Scrap iron loft

[zkdiesel]

Getting this project going this week, see if I survive. All stuff that came out of m reclaimed pile
8” tall 3/8” beams with a 5.5 web. Uprights mostly came out of a closed down sports authority with the light poles I got for free
80’ of loft,’7’ wide to make a free standing setup. Gonna do 2x8 flooring on 12” centers blocked on the face inside beams so they can’t move.
2” roof deck covered by 3/4” plywood for flooring. Supports at 13’ spacing.

 

[The Cobbler]

looking forward to updates

 

[zkdiesel]

looking forward to updates

Already got delayed today by having to go weld the hitch back on the #5 bomb
Carrier from ww2 also before dragging the welder into new shop

 

[NUTTSGT]

Looks like setup of old shop, just bigger.

 

[zkdiesel]

It’s a start

 

[zkdiesel]

Progress

 

[zkdiesel]

So shocked I haven’t heard all the engineers saying I’m gonna die!

 

[545_days]

This engineer says you are 100% going to die.


We all do eventually.

 

[captain14]

Knowing you, I’d guess there would be an “overbuild and engineering calculation” involved.

Following along for the build.

 

[coldh2o]

So shocked I haven’t heard all the engineers saying I’m gonna die!

Would you change anything if we did?

 

[Fixr]

So shocked I haven’t heard all the engineers saying I’m gonna die!

After as many times as you have already been kilt, what's dying a few more times>

 

[zkdiesel]

After as many times as you have already been kilt, what's dying a few more times>

Sadly that’s the truth. My 9 cat lives have well been used up

 

[Fixr]

Sadly that’s the truth. My 9 cat lives have well been used up

OK, but how many JD or Kubota or Komatsu or Bobcat lives do you have left?

 

[LXCam]

Sadly that’s the truth. My 9 cat lives have well been used up

You get resets every time you bring back old iron from the dead. So at my count, you can kill yourself at least 50 times before you actually die.

 

[reader2580]

You must have one heck of a scrap iron pile.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Like any other farm shop around here, I spy a Lincoln Tombstone.

 

[zkdiesel]

Like any other farm shop around here, I spy a Lincoln Tombstone.

Need something for when your too lazy to clean rust off

 

[zkdiesel]

You must have one heck of a scrap iron pile.

Been collecting “free junk” for two years for loft. Finnaly worked out

 

[zkdiesel]

Inner guts before it gets too sheeted and bottom covered with white tin

 

[zkdiesel]

Getting there

 

[Smilodon]

Ooooo... Tin on the *bottom* of the loft... Fancy!

Oh yeah... You're gonna get kilt when that collapses on you. Not due to structural issues, but a "Killdozer" incident with one of the sneaky pieces of equipment hovering around it. I see them looking!

 

[NUTTSGT]

Ooooo... Tin on the *bottom* of the loft... Fancy!

Oh yeah... You're gonna get kilt when that collapses on you. Not due to structural issues, but a "Killdozer" incident with one of the sneaky pieces of equipment hovering around it. I see them looking!

It does look nice and probably left over metal from elsewhere on the build out.


What is the height under the loft ?

 

[zkdiesel]

Ooooo... Tin on the *bottom* of the loft... Fancy!

Oh yeah... You're gonna get kilt when that collapses on you. Not due to structural issues, but a "Killdozer" incident with one of the sneaky pieces of equipment hovering around it. I see them looking!

It does look nice and probably left over metal from elsewhere on the build out.


What is the height under the loft ?

Well the sidewall tin and all that tin is the neighbors roof that insurance replaced due to hail damage, so it’s a tad beat up, but this is a working shop’
7’2” under loft.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Well the sidewall tin and all that tin is the neighbors roof that insurance replaced due to hail damage, so it’s a tad beat up, but this is a working shop’
7’2” under loft.

Better than getting sent to scrap yard.

 

[zkdiesel]

Better than getting sent to scrap yard.

100%. When you build full functioning shop that’s 6k sq it all adds up in a hurry

 

[aggie113]

Motivation for that second floor loft room I hope to put in one day in my garage. Reason I increased the rafter height to 18" in the design...

 

[Renegade1LI]

Love it, I try to squeeze out extra space anywhere i can, looks good.

 

[Ultradog MN]

Getting this project going this week, see if I survive. All stuff that came out of m reclaimed pile
8” tall 3/8” beams with a 5.5 web. Uprights mostly came out of a closed down sports authority with the light poles I got for free
80’ of loft,’7’ wide to make a free standing setup. Gonna do 2x8 flooring on 12” centers blocked on the face inside beams so they can’t move.
2” roof deck covered by 3/4” plywood for flooring. Supports at 13’ spacing.

Just now seeing this thread.
Way Cool space!
And a Pettibone to drive around in it.
Can I be your friend?

 

[zkdiesel]

Just now seeing this thread.
Way Cool space!
And a Pettibone to drive around in it.
Can I be your friend?

Last week 4 Pettibones were inside building.

 

[zkdiesel]

Love it, I try to squeeze out extra space anywhere i can, looks good.

Key for me is trying to squeeze out extra heated concrete space. Here I will have 8400 of heated space with concrete, another 6k concrete no heat and another of 19k no heat no concrete.

 

[loganb]

another of 19k no heat no concrete.

That'll hold a lot of busted skidders....especially if you start stacking them with the boom lifts!

 

[captain14]

Well the sidewall tin and all that tin is the neighbors roof that insurance replaced due to hail damage, so it’s a tad beat up, but this is a working shop’
7’2” under loft.

A fancy designer would call that “historical aged accented” patina.

 

[zkdiesel]

Harder to get stuff done as harvest is commencing. But lofts done cept for paint. Front wall taking shape.

 

[zkdiesel]

You’d think I need my head examined to do this during harvest time

 

[LXCam]

You’d think I need my head examined to do this during harvest time

Harvest season has nothing to do with it

 

[PCustoms]

Harvest season has nothing to do with it

Don't know any farmers, do you?

 

[LXCam]

Don't know any farmers, do you?

That wasn’t the point

 

[FuelFC]

Sanity is overrated anyway.

 

[zkdiesel]

Almost looks like a real wall up front

 

[NUTTSGT]

Almost looks like a real wall up front

Looks way better than the sliders and I would guess, easier to use.