[AT] Non-Tractor Tractor Weekend

[bloomis at charter.net]

Curious at to what county your barn is in. Sounds like a lot of them around
here in San Luis Obispo county, those that are still standing. Many are
shingled as well. The famous, around here Mail Pouch barn on Hwy 1 just
north of San Luis Obispo finally got a new roof, tho it looks to be modern
metal roofing. 
Bradford. 

-----Original Message-----
From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of
toma at risingnet.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 12:30 PM
To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Cc: STEVE ALLEN <steveallen855 at centurytel.net>
Subject: Re: [AT] Non-Tractor Tractor Weekend

On our ranch which is on the west coast about a mile from the ocean had a
barn my great grandfather built in the 1890's. In the early '20's a tree
fell on it and my grandfather replaced the original redwood "barn shake"
roof with USED corrugated tin. When I returned in the mid '50's it had
fallen into disrepair. Quite a few sheets had blown off and the rest was
severely rusted. I bought a stack of used tin at an auction for
$15 and was able to replace the missing sheets and fix some holes. The barn
was completely serviceable and kept my hay crops dry for many years.

Since then I learned that 2 1/2" roofing was rolled from copper bearing
steel and dipped in a hot zinc bath for galvanizing. I always have kept an
eye out for a stack of tin for sale thinking to re-roof the barn or build
some new buildings. I was never able to find enough for my liking. 
Some years ago I was talking to a contractor who had been involved in
demo-ing a lot of these old buildings and he said the reason you don't see
any is it is highly desired for scrap due to the copper and zinc content. It
is such a shame that all the roofing from all those old buildings has gone
for scrap.

In the year 2000 we put a a 24'x24' steel shop building. It is roofed and
sided with this ribbed painted "galvalume" they sell nowadays. I don't get
down there much anymore but the last time I was there I noticed something
nasty going on around the screws holding the roof on, on one corner where
gravel had washed against the siding there was some nasty corrosion ie.
holes.

I don't think that galvalume is going to hold up anywhere near as long as
that old tin. If you ever see any of the old stuff, buy it. The nail holes
are not really a problem and can be dealt with. If they are on top of the
corrugations they don't even leak much.

Tom Armstrong




On 2020-06-09 12:08, STEVE ALLEN wrote:
> A short story followed by a question, Gents.
> 
> We did absolutely nothing on or to any of the three tractors this 
> weekend or yesterday (although we did a lot of mowing and chainsawing 
> on Saturday).  The rest of the time was spent shopping for materials 
> and building the lean-to addition to the tractor shed for the '51 A.
> 
> When Dad bought this place back in '84, there was a steel-sheathed, 
> wood-framed building on it that came form Morgan buildings (and we 
> have always called it the Morgan Building). It's about 12' x 20' or 
> 24', and has double front doors.  The previous owner used it for 
> storage and a lawn-mower shed; we have always used it as a shop while 
> trying to store too #@&% much stuff in it, too.  Using landscaping 
> timbers and fence pickets, we built a lean-to lumber shed behind it.
> I "paved" the lumber shed floor with 3' x 3' steel shelving pieces 
> salvaged from a place my brother used to work.
> 
> After Dad died and I took over the place, I used more salvaged 
> materials to build the main tractor shed.  It is just big enough to 
> house two JD 2-cylinder tractors right-side to right-side and a steel 
> workbench, and it is attached to the lumber shed, which forms a sort 
> of north wall/before-the-fact lean-to for it.
> 
> Now, with three tractors, I needed another stall, so we have lifted 
> the lower edge of the west roof, added 2" x 6" rafters (16') and a new 
> west wall12' out from the existing wall.  The plan is to move the 
> siding on the existing wall onto the new wall, which is about the same 
> length.  This lean-to addition will hold the '51 A.
> 
> Anyway, we had to buy more new material for this addition because my 
> stocks of salvaged material is mostly depleted.  One of the things we 
> need to buy is 12' lengths of plain, old-fashioned, galvanized, 
> corrugated roofing sheets.  I need six to slide their ends up under 
> the ends of the existing sheets to complete the roof on this addition.
>  Trouble is, I can't find six!  I managed to find 2 at the local 
> Lowe's, but they don't match the old profile.  None of the other 
> outfits locally have *any*.  Lowe's tells me thy have 50 more sheets 
> coming in June 5th, but my calendar says that was 4 days ago, and they 
> cannot even tell me where they are on when they might arrive.
> 
> So my question is this:  is corrugated sheet iron the next toilet
> paper?  Is there a national shortage?   Is galvanized steel
> susceptible to CoViD-19?  I *can* use a different profile, if I have 
> to, but I have trouble imagining the problem.  (as an aside, the guys 
> and Meeks tell me that treated lumber is also in short supply, at 
> least hereabouts.)
> 
> You'd think there'd be stacks chest high of this stuff all over, or I 
> did, anyway.  Used to be.
> 
> The "original" Steve Allen
> Who is constantly, painfully reminded that today ain't yesterday.
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> AT at lists.antique-tractor.com
> http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com
_______________________________________________
AT mailing list
AT at lists.antique-tractor.com
http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com