Conversion Makes Shelter Easy To Move
“I made my 10 by 20-ft. plastic storage shelter portable by mounting it on a home-built steel frame that rides on a pair of caster wheels. I can easily move it anywhere with my loader tractor. I just lift one end of the shelter about 12 in. off the ground and drive forward,” says Arnold Bergesen, Rimbey, Alberta.
The shelter has 4 hoops that support a plastic roof and sides. Bergesen used 3-in. dia. pipe and caster wheels from an old pull-type sprayer to build a frame with pockets on the sides and corners that the hoops pin onto.
He used the 2-section, 3-in. dia. pipe boom from an old 35-ft. sprayer to form both sides of the frame, then welded 2 1/2 ft. of pipe onto each section to lengthen the frame’s sides to 20 ft. He used 10-ft. lengths of 1 1/2-in. dia. pipe to form the frame ends.
The frame is held together at the corners by welded-on 2 by 6-in. pipes. He welded more of the pipes onto the frame at intervals to form pockets for the hoops, and drilled 5/16-in. dia. holes into the pockets to pin the hoops on. The spray boom’s caster wheels fit into brackets that he welded onto 2 of the pockets.
“It works great. I use it to store lumber that I cut with my sawmill and also to store my car and lawn mower,” says Bergesen. “It’s light enough that I can even move it by hand. I remove the wheels and set the frame flat on the ground after moving it to a new location.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Arnold Bergesen, P.O. Box 827, Rimbey, Alberta Canada T0C 2J0 (ph 403 843-6096).
Conversion Makes Shelter Easy To Move BUILDINGS New Techniques “I made my 10 by 20-ft plastic storage shelter portable by mounting it on a home-built steel frame that rides on a pair of caster wheels I can easily move it anywhere with my loader tractor I just lift one end of the shelter about 12 in off the ground and drive forward ” says Arnold Bergesen Rimbey Alberta The shelter has 4 hoops that support a plastic roof and sides Bergesen used 3-in dia pipe and caster wheels from an old pull-type sprayer to build a frame with pockets on the sides and corners that the hoops pin onto He used the 2-section 3-in dia pipe boom from an old 35-ft sprayer to form both sides of the frame then welded 2 1/2 ft of pipe onto each section to lengthen the frame’s sides to 20 ft He used 10-ft lengths of 1 1/2-in dia pipe to form the frame ends The frame is held together at the corners by welded-on 2 by 6-in pipes He welded more of the pipes onto the frame at intervals to form pockets for the hoops and drilled 5/16-in dia holes into the pockets to pin the hoops on The spray boom’s caster wheels fit into brackets that he welded onto 2 of the pockets “It works great I use it to store lumber that I cut with my sawmill and also to store my car and lawn mower ” says Bergesen “It’s light enough that I can even move it by hand I remove the wheels and set the frame flat on the ground after moving it to a new location ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Arnold Bergesen P O Box 827 Rimbey Alberta Canada T0C 2J0 ph 403 843-6096
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