That was me! Been my motto for ten or so years now. I have done my share of hard work, but at nearly 74, I done got too old and fat to do more than offer encouragement from the sidelines.
I'm a 68 yo woman, I have built a few small things, mostly cabinets, shelves things of that sort. I'm tired of digging my truck out of the snow and am going to attempt this, by myself as I could never afford what people ask for around here. I have watched a ton of videos, this one is most like what I have in mind...wish me luck!!!!!!
@@jackdotblue thank you for the offer! I got it done with the help of another like minded person, it came out great and made it through the winter here in the western mountain area of Maine. It's not easy to find people who want to help you for the sake of helping.😊 have a great day hope you don't get too nailed in that 10 feet of snow that's about to hit your area!
Dang, this video is chock-full of great techniques and tips, thanks for sharing. And +1 for not editing out the do-overs - it's all part of documenting the process. Helps us viewers with our own approach to our projects.
This guy don't give up! If it's wrong, He fixes it. If it don't work, He figures a way and will power His way thru it! Kudos, you are destined to success! Thanks so much for sharing.
The "A Team" is back!!!! I was so delighted to see Howard! I can only imagine the 2 of you chatting together...."we don't need any laser level or slide rule! Hatchet, chainsaw and tape = JOB DONE!!!💪💪💪
This book is a comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to build a second unit on their property. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxzaRUJNcbypw-fRBDbqqz43ULIa-1EGP- It showcases various types of houses, such as garage apartments, with photos, videos, and floor plans. The book provides the square footage and the dimensions of each house, as well as the option to order the plans or customize them according to your preferences. You can choose from a range of styles, from ultra modern to cottages and A frame lake houses. The book also offers suggestions for sheds, pool houses, and office studio buildings. This book is an ideal resource for the aspiring home designer.
I thought of you the other day when a guy told me that I would not need so many power tools if I joined a gym & got more exercise. I think I will follow your methods instead of joining a gym.
First off, I'm stealing "If there's anything I can say to help y'all, just let me know." I love it! Awesome job on the build! We are going to be building a similar covered storage area, so your video was very helpful. It definitely gave us good pointers. Lastly, great job with the post hole digger! I was using one today, and it was not enjoyable. I'm very thankful it wasn't 100+ degrees out! Thanks a ton!
An added note that may help you. An added feature that helps lateral stability. Wait and cut the posts off flush with the top of the rafters. Secure the rafters to each post etc..
Yep, every time I find some scrap tin roofing, I build a carport. ;) Great video, very fun to watch. I appreciated the scenes of livestock and that you showed when you made a mistake.
Mr Green Jeans, that was one of your best start to finish builds. It came out really nice. A lot less stress than your earlier builds over on your land.
Awesome job you guys did, that shed will be there longer than you will live. I built a barn the same way. Treated post in the ground rough cut lumber and tin roof, that was almost 40 yrs ago. Still standing strong, I live in WV have seen 3 ft of snow on it. Thanks for the video.
For anyone in the future heres a tip i discovered when digging your holes with an auger. The auger can spin off the desired location so its hard to get it to fit your desired layout. After you do your 3 4 5 drive a big nail or rebar for the center of each hole, checking diagonals per usual. Then take your shovel and dig a concave hole about 4 to 5 inches deep in the center. This will help hold the auger in place to start your hole. A lot more accurate so less hand work.
Really love seeing your homestead come together. I have an LT15-Wide that I bought thanks to Inspiration from you and Nathan at OTW, but no land to build anything yet. Really looking forward to when I have that space to build, will be coming back to your videos for more inspiration!
That was a great video and great to see Howard again!....for a hot second I thought those were the strangest secada sounds I had ever heard. Then it dawned on me that it had to have been the drone. 🤣 I hope it was the drone!!
I've watched many of your videos where you build something like this, and I am glad to see you finally got to use a PTO auger. If it were me, I'd buy one before I used those manual post-hole diggers. Great work, and thanks for sharing your adventures.
Love the footprint of this and an open air space like that. On my property I'm going to use steel posts 3' into the ground with cement for back Fence and then higher for the entry opening. Less rot and wont require as much bracing or racking as lumber.
Nice work buddy. I love doing work like that. I wish I could travel the states and make a nice living. Load up my truck and just build sheds, car ports and those cedar play sets for kids for a living.
Great build! Recommendation for next project - your center post carries the most weight. the center (5) 4x4's should have been the 6x6s with the 4x4s on the corners. The very center post carries the most weight.
Hey man you did good and it worked out well 👍 we are not building pianos right...What I always do for me is simple batter boards with my string line's and marker paint perfect every time...That's Awesome you got a portable Mill wish I had one I'm looking into one though the wife don't know hehehe 😀
I enjoyed it ! It’s amazing how many hours this amazing building takes. It’s a lot of work and material. Im working on a mudroom that’s small. And tryi g to figure out cheap easy way to build it. 2x4 frame seems over kill. Thinking 6 4x4 posts make a box. It’s only 7.5x13. Have some reclaimed metal as well. Then I have logs to uses for other stuff.
I know it's not the right way,but on small shes like that I'll frame the smaller sides on the ground and dig 2 holes and stand up one side and get it plumb. Then I'd measure off that to determine where my other 2 holes need to be. Dig those 2 and stand that wall up and get it plumb. Connect my 2 long sides boards. Like I said,I know it's not proper,just works for me. It's a shed after all, not the space shuttle.🤗
You mean you didn’t have anything to do with the space shuttle challenger? Your not taking any credit for that one 😂 No insult intended, just when you mention space shuttle challenger popped in my mind. Which I still remember a few jokes that stemmed from that disaster too! In poor taste obviously, but as one comedian once said. As long as you can get one person to laugh then it’s alright to say! Although I bet there’s some judges that won’t agree with that! 🤪
Nice job! It’s nice when a project doesn’t cost as much as it typically would…..eventually I’d put walls on the 3 sides to help with protection of equipment! I just got done building a steel 20x10 shed from an old round tube framed canvas style car port….did a concrete slab and used some lumber I already had to reinforce and add furring strips to it….had to buy the steal and additional lumber but it wasn’t bad. Have a total of 2k Into. Not bad considering a local shed builder wants 5k for the same size shed with a wood floor.
This is a very cool build and excellent camera work! I am going to up my camera work. I really enjoyed this build, and hopefully, I will be building at least one like this on my homestead on the first of next year! Thanks again for making this video, and may God bless your days the way He always blesses ours!
That's along the same lines of what I want to build to park my two SUVs under, except maybe not quite as long. We had a bad hailstorm here in NC that beat the shit out of my new 4Runner......$7700 to get it fixed. Never again will I fail to have a place to keep my vehicles out of the weather. I like this slant roof style with wood posts a whole lot better than having an all metal factory built carport.
Nice job on the shed Wes. And could it be that I finally saw you using a framing nailer? That seems to be a rarity for you. But at 72 I have learned more and more to appreciate those cause my nailing arm don't work quiet as well as it use to 💪. Anyway love the footage and the content. Thanks for sharing it all. 👌
Tip for finding a 21*21foot square would be to lay down four of these 21" sheets in a square and then use a square to check the angles, the 4 corners where they intersect should be square and you'll know you have the right layout for a properly squared building. You could also lay them 6" into eachother if you wanted a 20*20 or 12 inches in if you wanted a 19*19, etc etc Edit: For the auger, once you are sure that you have a good square, you can use some spraypaint in the corners so that you can find the drill location easier - If ou want to be really precise, drill a 4-6" hole in a piece of plywood or other material and lat it out before spray-painting.
Nice one Wes! Some nice cattle there too. Like you say, easy enough to do, providing you have access to the Lumber & Roofing sheets. The cost of both here lately is horrendous. Stay safe & well. 👍👍
Nice build. Sturdy for sure. I redid a hole too. Glad you could reuse the metal roof pieces. Every little bit helps. Quick question. I know you check the level horizontally. Did you check the level of the beams vertically too? I saw the level leaning on a post elsewhere. I know putting in horse fence with posts and run in sheds, and barn build, we had to do that even with nailing the top runner pieces along the top initially, to keep it straight. Just to keep it within 1/4" from straight on corners. Didn't want it off bad from posts not close.
When I see these videos it makes me want to move out into the country side. But last time I lived on a 2 acre property, it was too much work to maintain. 😂
Before I use my tractor auger, I pre-auger my locations with a smaller tulip bulb auger on a cordless drill. These smaller augers are usually 4-inch diameter augers and are 2 feet long. This will help guide the tractor auger and be more precise in the correct location. It is the same principle when you try to drill a large hole in a piece of metal by using a small drill as a pilot drill to prevent the larger drill bit from wandering and end up drilling in the wrong spot.
"If there's anything I can say to help y'all, let me know". I laughed out loud at that and will be adopting it as my personal motto.
That was me! Been my motto for ten or so years now. I have done my share of hard work, but at nearly 74, I done got too old and fat to do more than offer encouragement from the sidelines.
@@markharris5525 You are my new hero. I'm still laughing!
Just don't strain yourself. 🤣
Gnats??? You must be in my neck of the woods.
As an old fart now myself I also laughed out loud.
I'm a 68 yo woman, I have built a few small things, mostly cabinets, shelves things of that sort. I'm tired of digging my truck out of the snow and am going to attempt this, by myself as I could never afford what people ask for around here. I have watched a ton of videos, this one is most like what I have in mind...wish me luck!!!!!!
@@jackdotblue thank you for the offer! I got it done with the help of another like minded person, it came out great and made it through the winter here in the western mountain area of Maine. It's not easy to find people who want to help you for the sake of helping.😊 have a great day hope you don't get too nailed in that 10 feet of snow that's about to hit your area!
Good luck
@@Designs_Decor63 thanks! got it built last Nov, it made it thru the winter here in the mountains of maine!!!!
This is my favorite too, exactly what I have in mind and want a simple structure. I'm following his idea
@@juliewilbur647you did it wow awesome
"If there's anything I can say to help y'all, just let me know" says the supervisor in the UTV. Love it!!
Dang, this video is chock-full of great techniques and tips, thanks for sharing. And +1 for not editing out the do-overs - it's all part of documenting the process. Helps us viewers with our own approach to our projects.
This guy don't give up! If it's wrong, He fixes it. If it don't work, He figures a way and will power His way thru it! Kudos, you are destined to success!
Thanks so much for sharing.
The "A Team" is back!!!! I was so delighted to see Howard! I can only imagine the 2 of you chatting together...."we don't need any laser level or slide rule! Hatchet, chainsaw and tape = JOB DONE!!!💪💪💪
Howard is the man!
Hell of a job; I need to build one these for my 2 tractors. The video was very helpful, & I plan on doing some of the same methods you used thanks.
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It was great to see Howard again. I’ve been wondering how he was doing. Thanks for sharing!
I'm just seeing this!! Great job!! It looks very sturdy & a good size to cover lots of machines!! 👍🌟👍
I see that you working with your co-star today. It's great to see that young man!
Hay Wes, your getting to an expert on these small building’s and sheds. Who knows maybe that’s a new career in the making. Nice vid my friend.
Nice of you to help the man out!!!!! Thumbs Up
Very nice video. I need a shelter just like this one. You gave me a lot of pointers and the incentive to "just do it"!👍 Thank you.
Nice to see Howard and nice job on the tractor shed.
Good to see elderly black gentleman again !! I like when he helped on the saw mill !! Nice video and out building !!
Nice to see Howard and you knocking out a nice parking shed
I thought of you the other day when a guy told me that I would not need so many power tools if I joined a gym & got more exercise. I think I will follow your methods instead of joining a gym.
This videos came out at the right time. I’ll be attempting a pole barn for my small tractor and yard equipment. Thanks for the visual.
Cool! Let us know how it goes!
really enjoyed the video of the car-tractor shed. very impressive, and good information. thanks have a great week
Gotta say that looks like pretty easy digging compared to up here in NY. We have a lot of shale and a hole is 50% rocks. No kidding.
First off, I'm stealing "If there's anything I can say to help y'all, just let me know." I love it!
Awesome job on the build! We are going to be building a similar covered storage area, so your video was very helpful. It definitely gave us good pointers.
Lastly, great job with the post hole digger! I was using one today, and it was not enjoyable. I'm very thankful it wasn't 100+ degrees out!
Thanks a ton!
An added note that may help you. An added feature that helps lateral stability. Wait and cut the posts off flush with the top of the rafters. Secure the rafters to each post etc..
A good shed is handy dandy ! Thanks for sharing !
Yep, every time I find some scrap tin roofing, I build a carport. ;) Great video, very fun to watch. I appreciated the scenes of livestock and that you showed when you made a mistake.
Great video , thanks to you there’s no foul language , awesome shed , I need to build one for my tractor’s & equipment, blessings
Great build and I loved the random cuts to the animals throughout the video.
What wonderful soil that homestead has! Good simple recycling and construction.
Agreed. Here in the hill country of Texas we would have a couple of inches of soil and then solid limestone.
Mr Green Jeans, that was one of your best start to finish builds. It came out really nice. A lot less stress than your earlier builds over on your land.
Awesome little Airbnb you got there.
I like your advice at the end. I can't swim, throws me into the river, you will figure it out.
Cheers from the great state of Arkansas!!
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Awesome job you guys did, that shed will be there longer than you will live. I built a barn the same way. Treated post in the ground rough cut lumber and tin roof, that was almost 40 yrs ago. Still standing strong, I live in WV have seen 3 ft of snow on it. Thanks for the video.
I’m from WyCo West Virginia 🤙🏼
The treated lumber 40 years ago would last. What you buy today won’t. I had my 6x6 rot out after 24 years.
@@rickringler5021 depends on the treatment. UC4B treated lumber or better would 100 years with good drainage.
Good stuff thanks for sharing.
nice shed for the tractors. I would love to see more about that little cabin on the site.
Well done. Inspired me to look into building a smaller structure like this to store a golf cart.
Oh how* I so much enjoy the music behind such a good life rebuild history..restore and replant.
You have become a master shed builder, love these vids…👍👍
For anyone in the future heres a tip i discovered when digging your holes with an auger. The auger can spin off the desired location so its hard to get it to fit your desired layout.
After you do your 3 4 5 drive a big nail or rebar for the center of each hole, checking diagonals per usual.
Then take your shovel and dig a concave hole about 4 to 5 inches deep in the center. This will help hold the auger in place to start your hole. A lot more accurate so less hand work.
Really love seeing your homestead come together. I have an LT15-Wide that I bought thanks to Inspiration from you and Nathan at OTW, but no land to build anything yet. Really looking forward to when I have that space to build, will be coming back to your videos for more inspiration!
Filming and editing big success!! Nice build. Thanks for sharing. Very enjoyable!
I like that you kept the mistakes in there. Definitely more relatable haha. Really good video and editing.
That was a great video and great to see Howard again!....for a hot second I thought those were the strangest secada sounds I had ever heard. Then it dawned on me that it had to have been the drone.
🤣 I hope it was the drone!!
I so enjoy this channel. Absolutely makes my day when I receive the alert that you have posted. God bless from all our hearts up here in Chicago!
I've watched many of your videos where you build something like this, and I am glad to see you finally got to use a PTO auger. If it were me, I'd buy one before I used those manual post-hole diggers. Great work, and thanks for sharing your adventures.
Don't get too lazy.
Love the footprint of this and an open air space like that. On my property I'm going to use steel posts 3' into the ground with cement for back Fence and then higher for the entry opening. Less rot and wont require as much bracing or racking as lumber.
Another successful operation, well done
Nice work buddy. I love doing work like that. I wish I could travel the states and make a nice living. Load up my truck and just build sheds, car ports and those cedar play sets for kids for a living.
Thanks for helping me figure out how I’m going to build a pole barn in the back
Great video showing quality construction and really like the music.
Excellent ! Thanks for the video and good advice!
GREAT Job friend. Your channel is my favorite channel on UA-cam. Get excited when I get the notification of a new video!!! Blessings, Sir!!!!
Thanks! Really appreciate you watching!
Nice work! And thanks for sharing!
Yep! Nice shed. You could put large T-straps on the front of the shed for bracing.
Love the cows and donkeys. Great music too.
This is exactly what I want to build for my range on my land to shoot under. Appreciate it
this is great. you’ve given me confidence to do this myself.
Cool! Let us know how it goes!
great farm, project and animals
Well done 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe🇨🇦
Great build! Recommendation for next project - your center post carries the most weight. the center (5) 4x4's should have been the 6x6s with the 4x4s on the corners. The very center post carries the most weight.
If you're suggesting the 4x4s can't support the weight or would be prone to wind sheer, I'd disagree.
Nice and a beautiful track of land to go with it!
Awesome job planning to make one for my place great video
Gorgeous Silvopasture.
Very nice job!
Pretty piece of earth you have there!
Hey man you did good and it worked out well 👍 we are not building pianos right...What I always do for me is simple batter boards with my string line's and marker paint perfect every time...That's Awesome you got a portable Mill wish I had one I'm looking into one though the wife don't know hehehe 😀
I enjoyed it ! It’s amazing how many hours this amazing building takes. It’s a lot of work and material. Im working on a mudroom that’s small. And tryi g to figure out cheap easy way to build it. 2x4 frame seems over kill. Thinking 6 4x4 posts make a box. It’s only 7.5x13. Have some reclaimed metal as well. Then I have logs to uses for other stuff.
Great morning video to get my day going. Great job.
Thanks for watching, Darrin!
I know it's not the right way,but on small shes like that I'll frame the smaller sides on the ground and dig 2 holes and stand up one side and get it plumb. Then I'd measure off that to determine where my other 2 holes need to be. Dig those 2 and stand that wall up and get it plumb. Connect my 2 long sides boards. Like I said,I know it's not proper,just works for me. It's a shed after all, not the space shuttle.🤗
Sounds like a good idea, thanks for the tip!
Get that nail gun
You mean you didn’t have anything to do with the space shuttle challenger? Your not taking any credit for that one 😂 No insult intended, just when you mention space shuttle challenger popped in my mind. Which I still remember a few jokes that stemmed from that disaster too! In poor taste obviously, but as one comedian once said. As long as you can get one person to laugh then it’s alright to say! Although I bet there’s some judges that won’t agree with that! 🤪
Nice job! It’s nice when a project doesn’t cost as much as it typically would…..eventually I’d put walls on the 3 sides to help with protection of equipment!
I just got done building a steel 20x10 shed from an old round tube framed canvas style car port….did a concrete slab and used some lumber I already had to reinforce and add furring strips to it….had to buy the steal and additional lumber but it wasn’t bad. Have a total of 2k Into.
Not bad considering a local shed builder wants 5k for the same size shed with a wood floor.
Nice work, good to see the uncle wearing yellow t shirt helping you again
Nice. Friendly tip; Finish your frame off with horizontal triangular bracing. Will make frame much stronger.
10:15. FINALLY! Great job on the build. I was about ready to mail you a nail gun.
I think I'm about to retire the hammer or return it, it misses a lot.
After watching the last couple of builds, I was going to suggest a new channel name...."Nailed It!"
This is a very cool build and excellent camera work! I am going to up my camera work. I really enjoyed this build, and hopefully, I will be building at least one like this on my homestead on the first of next year! Thanks again for making this video, and may God bless your days the way He always blesses ours!
Great job! I hope one day to do something like it. Thanks!
Great build! Cool that you were able to use the sawmill lumber from the downed trees.
That's along the same lines of what I want to build to park my two SUVs under, except maybe not quite as long. We had a bad hailstorm here in NC that beat the shit out of my new 4Runner......$7700 to get it fixed. Never again will I fail to have a place to keep my vehicles out of the weather. I like this slant roof style with wood posts a whole lot better than having an all metal factory built carport.
Heck yeah! Nice job!
Clever idea, I love the finish. I hope one day to do something like it 👍
Useful project.
Good stuff ! Thanks for sharing.
Good looking shed brother.
Beautiful dirt you got on your land
Nice job on the shed Wes. And could it be that I finally saw you using a framing nailer? That seems to be a rarity for you. But at 72 I have learned more and more to appreciate those cause my nailing arm don't work quiet as well as it use to 💪. Anyway love the footage and the content. Thanks for sharing it all. 👌
Yep! My hammer tends to miss a lot.
Tip for finding a 21*21foot square would be to lay down four of these 21" sheets in a square and then use a square to check the angles, the 4 corners where they intersect should be square and you'll know you have the right layout for a properly squared building. You could also lay them 6" into eachother if you wanted a 20*20 or 12 inches in if you wanted a 19*19, etc etc
Edit: For the auger, once you are sure that you have a good square, you can use some spraypaint in the corners so that you can find the drill location easier - If ou want to be really precise, drill a 4-6" hole in a piece of plywood or other material and lat it out before spray-painting.
Ah, great idea!
Just use a 3,4,5 triangle. You can increase your dimensions based on that triangle.
@@gary24752 that's true Gary, I meant for the purposes of marking the location for all 4 corner posts, to make sure they are square with each other
Very nice. My tractor shed is almost the same except I used pipe instead of 6x6.👍
Same & concrete keeps going 10in above ground ,keep rust off
Paw Paw always has the best solutions!
Looks great!
Nice one Wes! Some nice cattle there too. Like you say, easy enough to do, providing you have access to the Lumber & Roofing sheets. The cost of both here lately is horrendous. Stay safe & well. 👍👍
Great job. Just finding your channel.
Good job! 👍 thanks for sharing!
I love your show and watch it every day. If anybody ever needed a nail gun it is you. maybe a co two so you would't need a cord.
Very nice video. I enjoyed watching.
Nice build. Sturdy for sure. I redid a hole too. Glad you could reuse the metal roof pieces. Every little bit helps. Quick question. I know you check the level horizontally. Did you check the level of the beams vertically too? I saw the level leaning on a post elsewhere. I know putting in horse fence with posts and run in sheds, and barn build, we had to do that even with nailing the top runner pieces along the top initially, to keep it straight. Just to keep it within 1/4" from straight on corners. Didn't want it off bad from posts not close.
I dunno , Wes. You might have to do into the shed buildin' bidness. It was nice to see Howard again.
When I see these videos it makes me want to move out into the country side. But last time I lived on a 2 acre property, it was too much work to maintain. 😂
Wow that’s amazing I struggled with flat pack
Nice work!
Before I use my tractor auger, I pre-auger my locations with a smaller tulip bulb auger on a cordless drill. These smaller augers are usually 4-inch diameter augers and are 2 feet long. This will help guide the tractor auger and be more precise in the correct location. It is the same principle when you try to drill a large hole in a piece of metal by using a small drill as a pilot drill to prevent the larger drill bit from wandering and end up drilling in the wrong spot.
Great project
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for showing that mistakes happen.
You need an auger man! I need an auger too but it would be too hard to dig a hole without a tractor. 🤣
😂
Great work.