[AT] Morton Tractor Shed

[Phil Auten]

Good luck, Cecil. Keep us posted. Oh, and be safe!


Phil in TX


On 6/21/2017 7:25 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> I had a 12x36 Morton Building for a shed to park the baler and a couple
> of tractors in.  It was originally built a 1/2 mile away and I moved it
> here, then blocked it to the correct height on a pad, and anchored the
> posts with 2 T posts strapped to the Building posts w/ 1.5 inch x 3/32
> strapping and 3/8 in bolts.   A small tornado came thru here last spring
> and turned the building over on its roof.  It was open to the south.
>
> I looked closer at it yesterday to figure out how to resurrect it, and
> of course I was concerned if I had compromised the integrity by the way
> it was anchored.  I had to cut off the posts above the concrete
> anchoring when we moved it.  The bottom chord of the trusses is a 2x12,
> the bottom chord split just below the anchor point of the 2x6 purlins on
> 3 of the trusses.  3 of the laminated posts on the South side had pulled
> apart, a tension failure in the board itself.
>
> Now, I have to rebuild it upside down so I can turn it back over.  Then
> turn the opening another direction.  The wind in this part of the
> country is the worst.....
>
> Cecil in oKla
>
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