Movable Shelter

[Bestoutwest]

I'm wondering if anyone on here has any experience with movable shelters. Something that's built on a frame that isn't sunk into the groung. We have an irrigation company that has an easement on our property and they have a pipe that runs underground somewhere. I'd rather build something that is based on sunk in posts, but that may not be an option for where I want to put it. Thoughts?

And no, it's not a moovable shelter.

 

[M-5]

size and purpose??

 

[branguscowgirl]

That is about all I put up anymore. I will take some pics for you later.
We have a company here that makes them any way that I want them. All clamp together pipe and steel roofing. We add plywood interior but you do not have to. Most are anchored to the ground with a pipe set in concrete below ground level. Another pipe from the building runs down inside the ground pipe. But there are several ways to anchor them down.
I have 3 different designs on my place that I can take pictures of. All can be easily dismantled and moved on a flat bed.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Where I used to work, we made/assembled a couple "shelters". The first one was about 10' X 20', and if I'm not mistaken, it was purchased from Tek Supply. The second one we made, using the design and similar materials as the one from Tek Supply but some of the piping we swapped for PVC piping.

We welded both shelters on tubing/rails, welded rings on both sides in order to run a chain through them so we could drag them to new locations.

We used them mainly in the winter time, during "spring" calving and used them as shelters from the wind & elements for the calves. The "walls" were made out of heavy-duty hay-tarp material. They worked well for what we needed them for.

 

[Bestoutwest]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm thinking 12 x12 or so. Something for shade and then as we get past the irrigating season I'd like to wall it in to make it a shelter for winter. It doesn't have to be fancy, just provide some shelter.

 

[greybeard]

Are any of these temporary structures suitable for storing round bales?

 

[M-5]

You can get a these around here .
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[M-5]

700.00

 

[branguscowgirl]

Are any of these temporary structures suitable for storing round bales?

Sure. You can get any size or height that you want.

The car ports like Mdash posted, didn't work for me. The 700$ one is too short for horses. By the time I paid for a taller version, my other ones worked out cheaper and stronger.

I will go take pics now. But it is real cloudy today.

 

[greybeard]

You can get a these around here .
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I have talked to several vendors at different trade shows about those type structures, and would buy one...IF I could ever get a vendor to give me a full set price on one for the size I wanted. They start hemhawing around, "well, with this added and that added and these supports, well, you need them and they aren't part of what's priced as in the picture and blah blah blah" and I get fed up and just walk away. I see them all over the place, but actually finding a distributor that is willing to price one delivered is another story.

 

[bird dog]

I built a calf shelter out of 1 1/4" ID handrail pipe for the frame and bottom runners. The sides and roof are used R-panel. I welded a plate on each corner and cut a hole in the plate the same shape as a T-Post. I can drag it with a tractor and put a T-Post in each corner to keep it in place.

A lot of folks laugh at me for having a calf shelter in central Texas but I move it to wherever I am putting out round bails and it gives the calves a warm place to go to get out of the way of the cows and not get stepped on.

 

[branguscowgirl]

Here ya go. I will try to explain how all 3 went together. These are made of good steal. (Unlike the car ports.)
All were erected by just one person. But it is always easier with 2.
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This second one is lined half way up the walls with plywood and skinned with metal on the outside. The tabs to inset the plywood where welded onto the wall panels. This one also has sliding back doors. It is set on rail road ties and bolted down with tabs. Some re-bar was ran though the rail road ties into the ground to stabilize them. This method requires no digging other than leveling your ties.

 

[branguscowgirl]

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This 3rd one is nice because it has a pipe in the ground, and the walls have a smaller diameter pipe that slides into it.

A 12x12 3 sided frame with roof perlins can be put up in less than an hr. and should be under $1,000. Then you add your own plywood and metal roof. I have done several over the years using the railroad tie method, and the hardest part is getting them square and level.

 

[Bestoutwest]

Those are really slick! I'm going to have to try and talk my wife into one of those. Heck, maybe she can even live in it.

 

[branguscowgirl]

Those are really slick! I'm going to have to try and talk my wife into one of those. Heck, maybe she can even live in it.

Well, don't tell her that or you might be liven in it! :lol: :lol:

2 of these were made by Superior Barns. Look up the steel barn builders in your area. Most of them will have a 12x12 three sided shelter. For one that small, I would defiantly go with the rail road tie foundation. Just be sure to have them weld the L brackets on the bottom, drill a hole in your rail road tie once set up, and run your rebar down.
They can also sit directly on the ground, and they will sell you anchors for them. I have even anchored with T posts in a pinch.

 

[kerley]

You can get a these around here .
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This is what I am using now but I would reccomend taller legs so you can stack the rolls.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Branguscowgirl, those are great! I wouldn't mind having a couple of those around here. They would, however, have to be able to withstand 60 MPH wind gusts, at times. Most of the time the winds are in the 20 to 30 range. Sometimes gusts can be higher than 60. Couple of years ago we had 2 windows blown out of the house.

 

[branguscowgirl]

WOIT farm, we have really high winds here also. That's why they are vented between the wall panel and the roof. If you want them closed in (like the 2nd barn) you have to make sure you are facing it right. :lol: But all the anchoring systems that I have described holds them well.

With the rail road tie foundation, I pack the inside of the stall with DG then a layer if gravel for drainage, then rubber mats on top of that. Works great for the horses.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

WOIT farm, we have really high winds here also. That's why they are vented between the wall panel and the roof.

Good to know that they can withstand high winds.

 

[greybeard]

You can get a these around here .
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That's a strange place to install a set of steps.