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Cheap Way To Increase Building Clearance
Nick Ries uses a 50 by 100-ft. shop to do maintenance work on tractors and other equipment. He wanted to bring his payloaders and semi tractors into the building, too, but he needed about 4 ft. more clearance on top. Instead of spending the money for a new building, he simply lowered the floor on part of the shed.
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Cheap Way To Increase Building Clearance BUILDINGS New Techniques Nick Ries uses a 50 by 100-ft shop to do maintenance work on tractors and other equipment He wanted to bring his payloaders and semi tractors into the building too but he needed about 4 ft more clearance on top Instead of spending the money for a new building he simply lowered the floor on part of the shed He ripped out a 15-ft wide section of the concrete floor the length of the building and then used a skid loader to dig out the dirt to a 4-ft depth He also made new 2-ft sq cement footings for the building’s original support posts “As we worked we dug out about 8 ft of dirt at a time then poured the cement footings one post at a time We also replaced the building’s original sliding door with a new larger overhead door ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Nick Ries 17205 230th St E Hastings Minn 55033 ph 651 226-8314
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