring a dumptruck load of
>shavings out at a time.

>Any suggestions for building some kind of shavings storage?
>I have an old bank barn--can't really build it into the barn I have.
>I'm looking for a sturdy idea for a seperate little building or
>storage something or other.

>thanks!
>eileen morgan
>The Mare's Nest

We considered building a sawdust or shavings shed a while ago.  One of the
things we discussed with the builder was a three sided shed, (pole barn) built
"inside out", with the support posts on the outside of the siding (or the
siding on the inside of the support posts, depending on how you think about
it).  This would give us the strength to keep the siding from being pushed off
the posts by the weight of the sawdust.  Never did build it, but always thought
it was a great idea.

joy