ATV shed - full meal deal

jambaloney here!

danger - MANY pics but i will try to keep the text to a minimum you can make a baby barn/shed outta a truck cab..

first up  -last trout day (okay it was a month ago)... water was high!

i canoed out from where i store the canoe - never done that before!

it was a nice night

and i caught a couple of trout! one each for sandy and pp!

so the shed starts with our old front deck that jimmy built .. it is 6`x10` - perfect

and the cab off the truck, 5 1/2 feet by 8'..

so i picked a good spot that will allow for easy access to the driveway and be out of the wind:

and then i trenched the spot
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next up - i got a bunch of ratty plastic, old tarp and old poly..

which is good enough for a vapour barrier if folder over a few times..

to the beach for rocks..

and spread them out on the poly..

one of our summer friends told me his neighbor was ditching a pile of old creosote 4x4 - i was over in a flash - a whole pile of 7 footers and to the right is a 12 footer and a 16 footer - pure gold!!!

i only needed 3 for the base..

next i horfed the old deck on the 4x4s - it was pretty heavy!

but sat nicley!

deck begins at the back with 3 braces across 2 pallets - the pallets are 40"" x  48" so the walls are 40" high..

then a pallet on the back...

and then 2 more up front

a thick side brace on each side

and there is a bare bones frame! i used a lot of deck screws securing it

next up i put on a lip with old boards..

it is spaced properly for the cab clamps to use - you can see underneath..

so now the cab - it proved a bit much to lift

so i made a ramp that you saw in kymber's earlier post

and spaced the ramp inside the cab so i wouldn't bend the cab bottom while sliding

away i went..

and it worked - nearly blew a gasket mind you ;-)

after i got it up, i put poly all around..

and added two braces near the front on each side for stablility..

i used plastic leftover from making garden markers to make teh ploy tight by screwing it in the gaps of the pallets

i was then able to remove the 2x4 and tie-down braces that i had as a "bottom" for the cab....

 

oiled up the clamps..

and secured teh cab in place over the poly lip - on the lip i put a layer of sill foam under the poly - worked perfectly!!!

last time under a tarp for you!

atv being freed!

in a new home that will be dry all year - eliminating water problems!!!!

osb door screwed in place...

and later painted with a four-point secure system made outta old clothesline wire and a bungee cord - just one hook in the middle - i don't want to be pouring frozen water on metal latches to get to the snowplow.

This was a great project - it worked out perfectly and cost only the price of deck screws and new sheets of poly... WAY cheaper than a shed from a kit - woot!

here is a nice sunset

and bird feeders:

cheers all!