I grew up fucking around on this thing. almost 50 years old, and still going. dad gave it to me last year. it's out of retirement and up to it's biggest work ever. equal part acreage mower and farm utility vehicle.I set two 4×4 posts this evening. 4 feet out from north exterior wall of our solar shed. 88 inches apart. my plan is to take a single sheet of 7/16 ply I have on hand to make a roof. attach 2×4s around the 4×8 sheet 3.5" edge up, then have one going across the middle for strength.I will hinge mount this new roof panel to the existing shed roof lower edge. it is already low @ 5 feet. I set the two new posts at 45" tall. with the new roof hinge mounted I can lift it up to drive under, then once I'm off the dynamark, I can lower the roof and latch it to the posts that it will also sit on. that way, I don't have to do some awkward ducking while driving move and bang my head when parking.the solar shed roof is at a 30° Pitch. South wall is 13' high down to 5' for best solar angle. there is also an 8" overhang which makes my attachment point even lower than 5'.that's the plan. I'll update as I go.
11hp 36" cutYour dad bought it a K-Mart?
>>2865430
the starting point
the roof panel, to be installed on hinges. here is a visual of my word salad description of reinforcement 2x4s making a frame and crossbrace.
time to eat
sounds like it could even be a lean three or four
my dad text over this picture after his last text about where he bought it. no context, just the photo.
>>2865546>my dad text over this picture after his last text about where he bought it.Send him this one back.
>>2865547Everything I know started by learning how to fix one of those when I was like 12
needed to angle the encounter to accommodate the needed slope of roof when down, to prevent strain on hinge attachment.
it was a little awkward to mount since I had to account for being able to hit hinge holes. this required the "door" to be in the "open" position.
it'll do.to secure the roof to the posts (wind) I just used one screw on each post, one screw in each roof end above it. I then used copper wire to twist tie them together. whatever. it's effective, on-hand and free.all in cost for today's project: $0everything was leftover & reclaim from other projects.
>>2865592Why not just duck instead of making a giant failure point and a gap for all the water to pour through onto the mower?
>>2865603>all the watercheck ops surroundings
>>2865603a good point, especially seeing as how it was not as short as I imagined it would be. I barely have to duck. whatever. I can bridge the gap and hinge area with flashing. honestly, I may never need to hinge it up, but whatever. it's done, functional and finished in time to allow relaxation before we start getting ready for the Halloween party we go to.
>>2865612The odd rainstorm is the only thing that this little roof is going to save it from. The sun still beats on it, the dust still blows into it, animals have full access, and wasps have bonus space to build their nests.
>>2865615I'll enclose the south wall and east end. get the east end on tomorrow. I have some 1/4" ply thats 48×65~ish left over from some temporary window coverings after a hailstorm at a jobsite several years ago. I don't have anything on-hand that is 48x96 right now. I will probably have to buy that. homestead improvement budget resets next Friday.in reference to the dynamark specs:it was 8hp when dad bought it. he used it a few years, but needed more balls for a 2 acre lakefront lot he bought in late 70s. being who he is, he just swapped it. now it's a Briggs 11hp. been in there for about 45 years or more. there must be 4000 miles on that engine. it fucking drinks oil and smokes out the mosquitos while your mowing, but it's still chugging right along.
>>2865603Why bother doing it properly when OP can just half ass it?
>>2865631post state subsidized commblock shithole living arrangements
I have a bit of flashing from who-knows-where. it's 18" wide, so it'll more than address the gap in picrel. pretty pleased with the results, seeing as it didn't const me a penny and only took about 4 hours.I'll get it primed and painted, then buy some tar paper or synthetic underlayment on. I would prefer to go with metal r-panel as the top layer, but I've been trying to buy some used, local... it's been pretty scarce.
>>2865533Dogo looks photoshopped in. kek
>>2865579Post nudes.
>>2865507Send your dad this photo he'll know what it means.
Saturday, while I worked on the Dynamark shelter, wife was working the soil in the soon-to-be garlic bed. she tilled in 2 years worth of compost using our little SunJoe electric. on Sunday, we both got into garden mode. we cleaned out all the sheep pens and the rabbit Warren. we took all the used bedding, straw, leftover mixed variety hay and manure. we then cased/mulched the entire garden bed with it. finally, I started deep digging to turn the soil with the final additions.we have about 12 varieties of garlic we will be planting. total bed size is probably 20'×40'. this bed is located over our septic leech field. the trenches dug for the panels are some of the only "soil" that is workable without machinery. the clay has not been disturbed since the mammoths packed it in the Miocene/Holocene era.My father and I have plans to rebuild the gear case on his old 74 craftsman rear-tine walk-behind tiller that he wants to give me. that will be a gamechanger for us.
>>2866152Wishing you success on the tiller.Great that you and your dad are working on it together.
>>2866163for the record, he turns 84 in a week.we built the entire solar shed, seen in photos, together. every timber, screw, door, hinge & shingle. we even dug the foundation prior to pour. finished it December 2023. 3 days after completion, he went in for a routine stress test. they found a 95% blockage in his widomaker. put in a stint & we were installing the wiring, outlets and lights inside the shed 5 weeks later.the man is a machine. he is who I pattern my life after. good fathers raise good men.
>>2866167>turns 84 in a weekI turned 81 last April.I spent the weekend showing my grandson how to put up tile for a counter back-splash.It's only fair. I did tile counter-top and backs-plash for his brother a couple of years ago.My son (who had his 57th birthday last week) and I work on something most weekends.Installing underground electrical wire to a sub-panel we're installing is for next weekend.
>>2866171You're a fucking Rock Star.Real Men, like yourself are a dying breed... no offense. I hope your Kids took up your ways and mindset. sounds like you were a great skill & drive example. it took me a LOOOOOOONG time to come around. I was a an entitled twat growing up. he still taught me, and I don't know how he did it. around 23 I got my shit gathered up. 24 I was a homeowner. I was able to do my own car and home maintenance because of him... with him physically there 100% of each and every crisis, to teach me the ways.society owes men like yall a debt.
>>2866173(same anon)not only did I become a functional homeowner at 24, I went on to make a career out of trade work, all because of the skills he taught me. I now own a nice, custom built home, and DIY solar... again, all because of skills he taught. I am a jack of all trades, and master at many.I would assume that my DIY abilities save me annually in maintenance costs and farm/home construction, equal to my paid salary at my trade work job.
>>2866176>I would assume that my DIY abilities save me annually in maintenance costs and farm/home construction, equal to my paid salary at my trade work job.Easily the same here, but its kinda a catch 22 because I find myself buying more broke down shit to fix because I can do it so cheaply. And now I have entirely too many projects...
