str8axle55
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Looks like a nice project, and a great little shop to work in, nice job.
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Fixing up my old milk barn.
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Thanks for sharing this, gives me inspiration to take on a project. Looks like it'll make a great shop. What are the overall dimensions (maybe I missed it)? Do you have plans to heat it eventually?
YZEATER
1/2 ton status
cool pics of the old farm.
The floor isn't great. It was originally a milk barn, so the floor wasn't level, and there were two troughs running down the middle of the floor. The previous owner cut the old stanchions off at the ground, so the old tubes are still in the cement. He did however pour cement into the troughs. It isn't perfect, but is paved. As for the windows, I would like to replace them eventually, especially if I get around to heating it, but for now I just replaced all of the missing panes.
Martin
It's not quite big enough, so I had to do the water pump on this 4840 outside.
Martin
Not too far away form me then. I live in Boone County, kind of between Albion, Newman Grove, Lindsay, and Saint Edward.
Martin
79rustyk10
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All this farm stuff is really making me miss being out in the country.
Ive got an unstyled B John Deere, and a styled G JD too btw
Ive got an unstyled B John Deere, and a styled G JD too btw
Looks great. Our welding shop is a converted milk barn and we did the same thing, pull the stanchions and fill the troughs. It's not a perfect concrete floor for a creeper, but it's better than nothing.
Long time no update.
I have been using this barn off and on as a shop, but sadly I have a bad habit of just throwing junk in there. The clutter has made it damn near unusable. It doesn't help that it is too narrow really. I should knock the inner walls out for the bulk tank room. Would make it much better inside. The other problems are that it is poorly wired, and poorly lit. I have thrown a few lights in it (cheap florescents), but I need to wire them up more properly. I have bought the wire and some of the boxes and switches, I just need to do it.
I did wire up a yard light on the front, that is a nice addition.
Here is a shot of a few of the florescent lights. The one is a take out from a house that was going in the iron pile. I got three of those. Two of which work. I need to run a separate switch, to actual outlets above them to plug into.
As a child, I thought Tom Sawyer was crazy for pawning off the work of whitewashing the picket fence. I thought painting was great fun.
Now I am more on Tom Sawyer's side.
As you can see, it really needs painted. Should brighten it up even more.
It did feel good painting over that though....
I would have taken more pictures, but my phone died.
Martin
I have been using this barn off and on as a shop, but sadly I have a bad habit of just throwing junk in there. The clutter has made it damn near unusable. It doesn't help that it is too narrow really. I should knock the inner walls out for the bulk tank room. Would make it much better inside. The other problems are that it is poorly wired, and poorly lit. I have thrown a few lights in it (cheap florescents), but I need to wire them up more properly. I have bought the wire and some of the boxes and switches, I just need to do it.
I did wire up a yard light on the front, that is a nice addition.
Here is a shot of a few of the florescent lights. The one is a take out from a house that was going in the iron pile. I got three of those. Two of which work. I need to run a separate switch, to actual outlets above them to plug into.
As a child, I thought Tom Sawyer was crazy for pawning off the work of whitewashing the picket fence. I thought painting was great fun.
Now I am more on Tom Sawyer's side.
As you can see, it really needs painted. Should brighten it up even more.
It did feel good painting over that though....
I would have taken more pictures, but my phone died.
Martin
your phone always dies :P Cool thread man, makes me want to make my garage more user friendly.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Looks like fun!
It is on its very last leg. It doesn't tell you how much charge it does or does not have any more, and charging it is a bit of a trick.
Martin
badmix
1/2 ton status
Very cool...Ive always wanted to visit out there. Ive been to Colorado and Cali but not much of any of the other states in the middle.
79Rusty just drive into foley,mn and you can see wife parents dairy farm/crop.
