[AT] Morton Tractor Shed

[Cecil Bearden]

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