Machine Shed Made Out Of Fuel And Fertilizer Tanks

Machine Shed Made Out Of Fuel And Fertilizer Tanks BUILDINGS Miscellaneous 25-4-4 Charles Ballinger of Atlanta, Ill., and his son Charles Jr., built a low-cost machine shed out of two salvaged gas tanks and a liquid fertilizer tank. The shed measures 13 ft. wide by 33 ft. long and is 12 ft. high. The three 12-ft. dia. tanks are butted together end to end. The Ballingers split one side of the tanks and welded the cut edges to railroad rails. They used come-alongs to spread the tanks apart. They left the bottom in the end tank to form a back wall. The tanks are made from heavy gauge metal and don't need additional interior support. The tanks had to be cleaned out thoroughly before cutting began. "My wife thought I was crazy when I tackled this project, but I think it looks pretty good even if I did build it myself," says Ballinger. "I use the shed to store several tractors. It was quite a job and I used up a lot of welding wire. I used my Hesston stack mover to haul the tanks to my farm. After I put it together in my 40 by 40-ft. shop, I tried using my Allis-Chalmers 7060 tractor to pull it but it couldn't move it. I ended up using a D7 Caterpillar to do the job." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Charles Ballinger, 1798 2250th St., Atlanta, Ill. 61723 (ph 217 648-2660).

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