Posted by John in Mich on December 25, 2020 at 09:38:36 from (98.224.238.10):
In Reply to: OT just wondering. posted by northeastpuller1 on December 25, 2020 at 06:01:58:
Wow. You have dredged up some old memories and thinking/planning mistakes. In 1983 we bought 6 acres, about 10 miles away, for a future home. In 1984, we (my 2 sons and I) built a 36x48 pole barn about 500 feet from the road on our new 6 acres. My PLAN was, I (we) are going to build the house. The barn was to store tools, equipment and materials. It was just a shell with a dirt floor, one 8N with a Wagner loader and some implements. We brought in the electric, water, natural gas and installed a septic system. We bought a used 2 bedroom mobile home to put on sight and sold our home. HA! Naive. Looking back, it was fortunate that, in April, 1984, my career changed and I began traveling every week, Monday through Friday. There was just absolutely no way that I could build and coordinate construction of a new house. Also, my oldest son had enlisted in the USMC and was due to depart in September. We hired a builder. The house build was delayed until the fall of 1985. Over the years, I did some of my car-truck-tractor work on the dirt floor barn or sometimes in the 2 car cement floor attached garage. The Ford tractor disease had attacked and I was up to 3. We poured an 18x24 floor one corner of the barn and I enclosed it. It had a 7'high-8'wide overhead door and the entry door. I ran 100amp underground for electric. I had also buried a 6 pair telephone cable (never been used). Again, naive, once all of my tools, boxes, parts etc. were in the "shop", no space to work. 15 years ago (about) I built an addition 12x48 with a cement floor. Boy, was I going to be able to work on "stuff". Relapse on the disease, up to "umteen" Fords and 11 Jake built lawn tractors. No room at the in, so to speak. (BTW, "umteen" is to keep mama confused. More than 10, less than 20) I have reduced the fleet now and am clearing some messes. I will have a work space with heat next month. As for temperatures, for me, outside? 45 to 80 degrees.
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