Just a suggestion, you should park your tractors side by side then measure the space you need. I thought a 20 by20 would be plenty of space. By the time we put in the riding mower, the tool box and a cabinet for paint,we don't have enough room for the truck. So now we have a garage and a double carport.
A typical 2 car garage is 24x24. To do everything you are wanting, I think you are probably needing more like 30x40. A truism of garages is "Too big is never big enough!"
We live on an off grid ranch in arizona and have been watching you guys since the beginning, we moved our manufactured home in, built porches, solar, septic etc. We just finished a 32x42 versatube shop/garage that my son and I buildt by ourselves. Feel free to reach out for all the tricks and issue we encountered but we loved doing it and its a great memory for us both. We both learned alot by watching the Trippy Acres channel on their versatube build.
If you build it yourself you can afford a larger size bcuz you save a lot of money from labor. But if you are in need of it in a hurry you will have to go smaller to be able to pay the 3X fee for labor. Also in the future you may want to cut the tree trunks and bigger limbs for campfires or heating your home. Stack the 16" long pieces between 2 trees to dry/cure. Cut the tree tops and brush up with the limbs facing the same way to later run it thru a chipper. The chips can be used in the parking area and around the doors to the house and sheds. The chips will absorb rain and keep the areas from becoming muddy. Also you can use it to create paths into/thru your woods. Maybe to a picnic area. Or use them on in ground "future " garden areas or flowerbeds. The deteriorating chips will hold water for less work in these planting areas. Always layer, never till in wood chips, 8" deep is a good start to help control weeds.
My suggestion is to cut all the trees up in smaller lengths and pile up in the open field so you can burn them after they dry out...then your woods will stay clean...nothing prettier than an open woods with under brush gone
Great Idea to have a METAL &POLE BARN ? For All the THINGS!! Just make sure it WILL ALL FIT! Looking forward to Any & All that's AHEAD!!! Love as Always How YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER! The Boys are Growing Up to Fast but Great Helpers! God Bless & Hurry Back LOVE TO YOU ALL THERE!!
Speaking from experience, do yourself a favor and make it twice as big. I had a 24 X 36 pole barn built thinking it would handle all my storage needs. Wellll, it only took a matter of weeks for me to learn they look a lot bigger when they are empty than when you start filling them. A 20 X 30 will likely only be large enough for your tractors and implements
I think that you son's work ethic is more a reflection of what he sees from you (and Angela), and less from hamming it up for the camera. One of my favorite things about your channel is watching you teach the boys. You give them a challenge, but don't let them bite off more than they can chew. They're lucky to have a dad who A) takes the time to teach them, and B) has the skills to teach them. Also though, they pick up on your work ethic and see you tackle new things, not shy away from learning a new skill, and it'll serve them well as they get older and get out on their own. They'll have the confidence to do things, even things they've never tackled before (again, like you). I'm sure you'll have no problem filling up a 20x30. As for DIY vs building with a pen and checkbook... they both have their advantages. I have no experience in that area, so you'll have to decide if you are going to DIY it or have it professionally installed. Thinking ahead, you'll probably need to run power out to it so you can run tools, have lighting, etc... but I'm sure you can tackle that part yourself. In any case, looking forward to see it all come together. Good luck !
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Family 1, log 0!!! How exciting!!! 2016 hubby built a 20x 40 ft quancet hut shop with a little help from his friends! They helped pour the concrete floor, and erect the first section. Over the course of that winter he built the rest. And has managed to fill it up. So glad to have his “treasures” out of the basement!! Lol. You can do that it!! Angela, you quilt? Please share!!
Hey Sam and Angela and Boys, so enjoyed watching all the work you guys did for the garage area. Truly a family effort. That will be a good storage place for the outside gadgets and such. 👍👍👍
I thought I would share this recipe for apple sauce cinnamon cut in any cookie cutters; this time of year when we close up the house is a good time to make with your children for thanksgiving or gifts or later for I hang where we hang our coats and also Christmas tree ornaments: CINNAMON ORNAMENTS 3/4 cup applesauce • 2 bottles (2.37 oz. each) McCormick® Ground Cinnamon • Cookie cutters • Drinking straw • Colorful ribbon • Preheat oven to 200°F. Mix applesauce and cinnamon in small bowl until a smooth ball of dough is formed. (You may need use your hands to incorporate all of the cinnamon.) Using about 1/4 of the dough at a time, roll dough to 1/4-inch to 1/3-inch thickness between two sheets of plastic wrap. Peel off top sheet of plastic wrap. Cut dough into desired shapes with 2- to 3-inch cookie cutters. Make a hole at top of ornament with drinking straw or skewer. Place ornaments on baking sheet. • Bake 2 1/2 hours. Cool ornaments on wire rack. (Or, to dry ornaments at room temperature, carefully place them on wire rack. Let stand 1 to 2 days or until thoroughly dry, turning occasionally.) • Insert ribbon through holes and tie to hang. Decorate with opaque paint markers, found in arts and crafts stores, if desired. Making ornaments with this dough is a lot of fun and the result smells delightful! 1 1/2 cups applesauce to 2 cups cinnamon works for me to get a clay-like consistency. Dust hands with cinnamon for handling. You can add a teaspoon of cloves, ginger and allspice to round out the fragrance. To get them dry quicker, bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 150 degrees for one hour. Remove from the cookie sheets and bake on the oven racks for another hour and a half. (Don't roll thinner than 1/4 inch if you're using this method.)
Pole saws are awesome at that kind of work. Another thing is taking a grass trimmer and putting a round chainsaw blade on it. Amazing! Garage? Go big! My garage is 30x40. That way I have three bays in front and a fourth on the side. Great for storing my ATV and lawn tractor with space enough for work benches. And the resale value? Awesome!
"Sam you need a grapple". I was thinking that exact same thing as soon as it popped up on the screen. I know I don't regret purchasing one. Once you get one, you will question yourself on why you waited. Looking good.
Shop around for the car port/pole barn/DIY car port kit because many prices do varies. The materials would be the main price vs labor. There are a LOT of prices out there and even some from 30 mins away would do free delivery depending on your area. For example, between Athens, Madisonville, and Maryville there are 1 company (I'll name later if requested) separate in each of those area that have it pretty cheap, with warranty and without. That's in East TN area.
We had a 28x40 metal building put up … they put it up in 2 days. It was worth the money having it done that quick.. would have been 2 months if my husband and I had done it.
I have 2 of the car ports, one enclosed with roll up door and one open on both ends with siding to the ground. I have really enjoyed these buildings as they are not terribly expensive, and they get installed by a good crew in a quick manner. Lots of options for doors and windows. I have one on concrete floor and one in gravel. As many may have said do not think small, it will be a very bad move. Also anchoring is way important. As always you guys have a great site......
Hi Sam Angela & Boys,always nice to see the boys helping.They are learning so much from both of you.I just smiled when your son yelled “timber”.LOL WISHING YOU THE BEST ON YOUR NEW PROJECT!💕
💕20 by 30 is a great start if you leave room at the side of said barn then further down the line you can add additional spaces to the sides💕Like a tool storage & parts room/barn plus you could add loft space above for future projects💕
My vote is to let someone else build it. As you well know this is a very busy time of the year with all the other chores/maintenance around the house. If someone else builds it it will more than likely be done by winter and ready to use. As you said you have other projects so you could start on one of those while the polebarn is being built.
Oh you all did such a great job of clearing this area, so wonderful that all of those little trees are down and all that other stuff is cleared out and I am so excited to see that pole barn you are getting that will be so wonderful to put all of your equipment and other things inside and make it so much easier to deal with. Your boys have become such a great help and they keep learning more and more stuff to do and complete. Have a beautiful and blessed weekend, sending love and hugs, bye! 😂😍🤗👋👋👍🙏💜💜
Yay! A new project!! I, personally would love a 40x40! We have a 15x20...nowhere near what we need. 2 lawnmowers, 2 weed eaters, 2 blowers, tool box...you get the picture🤦 Have to step out of it to change your mind!🤣 40x40 would be awesome but we would have to do it in 2 parts, as we can afford. 1 20x40 and later add beside it another 20x40 and Bobs your uncle!! Room for every thing! Hope all has an awesomely blessed weekend!
That little one had me dying laughing 🤣 he is then cutest little thing and big brother helping take that limb it so good to see children helping mama and daddy clean up I love your videos tyfs hugs
There has NEVER been not one time where you guys haven't cheered me up watching a video!!! Blessings with whatever plan you guys decide, Dirty Jersey out!!
Another suggestion Sam and Angela, when sawing a limb off (up high) start underneath to keep from having ithe limb pull the bark off. Love all of you!!
Just a heads up that you moving all that plant stuff to the woods in the back may not be anything right now but just be careful and a watchful eye next spring as it could become a snake pit!
I wish you guys could make more videos. I dont care if its just a day in your lives! I love being around you guy's , im sure everyone else does also! ❤
They're pretty easy to put together, we've done one small one with a dirt floor, and one large one with a concrete floor and built-in heat. We built wooden ends to close them both in. Had help for the big one, (30 x 20) but the smaller one was a breeze. The small one was a demonstration model, got it really cheap at the end of summer, as they had taken it apart and put it together several times at fairs and home shows all around the area. It had a few extra screw holes, but he filled those with silicone, it's still dry, 25 years or more later. It's about 10 x 12. Added an awning onto it to double its roof size the next year. When he got around to the bigger one that became his shop, Hubby went to the place, asked for seconds on the sheet metal, and got it very cheap compared to all new. Had them make the ribs up to our specifications, height and width of the building, etc. They threw in bags of rubber-washered self-tapping screws for free, cause they liked Hubs, I guess. Had a crew of buddies help with the setup, pour, and finish of the heated pad. He had a local fellow build up the side and back walls with a couple of rounds of concrete blocks and mortar to give the place more height, and then the ribs attached onto the blocks. Ended up building a second roof on top of the old one, though, because of condensation and dripping in the winter. Insulated the whole place with inch-thick second hand foil backed foam. Also built and extension onto the front of it later on, too, which almost doubled the under-roof space for it as well. Building's 20 years old or more, and still in great shape. That's a cool thing about them, you can always add more ribs and more roof! Best of luck with it, however you choose to go! 👍
Why are you putting the building by the woods? Is there a tentative plan for the property in front? With all the buildings I would lay it out to look like a little town. The boys are so much help - good work guys. 💖💖🎶🎶
One thing I'd mention, I wasn't sure why yall would put the pile of limbs and tree up into the wood because it can leave a nice hidden area for the snake and other critters to stay around... and unsure if yall would pile it up away from such area and make it a burn pile and have less work to do in the future. Check with TN burn permit as they come and go. :)
Put everything you want in that new structure out together, measure them, I'm pretty sure you'll find that 20 X 30 is not going to be big enough. I also see additional implements in your future. It's probably cheaper to build the bigger one now.
@Sam I think it would be a better idea to save for an automotive lift, instead of digging a pit. Just my opinion. You might consider building your auto - tractor - equipment shed with a design which would allow for the eventual addition of side sheds. These could be very useful for tool storage and for tractor empelment storage. Thus doing such would allow your main space to be used for your tractors and a place to work on your vehicles. The addition of a loft storage would be beneficial also. Among other things such a loft storage space could be used for storage of seasonal and decoration items and such, including occasionally used items . This would free up much space on your existing sheds and shops. Just my thoughts! -Rob in Tennessee
Team work makes the dream work ❤🎉 The boys are gaining skills and work ethic!!! A mechanics pit sounds like a great idea 💡!!! As far as content … I love all of it ! And I enjoy the variety and surprises too ❤ 😘😘.
I always like to think about future. A suggestion will be do the barn as big as you can even if you don't have lots of heavy machinery but in a Homestead you will be buying and needing more heavy machinery so if you are doing the work go big from the start, good luck.
Look out!!!! Your "Feral" boys are becoming domesticated young men!!! So fun to see them pitching in & helping build their home!!! 😊❤ PS - I ❤ the out takes!!!!
If you don't mind smelling sulfur powder for a little while, go aways from your house and the building anywhere you'll go even the kids and put this silver down in a huge round circle. Snacked will not cross over it because it burns their belly. It will smell like sulfur water does for a while but it acts kinda like a electric fence. Once burned they turn around and won't come back. As it rains or showers the smell goes away. Raised on farm most all my life. I'll take the smell anytime! Course we had venomous snakes. Rattlesnake s copperhead, water moxican
2 tractors and all equipment is way bigger than 20 x 30.. I built a 20 by 24 and you 2 tractors and a bush hog in it and do anything else in the building. I would suggest that you line up everything you have and how you would put it in the building, then measure around it leaving just 2 feet on all sides extra. then decide how big a building you need.
Amazing what these small tractors can do. I have a JD 2038R and it has saved my back many times. As for the building go as big as you can afford. I have a 2000 sq foot building and it does not take long to run out of space when you start adding equipment in there. It's better to build bigger now and not need it than trying to add on later when you run out of space.
To keep critters at bay.... may have been a good idea to rent a wood chipper if possible and got rid of all the brush you pushed into the wooded area and cut up the bigger stuff.... beause eventually you will have to deal with all that later anyway.
You're gonna wish you build it bigger!!!!!!! My shop is 30 X 40, and still too small.... as for your "pit" you will need drainage, or you have a hole that fills with water! Or maybe go with 12 foot walls and just put in a lyft in.... just a few tips... have fun.
Just a suggestion, you should park your tractors side by side then measure the space you need. I thought a 20 by20 would be plenty of space. By the time we put in the riding mower, the tool box and a cabinet for paint,we don't have enough room for the truck. So now we have a garage and a double carport.
A typical 2 car garage is 24x24. To do everything you are wanting, I think you are probably needing more like 30x40. A truism of garages is "Too big is never big enough!"
totally agree
We live on an off grid ranch in arizona and have been watching you guys since the beginning, we moved our manufactured home in, built porches, solar, septic etc. We just finished a 32x42 versatube shop/garage that my son and I buildt by ourselves. Feel free to reach out for all the tricks and issue we encountered but we loved doing it and its a great memory for us both. We both learned alot by watching the Trippy Acres channel on their versatube build.
Yes park EVERYTHING you want to put in it, vehicles, mowers, tools, equipment, storage areas etc and measure from there.
If you build it yourself you can afford a larger size bcuz you save a lot of money from labor.
But if you are in need of it in a hurry you will have to go smaller to be able to pay the 3X fee for labor.
Also in the future you may want to cut the tree trunks and bigger limbs for campfires or heating your home. Stack the 16" long pieces between 2 trees to dry/cure. Cut the tree tops and brush up with the limbs facing the same way to later run it thru a chipper. The chips can be used in the parking area and around the doors to the house and sheds. The chips will absorb rain and keep the areas from becoming muddy. Also you can use it to create paths into/thru your woods. Maybe to a picnic area. Or use them on in ground "future " garden areas or flowerbeds. The deteriorating chips will hold water for less work in these planting areas. Always layer, never till in wood chips, 8" deep is a good start to help control weeds.
My suggestion is to cut all the trees up in smaller lengths and pile up in the open field so you can burn them after they dry out...then your woods will stay clean...nothing prettier than an open woods with under brush gone
Great Idea to have a METAL &POLE BARN ? For All the THINGS!! Just make sure it WILL ALL FIT! Looking forward to Any & All that's AHEAD!!! Love as Always How YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER! The Boys are Growing Up to Fast but Great Helpers! God Bless & Hurry Back LOVE TO YOU ALL THERE!!
Speaking from experience, do yourself a favor and make it twice as big. I had a 24 X 36 pole barn built thinking it would handle all my storage needs. Wellll, it only took a matter of weeks for me to learn they look a lot bigger when they are empty than when you start filling them. A 20 X 30 will likely only be large enough for your tractors and implements
I think Sam is having too much fun, in fact he looks like he's having a blast.😁
It sound nice being able to fix the car without laying in the dirt. Go for it from the get go and consider it done. You will be glad you did it.
Get 2 shipping containers and build a high roof between. Containers for storage and in-between for the vehicles.
Hey homestead family, maybe your next big toy should be a wood shredder! Thanks for keeping us on your projects journey❣️
Sam, you know as well as Angie does. Go as big as you can afford. It's never big enough, it will fill up fast. Love the pit idea.
I think that you son's work ethic is more a reflection of what he sees from you (and Angela), and less from hamming it up for the camera. One of my favorite things about your channel is watching you teach the boys. You give them a challenge, but don't let them bite off more than they can chew. They're lucky to have a dad who A) takes the time to teach them, and B) has the skills to teach them. Also though, they pick up on your work ethic and see you tackle new things, not shy away from learning a new skill, and it'll serve them well as they get older and get out on their own. They'll have the confidence to do things, even things they've never tackled before (again, like you). I'm sure you'll have no problem filling up a 20x30. As for DIY vs building with a pen and checkbook... they both have their advantages. I have no experience in that area, so you'll have to decide if you are going to DIY it or have it professionally installed. Thinking ahead, you'll probably need to run power out to it so you can run tools, have lighting, etc... but I'm sure you can tackle that part yourself. In any case, looking forward to see it all come together. Good luck !
Blessed! :)
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Family 1, log 0!!! How exciting!!! 2016 hubby built a 20x 40 ft quancet hut shop with a little help from his friends! They helped pour the concrete floor, and erect the first section. Over the course of that winter he built the rest. And has managed to fill it up. So glad to have his “treasures” out of the basement!! Lol.
You can do that it!!
Angela, you quilt? Please share!!
Always make it bigger, people forget all the extra things they have , and put a loft in it
Good afternoon Sam and Angela , nice to see you again .
Drill the pins out and use a small padlock. It takes longer to take the mounting hardware off making it harder to get in.
A lot of work to get to do a lot more work. Your boys are growing up so fast I do didn't even recognize them. See you all next time.
Hey Sam and Angela and Boys, so enjoyed watching all the work you guys did for the garage area. Truly a family effort. That will be a good storage place for the outside gadgets and such. 👍👍👍
Mechanic's pit is must. Nudge that one closer to the top.
I thought I would share this recipe for apple sauce cinnamon cut in any cookie cutters; this time of year when we close up the house is a good time to make with your children for thanksgiving or gifts or later for I hang where we hang our coats and also Christmas tree ornaments:
CINNAMON ORNAMENTS
3/4 cup applesauce
• 2 bottles (2.37 oz. each) McCormick® Ground Cinnamon
• Cookie cutters
• Drinking straw
• Colorful ribbon
• Preheat oven to 200°F. Mix applesauce and cinnamon in small bowl until a smooth ball of dough is formed. (You may need use your hands to incorporate all of the cinnamon.) Using about 1/4 of the dough at a time, roll dough to 1/4-inch to 1/3-inch thickness between two sheets of plastic wrap. Peel off top sheet of plastic wrap. Cut dough into desired shapes with 2- to 3-inch cookie cutters. Make a hole at top of ornament with drinking straw or skewer. Place ornaments on baking sheet.
• Bake 2 1/2 hours. Cool ornaments on wire rack. (Or, to dry ornaments at room temperature, carefully place them on wire rack. Let stand 1 to 2 days or until thoroughly dry, turning occasionally.)
• Insert ribbon through holes and tie to hang. Decorate with opaque paint markers, found in arts and crafts stores, if desired.
Making ornaments with this dough is a lot of fun and the result smells delightful! 1 1/2 cups applesauce to 2 cups cinnamon works for me to get a clay-like consistency. Dust hands with cinnamon for handling. You can add a teaspoon of cloves, ginger and allspice to round out the fragrance. To get them dry quicker, bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 150 degrees for one hour. Remove from the cookie sheets and bake on the oven racks for another hour and a half. (Don't roll thinner than 1/4 inch if you're using this method.)
Pole saws are awesome at that kind of work. Another thing is taking a grass trimmer and putting a round chainsaw blade on it. Amazing! Garage? Go big! My garage is 30x40. That way I have three bays in front and a fourth on the side. Great for storing my ATV and lawn tractor with space enough for work benches. And the resale value? Awesome!
"Sam you need a grapple". I was thinking that exact same thing as soon as it popped up on the screen. I know I don't regret purchasing one. Once you get one, you will question yourself on why you waited. Looking good.
Hello guys, just making suggestion, you should make your car porch 24 × 30 that way would look like a garage. 🥰🤗🌹❤🙏
I'm helping all the way from my recliner. Great work.
Shop around for the car port/pole barn/DIY car port kit because many prices do varies. The materials would be the main price vs labor. There are a LOT of prices out there and even some from 30 mins away would do free delivery depending on your area. For example, between Athens, Madisonville, and Maryville there are 1 company (I'll name later if requested) separate in each of those area that have it pretty cheap, with warranty and without. That's in East TN area.
We had a 28x40 metal building put up … they put it up in 2 days. It was worth the money having it done that quick.. would have been 2 months if my husband and I had done it.
At least 2 months. Lol.
You need a wood chipper also. Love watching your family.
Pay to have it done and enjoy watching someone else do the work. Make it bigger than necessary.
We have a 24x30 workshop, I would recommend 24 X 40 you will always regret not having "Extra" Space!
Tractor did so well! That's awesome!!
I have 2 of the car ports, one enclosed with roll up door and one open on both ends with siding to the ground. I have really enjoyed these buildings as they are not terribly expensive, and they get installed by a good crew in a quick manner. Lots of options for doors and windows. I have one on concrete floor and one in gravel. As many may have said do not think small, it will be a very bad move. Also anchoring is way important. As always you guys have a great site......
Hi Sam Angela & Boys,always nice to see the boys helping.They are learning so much from both of you.I just smiled when your son yelled “timber”.LOL WISHING YOU THE BEST ON YOUR NEW PROJECT!💕
Glad to hear what the next project might be. I know it will be well done and lots of family time to get it done. the boys have sprouted a bunch.
I enjoyed watching you guys working together. On the cutting branches down, clearing space for what you want to do it for
I would enjoy seeing you build that trench because I need one myself.
💕20 by 30 is a great start if you leave room at the side of said barn then further down the line you can add additional spaces to the sides💕Like a tool storage & parts room/barn plus you could add loft space above for future projects💕
I'm impressed! There's no way my little tractor could have moved that big tree trunk!
So nice to be able to plan for another building. Love seeing you all. God bless.
My vote is to let someone else build it. As you well know this is a very busy time of the year with all the other chores/maintenance around the house. If someone else builds it it will more than likely be done by winter and ready to use. As you said you have other projects so you could start on one of those while the polebarn is being built.
Genes are an amazing thing, the oldest boy has a lot of his mother's facial expressions....
Oh you all did such a great job of clearing this area, so wonderful that all of those little trees are down and all that other stuff is cleared out and I am so excited to see that pole barn you are getting that will be so wonderful to put all of your equipment and other things inside and make it so much easier to deal with. Your boys have become such a great help and they keep learning more and more stuff to do and complete. Have a beautiful and blessed weekend, sending love and hugs, bye! 😂😍🤗👋👋👍🙏💜💜
Guys it's looking really good around there ,nit haven't been getting videos lately this is the first one [about 2 weeks bit injoy y'all videos
I'M HERE FOR IT AS ALWAYS LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND JUST LOVE WATCHING GOOD PEOPLE WHO LOVE GOD 🥰
Yay! A new project!! I, personally would love a 40x40! We have a 15x20...nowhere near what we need. 2 lawnmowers, 2 weed eaters, 2 blowers, tool box...you get the picture🤦 Have to step out of it to change your mind!🤣 40x40 would be awesome but we would have to do it in 2 parts, as we can afford. 1 20x40 and later add beside it another 20x40 and Bobs your uncle!! Room for every thing! Hope all has an awesomely blessed weekend!
We usually wrap a chain around logs and pull them to where we want them.
I believe in always build bigger.
Sam, Im with you on the NO SNAKES ,yukkkkkkk gives me the shudders .
I can’t believe how big the kids have gotten. I remember them playing in the dirt with toys back in the tree line behind the house.
Split the difference, you put in the cement slab and pay for the pole barn to be built, if you can get a decent deal on it.
Good to hear from y’all! I’ve missed see y’all
That little one had me dying laughing 🤣 he is then cutest little thing and big brother helping take that limb it so good to see children helping mama and daddy clean up I love your videos tyfs hugs
There has NEVER been not one time where you guys haven't cheered me up watching a video!!! Blessings with whatever plan you guys decide, Dirty Jersey out!!
You're the best!
Goooooood afternoon!
Another suggestion Sam and Angela, when sawing a limb off (up high) start underneath to keep from having ithe limb pull the bark off. Love all of you!!
Just a heads up that you moving all that plant stuff to the woods in the back may not be anything right now but just be careful and a watchful eye next spring as it could become a snake pit!
I'm sure ones it's dried out he has plans for it. Sam would not leave a sore eye for very long!
We had a barn built and putt a loft in the back of the barn. Good storage.
I wish you guys could make more videos. I dont care if its just a day in your lives! I love being around you guy's , im sure everyone else does also! ❤
Just love y'all....and miss seeing you....hugs
Way to go guys..you are doing some fine work
They're pretty easy to put together, we've done one small one with a dirt floor, and one large one with a concrete floor and built-in heat. We built wooden ends to close them both in. Had help for the big one, (30 x 20) but the smaller one was a breeze. The small one was a demonstration model, got it really cheap at the end of summer, as they had taken it apart and put it together several times at fairs and home shows all around the area. It had a few extra screw holes, but he filled those with silicone, it's still dry, 25 years or more later. It's about 10 x 12. Added an awning onto it to double its roof size the next year.
When he got around to the bigger one that became his shop, Hubby went to the place, asked for seconds on the sheet metal, and got it very cheap compared to all new. Had them make the ribs up to our specifications, height and width of the building, etc. They threw in bags of rubber-washered self-tapping screws for free, cause they liked Hubs, I guess. Had a crew of buddies help with the setup, pour, and finish of the heated pad. He had a local fellow build up the side and back walls with a couple of rounds of concrete blocks and mortar to give the place more height, and then the ribs attached onto the blocks. Ended up building a second roof on top of the old one, though, because of condensation and dripping in the winter. Insulated the whole place with inch-thick second hand foil backed foam. Also built and extension onto the front of it later on, too, which almost doubled the under-roof space for it as well. Building's 20 years old or more, and still in great shape.
That's a cool thing about them, you can always add more ribs and more roof! Best of luck with it, however you choose to go! 👍
Why are you putting the building by the woods? Is there a tentative plan for the property in front? With all the buildings I would lay it out to look like a little town. The boys are so much help - good work guys. 💖💖🎶🎶
Isaac!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I believe he is a mini Sam!! Such humor!
Yayyyy more Sam and Angela!!! Always happy to see new videos pop up
I like ve seeing women out their learning to run the tractor. I had a great aunt who farmed.
I see a mechanic trench great idea
Love the outtakes, guys!
One thing I'd mention, I wasn't sure why yall would put the pile of limbs and tree up into the wood because it can leave a nice hidden area for the snake and other critters to stay around... and unsure if yall would pile it up away from such area and make it a burn pile and have less work to do in the future. Check with TN burn permit as they come and go. :)
Put everything you want in that new structure out together, measure them, I'm pretty sure you'll find that 20 X 30 is not going to be big enough. I also see additional implements in your future. It's probably cheaper to build the bigger one now.
It looking good great boys that once to help
Great idea! Could there be a storm shelter underneath the garage/pole barn?
@Sam I think it would be a better idea to save for an automotive lift, instead of digging a pit. Just my opinion.
You might consider building your auto - tractor - equipment shed with a design which would allow for the eventual addition of side sheds. These could be very useful for tool storage and for tractor empelment storage. Thus doing such would allow your main space to be used for your tractors and a place to work on your vehicles.
The addition of a loft storage would be beneficial also. Among other things such a loft storage space could be used for storage of seasonal and decoration items and such, including occasionally used items . This would free up much space on your existing sheds and shops.
Just my thoughts!
-Rob in Tennessee
Oh heck yeah to the pit.
Great workers!
Team work makes the dream work ❤🎉
The boys are gaining skills and work ethic!!!
A mechanics pit sounds like a great idea 💡!!!
As far as content … I love all of it ! And I enjoy the variety and surprises too ❤ 😘😘.
Kool video! Neat idea. Can not wait to see it done.
🚜 🚜 🚜 🚜 🚜 Get two big chain hooks and/or four welded to the top of the tractor bucket.
You will need it ! 🚜 🚜 🚜 🚜 🚜
I've seen some others have that. I'm seeing the benefit of it more and more!
Great job everyone! You have beautiful property and this barn/shed will be great! I can’t wait to see what is next!
Yes, a grapple would be handy, but how about a chipper?
My son built a 24×30 and rather a lift than a pit. With the lift you can put one on the lift and park another under it if you aren't using them.
Yay, another big project!!! Love watching these. 😀
I always like to think about future. A suggestion will be do the barn as big as you can even if you don't have lots of heavy machinery but in a Homestead you will be buying and needing more heavy machinery so if you are doing the work go big from the start, good luck.
Can't wait to see it....Best wishes.
Always love your new projects, and the way the children are involved.
Just wondering.... Sam, how are your feet doing?
Sam, all you need is a set of bucket grapples. Be careful raising really heavy stuff up that high, one slip and you can bend your lifting arms.
I'm planning on building my new shop 40x40x2 stories.
Look out!!!! Your "Feral" boys are becoming domesticated young men!!! So fun to see them pitching in & helping build their home!!! 😊❤
PS - I ❤ the out takes!!!!
💖💖👍👍💖💖Nice job, looks like fun. 💖💖👍👍💖💖
Sam, for a guy who seems to find snakes disagreeable, with all the brush that you pushed back you have created a great habitat for them.
If you don't mind smelling sulfur powder for a little while, go aways from your house and the building anywhere you'll go even the kids and put this silver down in a huge round circle. Snacked will not cross over it because it burns their belly. It will smell like sulfur water does for a while but it acts kinda like a electric fence. Once burned they turn around and won't come back. As it rains or showers the smell goes away. Raised on farm most all my life. I'll take the smell anytime! Course we had venomous snakes. Rattlesnake s copperhead, water moxican
2 tractors and all equipment is way bigger than 20 x 30.. I built a 20 by 24 and you 2 tractors and a bush hog in it and do anything else in the building. I would suggest that you line up everything you have and how you would put it in the building, then measure around it leaving just 2 feet on all sides extra. then decide how big a building you need.
I think you should do some measuring. You have too small of a building.
Amazing what these small tractors can do. I have a JD 2038R and it has saved my back many times. As for the building go as big as you can afford. I have a 2000 sq foot building and it does not take long to run out of space when you start adding equipment in there. It's better to build bigger now and not need it than trying to add on later when you run out of space.
To keep critters at bay.... may have been a good idea to rent a wood chipper if possible and got rid of all the brush you pushed into the wooded area and cut up the bigger stuff.... beause eventually you will have to deal with all that later anyway.
a pole barn is a great idea y'all...I can see you down in a pit Sam (& it's a lot cheaper than a lift) 👍 the yard is really lookin good too
Good luck and have fun.
I wish i had been warching a storrm shleter being installed!
GREAT WORK. NEED AT LEAST 30X40FT. FOR ALL YOU STUFF.
You're gonna wish you build it bigger!!!!!!! My shop is 30 X 40, and still too small.... as for your "pit" you will need drainage, or you have a hole that fills with water! Or maybe go with 12 foot walls and just put in a lyft in.... just a few tips... have fun.
when he fell, at first I thought Angela had taken a tumble .lol
Thanks guys! So excited for you! Can’t wait!