Every once in a great while, I can add two plus two and manage to get fore. :-)I built an aviary here some months ago for the various non-roaming types of birdies I just had to have on the place. A very effective, dirt cheap structure that would/could/should work just fine as a semi-permanent shed for a tractor. Here's what I did, so I know this part works: Used pvc pipe, a few nails, and some rebar to build the aviary frame. I drilled a hole in the end of the pvc pipe (about 3/4" diameter pipe), and ran a nail through that and into the rafter end on the shed. Then I flexed the pipe so the other end was pointing into the ground. Measured and moved it until I got a bow shape I liked, and marked the spot. I then ran a string line down and hammered in some 2' lengths of rebar at those locations. Then I nailed in pvc pipes ever four feet onto the rafters, and bend them down onto the rebar. Real high tech, eh? To keep the ends from flopping I used a length of pvc pipe and lashed it to the end piece, part ways up, and then cut it to fit at the bottom end of another two sections away (one section away wasn't far enough). That's it. It's survived some amazing impacts, like having a tree fall on it. Didn't break. Now here's my idea, and it should work too:
take the above one step further, and put plastic over it for snow and rain. And if one doesn't have a shed to attach to, use two rows of rebar and arch a doubled lengh of pipe in an upside down U shape. Cut the pipes to the length you like. It should get you out of any building permit issues as there are no footers and this is in no way a permenent structure. Though it should be able to stay up all year round. Heck, greenhouses shed snow just fine, so this should too. And if you have to replace the plastic cover yearly, no big deal as the stuff is cheap. Especially at flea markets and such. I think a few of these are going to pop up on my place *real* soon, as semi-permanent protective structures for a few things around here that could use them. Like my Spitfire, the boat, etc. Heck, I think I'll build an extension for the tractor's nose, and hey, this could work nicely for parts storage too. Oh, the ideas of what I can do with this notion... Hope it helps a few of you folks too.
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