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Building some shelves to store Jeep parts. What better to use for the run to the lumberyard…

I should also note that yesterday was my Blue truck’s production date. How would you like to be put to work on your birthday!?!?

Productive day today.

Looking here first to see if anyone has an OEM seat cover in good usable shape they would like to sell? Not interested in vinyl, I’d like to get a fabric one. Don’t need the seat frame or foam. Shipping to Wisconsin. Thanks!

@Dandxj I have one of these that I was going to toss for scrap but pulled aside for you. PM me if you are still needing it.

If I didn’t get your attention initially, maybe I have it now?

I’m looking for anyone who has some of the OEM Mud Flaps and is looking to sell them outright or trade to complete a set like I am. Specifically, I am looking for a front passenger side AMC LOGO Jeep rubber mud flap to complete a set. I have surplus used front driver side AMC LOGO Jeep mud flaps to trade. I also have plenty of the Mopar years plastic Jeep mud flaps to trade as well. For these I’ve got an extra front passenger side currently. PM me with what you’ve got!

I have a feeling that offers like this will keep going up as the years keep going too!

I did need help to get the truss arches up on their columns. Aside from that my helpers were ever present for their encouragement while I did the rest of the work myself with scaffolding, ladders and plenty of clamps.

The Tin Shed was mostly done at this point, but Mother Nature had other plans. I had initially planned to anchor the shed to the ground with earth augers at each corner and vertical tie down straps to hold tight to them. If you look at some of the photos you’ll see them in the corners. These were tested late in the fall of 2022 and they did their job. We had a large rain/wind storm prior to winter setting in and they held the building down, but allowed it to slide laterally about 2’ on the concrete blocks. It took me a day of tugging with tow straps at each corner of the building to pull it back in line on the blocks but I eventually got it. I kept the earth augers in place and added in some external chains and binders to better handle the lateral loads. Now it can’t go anywhere. In 2023 I have a few more things to wrap up with the building, but it is essentially complete. Time will tell how long I actually need it to fill the stop-gap until I build the shop I want, but it serves the purpose for now.

The eave lights were one of the last items to finish off after the doors were completed. Next I added some indoor LED lighting and outlets. I also built a few heavy duty shelves.

The driveway work came next and I followed up with smoothing out the topsoil against the fill as well. The building is sold with no front garage doors so I opted to build some doors of my own from some lesser quality rough sawn oak I had. They work, but boy they are HEAVY!

Paneling and roofing followed next. At this point I began to develop a few changes to the plans for the building as well. I opted for a secondhand proper walk-in access door rather than the cheap assembled tin one that was supplied. I made my own jamb with treated lumber and framed it in. I also decided to put in some eave lights on the north side to allow some natural light in.

The shipping crate was cracked open and all pieces were strewn about the yard. LOTS of pieces! My helpers and I assembled the steel frame, this was not too difficult but I wish I had not tried to measure everything out and drill the holes like the instructions had said during this step. Later in the paneling and roofing portions I needed to realign some of the steel framing to fasten the panels correctly. Also, borrowed scaffolding was a MUST at this point.

Over the last few years I’ve been buying and reselling items through a local auction website to help boost the “savings fund” for the future shop. I used my resources from this auction to buy a “garage in a box” that rode the slow boat over from China. Here is a link to the company that sells it. https://www.tmgindustrial.com/collections/storage/products/21ft-x-19ft-double-garage-metal-shed-with-side-door-fully-galvanized-steel I wanted something to get the Tin Shed off the ground so I laid out concrete blocks on the newly placed fill. There is no mortar between these blocks as I expected the fill to settle out anyway and I wanted them to be easily removed when the building is dismantled in the future.