New garage/parts shed

[Darrman]

I got tired of working around the weather's schedule, so I bought this 12x26 portable this week, just finished setting it up.
Hopefully it will hold up to the wind, I spiked it to the ground twice at every leg foot, all 10. I also sunk 15 inch augers into concrete and have rachet straps x6 holding it down.
The frame is pretty stout, 2 1/4 steel main skeleton with 1 3/4 steel between.
I am going to hang a couple flourecents, get four bulbs going and it should be enough, and get some 110 plugins set up
I am more worried about the rain turning it into a mudhole, it on a slight downgrade going towards the front, and there was a low spot right where the engine is most of the time. So I poured a couple bags a concrete in this spot and surrounded it with gravel to hopefully keep the water from collecting here.

[Darrman]

Couple more pics. You can see in one how much room I have leftover afterwards, not much with the lwb.

[layedout72]

nice! not a bad little work area at all! keeps the sun off your back int he summer and you can run a heater fan in the winter! pretty good amount of room as well if you don't have loads of parts laying around.

[Blue Cloud]

Looks like it will work!

[72hiboy4x4]

I have one of those I keep my boat under.

[ezernut9mm]

cool. looks like your truck is camping.

[jor]

I used one of those for a few years. I really liked it (my wife was less enthusiastic, however). Anyhow, it lasted about three years before the UV rays began eating it up. You'll enjoy working on your truck a lot more now.
jor

[MadMaxetc]

Looks good.

That would make a good blasting booth too.

[Darrman]

Thanks, it got its break in period yesterday, wind was pretty strong with a storm passing through. The tent held up great, no problem. However now I gotta figure out how to keep squirrels from using it as a shortcut, they have damn razors for claws and will shred it if they climb on it. Any suggestions? And it has to be humane, my girlfriend will kill me if they get hurt.

[ezernut9mm]

axle grease? i'm pretty sure no one has invented anything squirrel proof. if they want to be there then they will be there.

[aramil]

a low powered pellet gun, it doesnt hurt em it just makes em angry

[72hiboy4x4]

Thanks, it got its break in period yesterday, wind was pretty strong with a storm passing through. The tent held up great, no problem. However now I gotta figure out how to keep squirrels from using it as a shortcut, they have damn razors for claws and will shred it if they climb on it. Any suggestions? And it has to be humane, my girlfriend will kill me if they get hurt.

don't hurt them when you kill them, then she can't complain.... J/K

[GT-Racer]

paintball gun, they wont come back. If they do...then you have marked them and they are fair game.

[wt4speed#2]

How's it holdin up through all of these storms Darrman?

[Darrman]

It has been holding up perfectly, all due to the anchors I sank. Got it up in perfect time, from all the rain we have been getting.
I havent seen any tree rats sniffing around it yet, but I will keep my bb pistol ready.