Well, I'm kind of mad at myself because I know better. Anything I build myself is well anchored five feet down. But - since I rarely ever pay anyone to do anything - and I DID pay for these to be installed - I got lazy. They drove in some pretty long anchors into hardpan. They are made from cast-iron re-rod and most snapped in two.
I've got one building in a sheltered area and it was fine during the windstorm. The one that blew over is in the windiest spot on my property. Even when in place, nothing stays dry inside of it since all rain and snow comes in sideways. I was just trying to hold off until Spring and then I was going to close three walls and anchor it.
I wouldn't be surprised if your friends had the same guys do his shed. They didn't speak a lick of English and drove a Ford diesel F series truck and trailer with North Carolina license plates. The building was the heaviest-duty rating that could be ordered from them - with heavier gauge steel and extra bracing - but even so - it's just held together with little self-tapping screws.
It got cold and snowed two days after they installed it - that's why I put off doing more work to it until spring. Had I been smart - I would of chained it to my equipment like it is now.
By the way - to the two Mexican (or Spanish?) workers - I give them credit. Those guys really work hard - I at least give them credit for that. When they left - I noticed they get around this area by reading a GPS that's in spanish. It tells them how to get job to job, where the next motel is, etc.
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