Building our horses a new shed ~ It's Done!

version1955 · 09-02-2008, 03:31 PM

This used to be a shed before our cribbing queen did her magic

The corrals were built about 30 years ago for cattle, so a lot of what used to work was not only run down, but didn't really work for horses. So we hauled that stuff out too

Bye bye crapies

Plenty of help staking out the place. Its gonna be 20ft deep and 48ft long. The roof is tall enough to allow a bobcat in there to clean it out. It will be about 10ft tall in back and maybe 15ft tall in front.

Then the big moment, the first post hole ~ drum roll, please!

Then it got pretty fun watching the frame go up little by little

There is a lot more cleanup going on too. We actually have room for an arena

hey, Gerald mentioned it first! But for me it just feel so durn good to see the junk getting hauled out and cleaned up.

Its going to get covered in a kind of tan steel with all of the metal edges covered so the horses can't hurt themselves. Range, I remember your horror story!

And the inside will be covered in a non-cribbing material too so no wood will be exposed to horse faces

tallyho · 09-02-2008, 03:37 PM

Looks terriffic, congrats!! It IS exciting to see projects come to fruition..

What are you covering the edges of the metals shhets with , to protect the horses? I always recall that horror story of the sliced hoof as well, and have shied away from metal, even though it is the best product for some applications.

Would be pleased to know there is a solution to the issue. Thanks

And thanks for sharing the excitiement!

version1955 · 09-03-2008, 07:17 PM

I think its a kind of cement board for the inside... can't quite remember what they said they were gonna do on the outside. All I know is that I keep reminding them until now they just go, "I KNOW, I KNOW"

but I don't care

scrapchick · 09-03-2008, 07:22 PM

Very nice!!! Great pics too. Looking forward to more pics as the project progresses!

BBT2T5 · 09-03-2008, 07:57 PM

Great pics but I have to admit that when I saw the one with the hole, I thought that the next picture was going to be you taking a soil sample.

version1955 · 09-04-2008, 06:18 PM

That would be one heck of a sample!

Not as much progress on the barn but more and more crappies are being cleaned out so we're getting more pasture to use. I am SO excited!

AND Gerald is getting a buncha 2x8s from work for free! Enough to build the cold storage for his farm equipment that he's been talking about. I told him to make it big enough so he can insulate part of it for his garage to do his mechanic work. He wants to have a heated floor so its not so hard on his old body, poor thing. Maybe he'll get a pit in there for oil changes too! Think that's too much to ask?!

scrapchick · 09-04-2008, 06:19 PM

Sounds like its turning into an Equine/Automotive Facility to me.

version1955 · 09-04-2008, 06:31 PM

Yup, its a farm, that's how they are BUT Gerald is actually GETTING RID of some of the equipment he no longer uses!!

Getting rid of the 'crappies' has me excited too

This got cleaned up

This got leveled off and those piles are sand for the shed. Those piles are about 10yd of sand which cost $65, that would mean it would take somewhere around $8K for one corral!

Guess that ain't gonna happen

I'm getting such a big kick out of seeing my own pictures posted

I just love how its coming along! A dream come true!!!!

Crookedblaze · 09-04-2008, 06:31 PM

WOW, that is actually looking pretty nice!

BBT2T5 · 09-05-2008, 05:53 AM

It's nice when a plan comes together, thanks for sharing.

pvf · 09-05-2008, 07:30 AM

Your new shed is looking great!!

Hideaway · 09-05-2008, 07:34 AM

I wish I could see the pics but I can share in the excitement! Congratulations!

doxies13isenough · 09-05-2008, 08:45 AM

Looking good. I cant wait to see pictures of the new shed completed!

version1955 · 09-07-2008, 10:02 PM

You and me too Doxie! Gerald's brother Glenn is doing most of the building and since there is only one of him he took time off from building the shed to clean up the pastures. It all has to be done. We'd have so much more pasture if there were less crapies. We have room for another corral and an arena. Its just so neet seeing the land show up from underneath the broken buildings and feeders and such.

LuvMyMares · 09-07-2008, 10:47 PM

Looks great!!! However, I love how the dog is in all the pics watching everyone

version1955 · 09-08-2008, 07:39 AM

You mean the site superintendent?

corporate cowgirl · 09-08-2008, 05:49 PM

Congrats Version! I love your "dream come true" statement--I so know what you mean. I bet it's cool to look out and see such an improvement--a shed going up where some old junk was before. You must be grinning from ear to ear (and Gerald is earning some huge sweetie points with this project, isn't he?)

Carri · 09-08-2008, 05:53 PM

This is so cool to watch! I can't wait to see the finished product...

**seerfarm** · 09-08-2008, 07:30 PM

Wowza, he did say he was going to build you a new run under didn't he?

Looks like room for a jacuzzi and a wet bar in there...nice!

version1955 · 09-08-2008, 07:36 PM

Its sure large enough for all of that, but instead he's going to partition it off for... cattle! Someday he wants to get back into cattle. Not as big as he was and probably feeder calves, but still cattle. Don't quite get how we'll divide up the pasture, but we'll figure it out I guess.

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09-02-2008, 03:31 PM
version1955 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: out Posts: 6,490	Building our horses a new shed ~ It's Done! This used to be a shed before our cribbing queen did her magic The corrals were built about 30 years ago for cattle, so a lot of what used to work was not only run down, but didn't really work for horses. So we hauled that stuff out too Bye bye crapies Plenty of help staking out the place. Its gonna be 20ft deep and 48ft long. The roof is tall enough to allow a bobcat in there to clean it out. It will be about 10ft tall in back and maybe 15ft tall in front. Then the big moment, the first post hole ~ drum roll, please! Then it got pretty fun watching the frame go up little by little There is a lot more cleanup going on too. We actually have room for an arena hey, Gerald mentioned it first! But for me it just feel so durn good to see the junk getting hauled out and cleaned up. Its going to get covered in a kind of tan steel with all of the metal edges covered so the horses can't hurt themselves. Range, I remember your horror story! And the inside will be covered in a non-cribbing material too so no wood will be exposed to horse faces __________________ If you can't master your emotions, how can you be the safe partner your horse needs you to be? Last edited by version1955 : 11-04-2008 at 02:11 AM.

09-02-2008, 03:37 PM
tallyho Long Yearling Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Trappe, PA Posts: 1,105	Looks terriffic, congrats!! It IS exciting to see projects come to fruition.. What are you covering the edges of the metals shhets with , to protect the horses? I always recall that horror story of the sliced hoof as well, and have shied away from metal, even though it is the best product for some applications. Would be pleased to know there is a solution to the issue. Thanks And thanks for sharing the excitiement!

09-03-2008, 07:17 PM
version1955 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: out Posts: 6,490	I think its a kind of cement board for the inside... can't quite remember what they said they were gonna do on the outside. All I know is that I keep reminding them until now they just go, "I KNOW, I KNOW" but I don't care __________________ If you can't master your emotions, how can you be the safe partner your horse needs you to be?

09-03-2008, 07:22 PM
scrapchick Seasoned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Festus, Missouri Posts: 4,740	Very nice!!! Great pics too. Looking forward to more pics as the project progresses! __________________ Better living through chemistry.

09-03-2008, 07:57 PM
BBT2T5 Coming two Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Naperville, Illinois Posts: 1,926	Great pics but I have to admit that when I saw the one with the hole, I thought that the next picture was going to be you taking a soil sample.

09-04-2008, 06:18 PM
version1955 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: out Posts: 6,490	That would be one heck of a sample! Not as much progress on the barn but more and more crappies are being cleaned out so we're getting more pasture to use. I am SO excited! AND Gerald is getting a buncha 2x8s from work for free! Enough to build the cold storage for his farm equipment that he's been talking about. I told him to make it big enough so he can insulate part of it for his garage to do his mechanic work. He wants to have a heated floor so its not so hard on his old body, poor thing. Maybe he'll get a pit in there for oil changes too! Think that's too much to ask?! __________________ If you can't master your emotions, how can you be the safe partner your horse needs you to be?

09-04-2008, 06:19 PM
scrapchick Seasoned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Festus, Missouri Posts: 4,740	Sounds like its turning into an Equine/Automotive Facility to me. __________________ Better living through chemistry.

09-04-2008, 06:31 PM
version1955 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: out Posts: 6,490	Yup, its a farm, that's how they are BUT Gerald is actually GETTING RID of some of the equipment he no longer uses!! Getting rid of the 'crappies' has me excited too This got cleaned up This got leveled off and those piles are sand for the shed. Those piles are about 10yd of sand which cost $65, that would mean it would take somewhere around $8K for one corral! Guess that ain't gonna happen I'm getting such a big kick out of seeing my own pictures posted I just love how its coming along! A dream come true!!!! __________________ If you can't master your emotions, how can you be the safe partner your horse needs you to be?

09-04-2008, 06:31 PM
Crookedblaze Started Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,360	WOW, that is actually looking pretty nice! __________________ Owned by Rocketman, a 17 year old AQHA and Stormy, a 10 year old Peruvian Paso x Arab

09-05-2008, 05:53 AM
BBT2T5 Coming two Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Naperville, Illinois Posts: 1,926	It's nice when a plan comes together, thanks for sharing.

09-05-2008, 07:30 AM
pvf Regional Forums Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 6,420	Your new shed is looking great!! __________________ www.prairieviewfarms.net Raising Reg. Paints and Quarter horses

09-05-2008, 07:34 AM
Hideaway Coming two Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: PA Posts: 1,935	I wish I could see the pics but I can share in the excitement! Congratulations! __________________ Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History

09-05-2008, 08:45 AM
doxies13isenough Yearling Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western KY Posts: 924	Looking good. I cant wait to see pictures of the new shed completed!

09-07-2008, 10:02 PM
version1955 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: out Posts: 6,490	You and me too Doxie! Gerald's brother Glenn is doing most of the building and since there is only one of him he took time off from building the shed to clean up the pastures. It all has to be done. We'd have so much more pasture if there were less crapies. We have room for another corral and an arena. Its just so neet seeing the land show up from underneath the broken buildings and feeders and such. __________________ If you can't master your emotions, how can you be the safe partner your horse needs you to be?

09-07-2008, 10:47 PM
LuvMyMares Halter broke Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southwest Florida Posts: 152	Looks great!!! However, I love how the dog is in all the pics watching everyone __________________ I Luv my 3 mare's-Cheyanne-Palomino Paint, Butter's-Sorrel Arabian & Katie Lou-Black AQHA

09-08-2008, 07:39 AM
version1955 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: out Posts: 6,490	You mean the site superintendent? __________________ If you can't master your emotions, how can you be the safe partner your horse needs you to be?

09-08-2008, 05:49 PM
corporate cowgirl Yearling Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 648	Congrats Version! I love your "dream come true" statement--I so know what you mean. I bet it's cool to look out and see such an improvement--a shed going up where some old junk was before. You must be grinning from ear to ear (and Gerald is earning some huge sweetie points with this project, isn't he?)

09-08-2008, 05:53 PM
Carri Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Posts: 9,972	This is so cool to watch! I can't wait to see the finished product... __________________

09-08-2008, 07:30 PM
seerfarm Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portal, Ga Posts: 7,730	Wowza, he did say he was going to build you a new run under didn't he? Looks like room for a jacuzzi and a wet bar in there...nice! __________________ "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back".

09-08-2008, 07:36 PM
version1955 Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: out Posts: 6,490	Its sure large enough for all of that, but instead he's going to partition it off for... cattle! Someday he wants to get back into cattle. Not as big as he was and probably feeder calves, but still cattle. Don't quite get how we'll divide up the pasture, but we'll figure it out I guess. __________________ If you can't master your emotions, how can you be the safe partner your horse needs you to be?