• Moving a 40ft High Cube

    From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 4 15:40:40 2025
    A buddy of mine hauls containers from the coast and sells them locally.
    He picked up 3 for a customer and after he got back with the third one
    they decided they only wanted two right now. He offered it to me
    delivered for a couple hundred bucks less than the before delivery and
    tax price of the local yard full of ex border wall containers. I didn't
    take advantage of my buddy. I know what he pays for them.

    The concrete slab behind my shop is where I want it, but it was
    completely full of scrap, so I had him drop it next to the slab on some
    timbers (old guard rail posts) that would leave it sitting above the slab.

    I spent all day yesterday and most of the day today moving steel, old machinery, and trash. It even inspired me to put several large pieces
    in the dumpster that I had been keeping just in case. An old utility
    trailer body, an old DeWalt industrial radial arm saw the last of the
    steel bins full of stuff that came with the steel work bench John Apple
    gave me.

    I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
    little tractor, but that just wasn't working. I'd push one end in and
    the other would swing out. I kind of expected that. At about 8500 lbs
    it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one
    end and carrying it into place was definitely out.

    I ran a chain through the foot on the container, ran another chain
    around the safety bollard (concrete filled six inch well casing) by my
    rear overhead door and stuck a come-a-long in between the two chains.
    Doubled up of course. With the chains and cable anchoring one end I can
    bump the other end with the tractor buck and it moves several inches.
    With the tractor up against the container at that end, the tires spun
    down into the dirt, the bucket dug in, and the parking brake on I can
    move the end with the chains an inch or two at a stroke with the
    come-a-long. It feels like the more of the weight that is on the
    concrete the easier it gets. By that I mean it feels the same, but my
    arms are getting weaker and I can still move it so...

    I've got it about half way in the slab right now. Had to take a break
    and get some water. Well that's enough screwing around. Back to work.

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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Jim Wilkins on Sun May 4 17:23:23 2025
    On 5/4/2025 4:19 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
    "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vv8qd8$2e9h9$1@dont-email.me...

    I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
    little tractor, but that just wasn't working.  I'd push one end in and
    the other would swing out.  I kind of expected that.  At about 8500 lbs
    it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one
    end and carrying it into place was definitely out. ------------------------------
    Sorry, can't help, that's twice the weight I can lift and move by myself
    with home made equipment.

    https://www.pbs.org/video/how-ancient-easter-island-statues-walked-lz6y8g/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_of_the_Egyptian_pyramids

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBbnvOqVNyM



    Its done. Come-a-long by hand at one end, and battering ram with the
    tractor at the other. The last few inches to bump off the timber at the come-along end were brutal. I found an old 8 foot metal fence post for
    a cheater bar, and walked back and forth to give my arms a rest.

    There are a couple things I could have done to make the job a little
    easier, but they would have required a lot more cleanup, and my primary
    goal was to get the container up on the slab half hidden behind a will
    tree before any of my neighbors complained. My neighbors aren't like
    that anyway, but I prefer not to test my limits. For the most part they
    leave me alone and I leave them alone. If somebody asks for help I help.

    With the shop on the west and the container on the east side of the
    apron it leaves me about 12 feet in between. Now I'll have an area to
    work outside that will give me some shade except for a couple hours in
    the middle of the day. I've been debating putting a "portable" shade in between. Just paint the roof the same color as the concrete.

    I think I'll put all my bigger wood working tools in the container, and
    roll them out to work outside when I need them. I don't do all that
    much wood working these days, and it will clear a little bit of shop
    space pretty quick.

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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to Bob La Londe on Sun May 4 21:36:41 2025
    On 5/4/2025 5:40 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    A buddy of mine hauls containers from the coast and sells them locally.
    He picked up 3 for a customer and after he got back with the third one
    they decided they only wanted two right now.  He offered it to me
    delivered for a couple hundred bucks less than the before delivery and
    tax price of the local yard full of ex border wall containers.  I didn't take advantage of my buddy.  I know what he pays for them.

    The concrete slab behind my shop is where I want it, but it was
    completely full of scrap, so I had him drop it next to the slab on some timbers (old guard rail posts) that would leave it sitting above the slab.

    I spent all day yesterday and most of the day today moving steel, old machinery, and trash.  It even inspired me to put several large pieces
    in the dumpster that I had been keeping just in case.  An old utility trailer body, an old DeWalt industrial radial arm saw the last of the
    steel bins full of stuff that came with the steel work bench John Apple
    gave me.

    I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
    little tractor, but that just wasn't working.  I'd push one end in and
    the other would swing out.  I kind of expected that.  At about 8500 lbs
    it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one
    end and carrying it into place was definitely out.

    I ran a chain through the foot on the container, ran another chain
    around the safety bollard (concrete filled six inch well casing) by my
    rear overhead door and stuck a come-a-long in between the two chains.
    Doubled up of course.  With the chains and cable anchoring one end I can bump the other end with the tractor buck and it moves several inches.
    With the tractor up against the container at that end, the tires spun
    down into the dirt, the bucket dug in, and the parking brake on I can
    move the end with the chains an inch or two at a stroke with the come-a-long.  It feels like the more of the weight that is on the
    concrete the easier it gets.  By that I mean it feels the same, but my
    arms are getting weaker and I can still move it so...

    I've got it about half way in the slab right now.  Had to take a break
    and get some water.  Well that's enough screwing around.  Back to work.


    I - and 4 of the best neighbors that ever walked this earth - spent
    the last 2 days putting 1X10 rough cut pine board siding on my house .

    It looks fuckinawesome .

    One of these neighbors runs a home repair/construction business . I
    told him I wanted to hire him to do this job , next thing I know he's
    telling me he's organizing the neighbors to come help , for free . It
    seem charging only for parts when I fix stuff they broke has earned me
    some karma . Balance is everything . Having a machine shop can shift the
    point of balance ...
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  • From Gerry@21:1/5 to Snag on Sun May 4 23:38:26 2025
    On Sun, 4 May 2025 21:36:41 -0500, Snag <Snag_one@msn.com> wrote:

    On 5/4/2025 5:40 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    A buddy of mine hauls containers from the coast and sells them locally.
    He picked up 3 for a customer and after he got back with the third one
    they decided they only wanted two right now.  He offered it to me
    delivered for a couple hundred bucks less than the before delivery and
    tax price of the local yard full of ex border wall containers.  I didn't
    take advantage of my buddy.  I know what he pays for them.

    The concrete slab behind my shop is where I want it, but it was
    completely full of scrap, so I had him drop it next to the slab on some
    timbers (old guard rail posts) that would leave it sitting above the slab. >>
    I spent all day yesterday and most of the day today moving steel, old
    machinery, and trash.  It even inspired me to put several large pieces
    in the dumpster that I had been keeping just in case.  An old utility
    trailer body, an old DeWalt industrial radial arm saw the last of the
    steel bins full of stuff that came with the steel work bench John Apple
    gave me.

    I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
    little tractor, but that just wasn't working.  I'd push one end in and
    the other would swing out.  I kind of expected that.  At about 8500 lbs
    it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one
    end and carrying it into place was definitely out.

    I ran a chain through the foot on the container, ran another chain
    around the safety bollard (concrete filled six inch well casing) by my
    rear overhead door and stuck a come-a-long in between the two chains.
    Doubled up of course.  With the chains and cable anchoring one end I can
    bump the other end with the tractor buck and it moves several inches.
    With the tractor up against the container at that end, the tires spun
    down into the dirt, the bucket dug in, and the parking brake on I can
    move the end with the chains an inch or two at a stroke with the
    come-a-long.  It feels like the more of the weight that is on the
    concrete the easier it gets.  By that I mean it feels the same, but my
    arms are getting weaker and I can still move it so...

    I've got it about half way in the slab right now.  Had to take a break
    and get some water.  Well that's enough screwing around.  Back to work.


    I - and 4 of the best neighbors that ever walked this earth - spent
    the last 2 days putting 1X10 rough cut pine board siding on my house .

    It looks fuckinawesome .

    One of these neighbors runs a home repair/construction business . I
    told him I wanted to hire him to do this job , next thing I know he's
    telling me he's organizing the neighbors to come help , for free . It
    seem charging only for parts when I fix stuff they broke has earned me
    some karma . Balance is everything . Having a machine shop can shift the >point of balance ...
    Which proves my father right in that "neighbour are wat you make
    them!"

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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Bob La Londe on Mon May 5 12:47:11 2025
    On 5/5/2025 12:41 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    Couple kids jumped a berm on the alfalfa field to my south in their jeep
    and high centered one day.  They asked me for  some help.  I fired up
    the tractor, and brought some shovels.  I told them I'd only pull them
    out if they agreed to reshape the berm before they left.  After they
    were gone I called a pro farmer buddy of mine to find out who owned the field, and called him to let him know what happened and that he might
    want to take a look before the next time he irrigated.  Don't even
    remember his name.


    I made them agree to fix the berm with shovels because I was hoping to
    convince them to do their drinking at home or camp out in the desert
    like me and my buddies did when we were younger. If you camp out you go
    don't go home until you've slept, because the next time you might wind
    up in the canal instead of a field. I doubt I had any impact, but I
    tried.



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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Gerry on Mon May 5 12:41:37 2025
    On 5/4/2025 8:38 PM, Gerry wrote:
    One of these neighbors runs a home repair/construction business . I
    told him I wanted to hire him to do this job , next thing I know he's
    telling me he's organizing the neighbors to come help , for free . It
    seem charging only for parts when I fix stuff they broke has earned me
    some karma . Balance is everything . Having a machine shop can shift the
    point of balance ...

    Which proves my father right in that "neighbour are wat you make
    them!"

    I'm happy to have neighbors that for the most part leave me alone. In
    my last house we had the neighborhood busy body introduce herself on day
    one and tried to brow beat us into believing that everybody in the
    neighborhood spilled their deepest secrets to her. No shit. A couple
    houses down lived one of my direct business competitors, and across the
    street was a neighborhood comings and goings house with "mom" (not mine
    LOL) and a ragged assortment of young adults who came and went, and
    always somebody who turned his car alarm sensitivity up so that it went
    off if a cat walked on his car.

    In my current house with neighbors spread out a little more I like
    mostly being left alone, and I don't mind if neighbor asks for a hand
    with something. For the first few years once a year the neighbor to my
    north would have a very loud charity rock concert in their yard. My
    house is pretty sound deadening. Normal fighter jet traffic over head
    (We live about 1.5 miles off the end of one of the runways at MCAS Yuma) doesn't bother us, but that concert would permeate every fiber of your
    being in any room of the house. I told them as long as its just one
    weekend a year to knock themselves out. Now the guy who hosted
    religious revivals across the street every other week found out how much amplification a communications contractor can bring to bear after I'd
    asked him a couple times very nicely to turn his PA system down.
    Several thousand watts of horns and speakers pointed directly at his
    house with me singing dirty sea shanties into a microphone while they
    were doing their thing got the point across in one try. Next day I
    walked over and had a chat. I let him know I didn't mind the PA and if
    he only did it once a year like the rockers, I'd be okay with it, but if
    I can't escape from it inside my house every other week it was a
    problem. Both of those neighbors have moved away. Now my block seems
    to be a law enforcement enclave. Everybody leaves each other alone.
    The rocker's property now houses a CHP, the house across the street
    until recently housed a retired fed, and just down the way is a YCSO.
    Also a BP just a little further. One guy keeps a helicopter at his
    place, but he trailers it. I've never seen him launch from home. Being
    so close to MCAS Yuma it might be an issue if he did anyway.

    It would be nice to call on some help sometimes, but I don't. Of course
    if there is a leak in the canal along the property line everybody along
    the canal pitches in with shovels and concrete to get it fixed. It
    sometimes happens when somebody is irrigating and doesn't get the right
    gates open and closed at the right times. The water will back up and
    jump the concrete. Cavitation washes out under the concrete, and
    sometimes it breaks.

    Couple kids jumped a berm on the alfalfa field to my south in their jeep
    and high centered one day. They asked me for some help. I fired up
    the tractor, and brought some shovels. I told them I'd only pull them
    out if they agreed to reshape the berm before they left. After they
    were gone I called a pro farmer buddy of mine to find out who owned the
    field, and called him to let him know what happened and that he might
    want to take a look before the next time he irrigated. Don't even
    remember his name.

    Like I said, for the most part they leave me alone and I leave them alone.


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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Bob La Londe on Mon May 5 13:17:07 2025
    On 5/5/2025 12:47 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    On 5/5/2025 12:41 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    Couple kids jumped a berm on the alfalfa field to my south in their
    jeep and high centered one day.  They asked me for  some help.  I
    fired up the tractor, and brought some shovels.  I told them I'd only
    pull them out if they agreed to reshape the berm before they left.
    After they were gone I called a pro farmer buddy of mine to find out
    who owned the field, and called him to let him know what happened and
    that he might want to take a look before the next time he irrigated.
    Don't even remember his name.


    I made them agree to fix the berm with shovels because I was hoping to convince them to do their drinking at home or camp out in the desert
    like me and my buddies did when we were younger. If you camp out you go
    don't go home until you've slept, because the next time you might wind
    up in the canal instead of a field.  I doubt I had any impact, but I tried.

    I might have mentioned this once before in another story. A fellow I
    know in Oklahoma was telling me about a kid he caught stealing stuff
    around his farm. Instead of calling the sheriff or even the kid's
    parents he asked him why he was stealing. Well obviously no money, but
    he wanted to do things that take money. He gave him a lecture about
    feeling better about himself using money he earned, and he gave the kid
    a job doing chores around his place. Stuff stopped disappearing.



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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Bob La Londe on Wed May 7 13:15:35 2025
    On 5/4/2025 3:40 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    A buddy of mine hauls containers from the coast and sells them locally.
    He picked up 3 for a customer and after he got back with the third one
    they decided they only wanted two right now.  He offered it to me
    delivered for a couple hundred bucks less than the before delivery and
    tax price of the local yard full of ex border wall containers.  I didn't take advantage of my buddy.  I know what he pays for them.

    The concrete slab behind my shop is where I want it, but it was
    completely full of scrap, so I had him drop it next to the slab on some timbers (old guard rail posts) that would leave it sitting above the slab.

    I spent all day yesterday and most of the day today moving steel, old machinery, and trash.  It even inspired me to put several large pieces
    in the dumpster that I had been keeping just in case.  An old utility trailer body, an old DeWalt industrial radial arm saw the last of the
    steel bins full of stuff that came with the steel work bench John Apple
    gave me.

    I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
    little tractor, but that just wasn't working.  I'd push one end in and
    the other would swing out.  I kind of expected that.  At about 8500 lbs
    it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one
    end and carrying it into place was definitely out.

    I ran a chain through the foot on the container, ran another chain
    around the safety bollard (concrete filled six inch well casing) by my
    rear overhead door and stuck a come-a-long in between the two chains.
    Doubled up of course.  With the chains and cable anchoring one end I can bump the other end with the tractor buck and it moves several inches.
    With the tractor up against the container at that end, the tires spun
    down into the dirt, the bucket dug in, and the parking brake on I can
    move the end with the chains an inch or two at a stroke with the come-a- long.  It feels like the more of the weight that is on the concrete the easier it gets.  By that I mean it feels the same, but my arms are
    getting weaker and I can still move it so...

    I've got it about half way in the slab right now.  Had to take a break
    and get some water.  Well that's enough screwing around.  Back to work.


    I think I've settled on the ninety by twenty-four by ninety heavy duty
    shelves from Home Depot. With a height of ninety inches, that leaves me
    a little less than two feet on the top shelf to the ceiling. They aren't
    cheap. I was thinking five sets of shelves down each side. That's a fair
    amount of money. I was wrong.

    The shelves are capable of linking together, and they come with five
    shelves per set. I don't really need a bottom shelf, and I was thinking
    for the first 2 sets by the door I would leave out half the shelving so
    I could roll in a table saw, bandsaw, miter saw on a stand, et cetera.
    That's all stuff I don't use all that often, and when I do I prefer to
    use it outdoors. That means with 3 shelving sets I can easily have 5
    spans. I'm not even worried about stability loss from not using a bottom
    shelf. Linking them together adds some of that back, and if I still feel
    it needs more they come with tabs welded on the uprights for anchoring
    to a floor. I'm not crazy about drilling holes in the floor of the
    container, but if I have to make that compromise to get other things to
    come together, I will. It will leave a little 3 feet at 1 end or the
    other of wall space, with shelves, but I can always get a small yellow
    shelving unit or build one if I need more shelves.




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  • From Joe Gwinn@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 9 11:48:41 2025
    On Wed, 7 May 2025 13:15:35 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 5/4/2025 3:40 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    A buddy of mine hauls containers from the coast and sells them locally.
    He picked up 3 for a customer and after he got back with the third one
    they decided they only wanted two right now.  He offered it to me
    delivered for a couple hundred bucks less than the before delivery and
    tax price of the local yard full of ex border wall containers.  I didn't
    take advantage of my buddy.  I know what he pays for them.

    The concrete slab behind my shop is where I want it, but it was
    completely full of scrap, so I had him drop it next to the slab on some
    timbers (old guard rail posts) that would leave it sitting above the slab. >>
    I spent all day yesterday and most of the day today moving steel, old
    machinery, and trash.  It even inspired me to put several large pieces
    in the dumpster that I had been keeping just in case.  An old utility
    trailer body, an old DeWalt industrial radial arm saw the last of the
    steel bins full of stuff that came with the steel work bench John Apple
    gave me.

    I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
    little tractor, but that just wasn't working.  I'd push one end in and
    the other would swing out.  I kind of expected that.  At about 8500 lbs
    it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one
    end and carrying it into place was definitely out.

    I ran a chain through the foot on the container, ran another chain
    around the safety bollard (concrete filled six inch well casing) by my
    rear overhead door and stuck a come-a-long in between the two chains.
    Doubled up of course.  With the chains and cable anchoring one end I can
    bump the other end with the tractor buck and it moves several inches.
    With the tractor up against the container at that end, the tires spun
    down into the dirt, the bucket dug in, and the parking brake on I can
    move the end with the chains an inch or two at a stroke with the come-a-
    long.  It feels like the more of the weight that is on the concrete the
    easier it gets.  By that I mean it feels the same, but my arms are
    getting weaker and I can still move it so...

    I've got it about half way in the slab right now.  Had to take a break
    and get some water.  Well that's enough screwing around.  Back to work.


    I think I've settled on the ninety by twenty-four by ninety heavy duty >shelves from Home Depot. With a height of ninety inches, that leaves me
    a little less than two feet on the top shelf to the ceiling. They aren't >cheap. I was thinking five sets of shelves down each side. That's a fair >amount of money. I was wrong.

    The shelves are capable of linking together, and they come with five
    shelves per set. I don't really need a bottom shelf, and I was thinking
    for the first 2 sets by the door I would leave out half the shelving so
    I could roll in a table saw, bandsaw, miter saw on a stand, et cetera.
    That's all stuff I don't use all that often, and when I do I prefer to
    use it outdoors. That means with 3 shelving sets I can easily have 5
    spans. I'm not even worried about stability loss from not using a bottom >shelf. Linking them together adds some of that back, and if I still feel
    it needs more they come with tabs welded on the uprights for anchoring
    to a floor. I'm not crazy about drilling holes in the floor of the
    container, but if I have to make that compromise to get other things to
    come together, I will. It will leave a little 3 feet at 1 end or the
    other of wall space, with shelves, but I can always get a small yellow >shelving unit or build one if I need more shelves.

    Many years ago I was also looking for adjustable wire-shelf shelving,
    and found that buying directly from industrial sources was far
    cheaper, and yielded far better shelving.

    Joe

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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Joe Gwinn on Fri May 9 12:14:46 2025
    On 5/9/2025 8:48 AM, Joe Gwinn wrote:
    On Wed, 7 May 2025 13:15:35 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 5/4/2025 3:40 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    A buddy of mine hauls containers from the coast and sells them locally.
    He picked up 3 for a customer and after he got back with the third one
    they decided they only wanted two right now.  He offered it to me
    delivered for a couple hundred bucks less than the before delivery and
    tax price of the local yard full of ex border wall containers.  I didn't >>> take advantage of my buddy.  I know what he pays for them.

    The concrete slab behind my shop is where I want it, but it was
    completely full of scrap, so I had him drop it next to the slab on some
    timbers (old guard rail posts) that would leave it sitting above the slab. >>>
    I spent all day yesterday and most of the day today moving steel, old
    machinery, and trash.  It even inspired me to put several large pieces
    in the dumpster that I had been keeping just in case.  An old utility
    trailer body, an old DeWalt industrial radial arm saw the last of the
    steel bins full of stuff that came with the steel work bench John Apple
    gave me.

    I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
    little tractor, but that just wasn't working.  I'd push one end in and
    the other would swing out.  I kind of expected that.  At about 8500 lbs >>> it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one
    end and carrying it into place was definitely out.

    I ran a chain through the foot on the container, ran another chain
    around the safety bollard (concrete filled six inch well casing) by my
    rear overhead door and stuck a come-a-long in between the two chains.
    Doubled up of course.  With the chains and cable anchoring one end I can >>> bump the other end with the tractor buck and it moves several inches.
    With the tractor up against the container at that end, the tires spun
    down into the dirt, the bucket dug in, and the parking brake on I can
    move the end with the chains an inch or two at a stroke with the come-a- >>> long.  It feels like the more of the weight that is on the concrete the >>> easier it gets.  By that I mean it feels the same, but my arms are
    getting weaker and I can still move it so...

    I've got it about half way in the slab right now.  Had to take a break
    and get some water.  Well that's enough screwing around.  Back to work. >>>

    I think I've settled on the ninety by twenty-four by ninety heavy duty
    shelves from Home Depot. With a height of ninety inches, that leaves me
    a little less than two feet on the top shelf to the ceiling. They aren't
    cheap. I was thinking five sets of shelves down each side. That's a fair
    amount of money. I was wrong.

    The shelves are capable of linking together, and they come with five
    shelves per set. I don't really need a bottom shelf, and I was thinking
    for the first 2 sets by the door I would leave out half the shelving so
    I could roll in a table saw, bandsaw, miter saw on a stand, et cetera.
    That's all stuff I don't use all that often, and when I do I prefer to
    use it outdoors. That means with 3 shelving sets I can easily have 5
    spans. I'm not even worried about stability loss from not using a bottom
    shelf. Linking them together adds some of that back, and if I still feel
    it needs more they come with tabs welded on the uprights for anchoring
    to a floor. I'm not crazy about drilling holes in the floor of the
    container, but if I have to make that compromise to get other things to
    come together, I will. It will leave a little 3 feet at 1 end or the
    other of wall space, with shelves, but I can always get a small yellow
    shelving unit or build one if I need more shelves.

    Many years ago I was also looking for adjustable wire-shelf shelving,
    and found that buying directly from industrial sources was far
    cheaper, and yielded far better shelving.

    Joe

    Can you make some suggestions on where to look? I did quite a bit of
    searching online including "industrial suppliers" and everything was
    more expensive except a similar set from CostCo with one fewer set of
    shelf hardware in each box.

    I can find actual industrial pallet racking from a number of sources,
    but this intermediate heavy duty shelving not so much. One of my goals
    here is to be able (for atleast the first several years anyway) to walk
    from front to back unobstructed. With pallet racking that would only be possible if I split into two much smaller men.

    I have built some very heavy duty shelving many times from 2x
    construction lumber and plywood, but being joined with framing nails and
    ring nails means its not easily reconfigurable. At one time I was
    making so much of it I had two framing nailers so I could swap from
    framing to sheeting without reloading my gun.

    FYI: The old Harbor Freight framing nailer will work for about 1000
    framing nails before it blows a head gasket. Then, it seems nothing you
    do will keep it sealed up. Rigid and Porter cable... no problems so far.

    I think for now I'll just have to settle for shelving down one side.
    Well, at least until another big customer pays me for a big job.


    --
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    CNC Molds N Stuff

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  • From Bob La Londe@21:1/5 to Jim Wilkins on Fri May 9 16:48:37 2025
    On 5/9/2025 4:08 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
    "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vvllee$2vttp$2@dont-email.me...

    I have built some very heavy duty shelving many times from 2x
    construction lumber and plywood, but being joined with framing nails and
    ring nails means its not easily reconfigurable.  At one time I was
    making so much of it I had two framing nailers so I could swap from
    framing to sheeting without reloading my gun.

    ----------------------------

    I've been using Torx head structural screws from the big box stores to
    build heavy shed shelving and attach 2x4 diagonal bracing to my timber
    framed firewood sheds for two decades, and they've held the weight of a
    NH snow load and me climbing the shelves, as their framing is full
    height 2x3s with an open attic space above for skis etc. The screws
    drive like drywall screws, and being hardened hold like lag screws, and
    they remove easily for modifications. Their ceramic coating protects
    them from rusting pretty well.

    The shelves are 2' deep to use plywood efficiently and because I can't
    reach much further. That shed is 8' wide outside like a High Cube, and
    the interior space between racks is narrow enough to climb using the
    uprights and shelf edges, an arm and leg on each side. A temporary
    plywood table bridging the racks supports whatever I'm storing or
    retrieving, high enough to reach the attic. The floor aisle width is
    less because I can store stacked paint cans, long handled garden tools
    and boxed equipment on the sides.

    The shelf racks stop short of the door to leave space for tall objects,
    an 8' and shorter stepladders and the gantry hoist track channels plus spares. Their uprights are attached to the rafter ties at the top. This
    is a very nice, light weight and stable stepladder: https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Werner-8-ft-Aluminum-Step-Ladder-12-ft- Reach-Height-with-250-lb-Load-Capacity-Type-I-Duty-Rating-368/100659876?

    My idea for the roof has worked well. The roofing is corrugated steel on
    the sunny side and clear corrugated polycarbonate for interior light on
    the north. Every third 2' wide section is a removable hatch that rests
    on cleats, so I can stand up through the openings and reach to the
    center of each pair of panels to drive their screws, or remove and
    replace damaged ones. The hatches slide under and catch on the ridge cap
    and latch with screen door hooks at the lower end.
    jsw

    I do not have any problem whatsoever building wood shelves that will
    hold literal tons of wire, cable, and construction supplies. even
    through multiple earthquakes. I do not want to build more wood shelves.
    In fact after emptying a shelf system in my shop now that is 14 feet
    tall I am considering taking it down to give more room for working on
    things in the shop. It currently stands between two work bays in my shop.

    I may build some wood shelves in the future on top of my office, but
    right now I like the heavy wire rack shelves I already have installed in
    the new shipping container. When a little more cash becomes available I
    intend to buy more. I want them for the shear laziness of being able to
    easily reconfigure them if my expected needs change.

    Totally unrelated to this I am considering some pallet racking to make a mezzanine in a couple areas of my shop for an upper level storage, but
    the roof of my office and machine room are not fully utilized yet. fine.

    For anybody who just wants shelves and knows exactly how they want them configured 2x4/6 frames and plywood shelves are still cheaper and
    stronger than this steel and wire racking. In spite of the stupid price
    of lumber post covid. Its "almost" impossible to build them wrong.


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    CNC Molds N Stuff

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  • From Clare Snyder@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 9 21:16:37 2025
    On Fri, 9 May 2025 12:14:46 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 5/9/2025 8:48 AM, Joe Gwinn wrote:
    On Wed, 7 May 2025 13:15:35 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 5/4/2025 3:40 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    A buddy of mine hauls containers from the coast and sells them locally. >>>> He picked up 3 for a customer and after he got back with the third one >>>> they decided they only wanted two right now.  He offered it to me
    delivered for a couple hundred bucks less than the before delivery and >>>> tax price of the local yard full of ex border wall containers.  I didn't >>>> take advantage of my buddy.  I know what he pays for them.

    The concrete slab behind my shop is where I want it, but it was
    completely full of scrap, so I had him drop it next to the slab on some >>>> timbers (old guard rail posts) that would leave it sitting above the slab. >>>>
    I spent all day yesterday and most of the day today moving steel, old
    machinery, and trash.  It even inspired me to put several large pieces >>>> in the dumpster that I had been keeping just in case.  An old utility
    trailer body, an old DeWalt industrial radial arm saw the last of the
    steel bins full of stuff that came with the steel work bench John Apple >>>> gave me.

    I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
    little tractor, but that just wasn't working.  I'd push one end in and >>>> the other would swing out.  I kind of expected that.  At about 8500 lbs >>>> it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one >>>> end and carrying it into place was definitely out.

    I ran a chain through the foot on the container, ran another chain
    around the safety bollard (concrete filled six inch well casing) by my >>>> rear overhead door and stuck a come-a-long in between the two chains.
    Doubled up of course.  With the chains and cable anchoring one end I can >>>> bump the other end with the tractor buck and it moves several inches.
    With the tractor up against the container at that end, the tires spun
    down into the dirt, the bucket dug in, and the parking brake on I can
    move the end with the chains an inch or two at a stroke with the come-a- >>>> long.  It feels like the more of the weight that is on the concrete the >>>> easier it gets.  By that I mean it feels the same, but my arms are
    getting weaker and I can still move it so...

    I've got it about half way in the slab right now.  Had to take a break >>>> and get some water.  Well that's enough screwing around.  Back to work. >>>>

    I think I've settled on the ninety by twenty-four by ninety heavy duty
    shelves from Home Depot. With a height of ninety inches, that leaves me
    a little less than two feet on the top shelf to the ceiling. They aren't >>> cheap. I was thinking five sets of shelves down each side. That's a fair >>> amount of money. I was wrong.

    The shelves are capable of linking together, and they come with five
    shelves per set. I don't really need a bottom shelf, and I was thinking
    for the first 2 sets by the door I would leave out half the shelving so
    I could roll in a table saw, bandsaw, miter saw on a stand, et cetera.
    That's all stuff I don't use all that often, and when I do I prefer to
    use it outdoors. That means with 3 shelving sets I can easily have 5
    spans. I'm not even worried about stability loss from not using a bottom >>> shelf. Linking them together adds some of that back, and if I still feel >>> it needs more they come with tabs welded on the uprights for anchoring
    to a floor. I'm not crazy about drilling holes in the floor of the
    container, but if I have to make that compromise to get other things to
    come together, I will. It will leave a little 3 feet at 1 end or the
    other of wall space, with shelves, but I can always get a small yellow
    shelving unit or build one if I need more shelves.

    Many years ago I was also looking for adjustable wire-shelf shelving,
    and found that buying directly from industrial sources was far
    cheaper, and yielded far better shelving.

    Joe

    Can you make some suggestions on where to look? I did quite a bit of >searching online including "industrial suppliers" and everything was
    more expensive except a similar set from CostCo with one fewer set of
    shelf hardware in each box.

    I can find actual industrial pallet racking from a number of sources,
    but this intermediate heavy duty shelving not so much. One of my goals
    here is to be able (for atleast the first several years anyway) to walk
    from front to back unobstructed. With pallet racking that would only be >possible if I split into two much smaller men.

    I have built some very heavy duty shelving many times from 2x
    construction lumber and plywood, but being joined with framing nails and
    ring nails means its not easily reconfigurable. At one time I was
    making so much of it I had two framing nailers so I could swap from
    framing to sheeting without reloading my gun.

    FYI: The old Harbor Freight framing nailer will work for about 1000
    framing nails before it blows a head gasket. Then, it seems nothing you
    do will keep it sealed up. Rigid and Porter cable... no problems so far.

    I think for now I'll just have to settle for shelving down one side.
    Well, at least until another big customer pays me for a big job.


    --
    Bob La Londe
    CNC Molds N Stuff
    2X lumber uprights with holes every 6 inches for dowels, pipes, or
    rods allows you to reconfigure shelves in 6 inch intervals. You could
    even set up for 3 or 4 inches instead of 6. Planks or plywood or
    shelves. Cross braced, of course, to keep upright.

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  • From Joe Gwinn@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 12 16:50:08 2025
    On Fri, 9 May 2025 12:35:44 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 5/9/2025 8:48 AM, Joe Gwinn wrote:
    On Wed, 7 May 2025 13:15:35 -0700, Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
    wrote:

    On 5/4/2025 3:40 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
    A buddy of mine hauls containers from the coast and sells them locally. >>>> He picked up 3 for a customer and after he got back with the third one >>>> they decided they only wanted two right now.  He offered it to me
    delivered for a couple hundred bucks less than the before delivery and >>>> tax price of the local yard full of ex border wall containers.  I didn't >>>> take advantage of my buddy.  I know what he pays for them.

    The concrete slab behind my shop is where I want it, but it was
    completely full of scrap, so I had him drop it next to the slab on some >>>> timbers (old guard rail posts) that would leave it sitting above the slab. >>>>
    I spent all day yesterday and most of the day today moving steel, old
    machinery, and trash.  It even inspired me to put several large pieces >>>> in the dumpster that I had been keeping just in case.  An old utility
    trailer body, an old DeWalt industrial radial arm saw the last of the
    steel bins full of stuff that came with the steel work bench John Apple >>>> gave me.

    I thought I might be able to push the container onto the slab with my
    little tractor, but that just wasn't working.  I'd push one end in and >>>> the other would swing out.  I kind of expected that.  At about 8500 lbs >>>> it far exceeds the 750 rated load of the tractor bucket, so lifting one >>>> end and carrying it into place was definitely out.

    I ran a chain through the foot on the container, ran another chain
    around the safety bollard (concrete filled six inch well casing) by my >>>> rear overhead door and stuck a come-a-long in between the two chains.
    Doubled up of course.  With the chains and cable anchoring one end I can >>>> bump the other end with the tractor buck and it moves several inches.
    With the tractor up against the container at that end, the tires spun
    down into the dirt, the bucket dug in, and the parking brake on I can
    move the end with the chains an inch or two at a stroke with the come-a- >>>> long.  It feels like the more of the weight that is on the concrete the >>>> easier it gets.  By that I mean it feels the same, but my arms are
    getting weaker and I can still move it so...

    I've got it about half way in the slab right now.  Had to take a break >>>> and get some water.  Well that's enough screwing around.  Back to work. >>>>

    I think I've settled on the ninety by twenty-four by ninety heavy duty
    shelves from Home Depot. With a height of ninety inches, that leaves me
    a little less than two feet on the top shelf to the ceiling. They aren't >>> cheap. I was thinking five sets of shelves down each side. That's a fair >>> amount of money. I was wrong.

    The shelves are capable of linking together, and they come with five
    shelves per set. I don't really need a bottom shelf, and I was thinking
    for the first 2 sets by the door I would leave out half the shelving so
    I could roll in a table saw, bandsaw, miter saw on a stand, et cetera.
    That's all stuff I don't use all that often, and when I do I prefer to
    use it outdoors. That means with 3 shelving sets I can easily have 5
    spans. I'm not even worried about stability loss from not using a bottom >>> shelf. Linking them together adds some of that back, and if I still feel >>> it needs more they come with tabs welded on the uprights for anchoring
    to a floor. I'm not crazy about drilling holes in the floor of the
    container, but if I have to make that compromise to get other things to
    come together, I will. It will leave a little 3 feet at 1 end or the
    other of wall space, with shelves, but I can always get a small yellow
    shelving unit or build one if I need more shelves.

    Many years ago I was also looking for adjustable wire-shelf shelving,
    and found that buying directly from industrial sources was far
    cheaper, and yielded far better shelving.

    Joe


    Can you make some suggestions on where to look? I did quite a bit of >searching online including "industrial suppliers" and everything was
    more expensive except a similar set from CostCo with one fewer set of
    shelf hardware in each box.

    I did this ten and twenty years ago.

    The big-box options were quite unattractive, being more expensive and
    flimsier than the industrial stuff.

    The Brand Name was the inventor, Metro. They were and still are very
    good, and very expensive. But the patents were evaded and eventually
    expired.

    What I ended up were Eagle (20 years ago, made in USA) and NuLine (10
    years ago, made in Taiwan). They were somewhat cruder, but quite
    serviceable. They have been zero trouble.

    Things do seem to have changed in the intervening decade. Now the
    industrial versus big-box distinction seems to have narrowed. But the
    pecking order of brands should endure.

    Joe


    I can find actual industrial pallet racking from a number of sources,
    but this intermediate heavy duty shelving not so much. One of my goals
    here is to be able (for atleast the first several years anyway) to walk
    from front to back unobstructed. With pallet racking that would only be >possible if I split into two much smaller men.

    I have built some very heavy duty shelving many times from 2x
    construction lumber and plywood, but being joined with framing nails and
    ring nails means its not easily reconfigurable. At one time I was
    making so much of it I had two framing nailers so I could swap from
    framing to sheeting without reloading my gun.

    FYI: The old Harbor Freight framing nailer will work for about 1000
    framing nails before it blows a head gasket. Then, it seems nothing you
    do will keep it sealed up. Rigid and Porter cable... no problems so far.

    I think for now I'll just have to settle for shelving down one side.
    Well, at least until another big customer pays me for a big job.

    --
    Bob La Londe
    CNC Molds N Stuff

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