Building the Equipment Shed


A vital building on every farm is the "equipment shed". This building is used for the storage of equipment such as tractors and balers and other tools, serving as a workshop and garage. Our farm never had an equipment shed because it was owned by Queen Lil, an old maid school teacher, who never did mechanical work or repairs. For 25 years we have worked on our tractors, farm implements, and vehicles out in the weather or in the hay lofts of the barn. We have kept our tools spread around 2 acres of house, barn and out buildings, in the garage of our house, in the basement of the barn and in several sheds. In the fall of 2001 we decided to build an equipment shed to consolidate all of our tools and equipment and to have a heated workshop to work in during the cold snowy upstate New York winter. It will house our auto and tractor workshop and tools, our welders and torches, and our lumber planer and wood shop tools.

Click on photos to enlarge to full page Sawing Hemlock and Poplar Logs into lumber on our mill for the studs and the purlins and the concrete forms Bulldozing a level building site    Forms for the concrete floor A water hose is used to level the forms The concrete slab is poured in two stages Walls are framed and roof trusses go up The metal roof goes on Siding goes on Plexiglass goes in for windows Insulation and wall paneling    The floor gets painted Electric lines are buried    The electric is in! The hoist for lifting engines Workbenches are built Power tools moved in (jointer)      Overhead doors are up! Side Door      Official Name Plate is Up

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