Pictures & History
Pictures & History
STORAGE SHED FOR LOBO
May 31, 2010
Solo Lobo (Matrix) is Moving to Starland
Trailer story:... The "Sprinter" trailer (now the "Lobo Trailer") was
first owned, brought in, and inhabited by "Tall Paul." 'Sold it to Lobo, who
sold it to Hollis, but Hollis is letting Lobo move in it to live. The silvery
Jet-Stream trailer (right) just got parked last month by Tailfeather, who now
lives there. Both Tailfeather and Lobo need some extra storage, so Lobo is
building his storage just behind the "Trailer Lobo."
We want the shed to be a temporary fixture so we will build it
on skids so as to make it "portable." The shed also must not take up more area
than 120 Sq. Ft. Lobo decides it will be 8' by 15'. We start with the two skids;
which are 4 X 6's 20' in length, "treated," baked, and warped -Lobo likes a
challenge, 'loves to recycle, and save money.
The skids are trued to each other parallel wise and the floor
framing and floor joists are constructed on top of the skids.
Though the skids are 5' longer (20' total) than the planed
structure (15' long) Lobo decides to leave the extra five feet of the skids to
build a "porch" on to it which will serve as a strong support when it comes time
to "tow" the entire structure elsewhere.
The entire assembly is leveled, squared, and 2x6
8' floor joists are nailed to the inside of the frame on 16" centers. Note the "whitish" fence planks laid in front.
Lobo tests to see how they might work as the floor planking for the storage
shed. 'Seems they'd work, but not that good.
After all the floor joists are in place, sheets of 4' x 8'
3/4" "wood-chip" ply-board are secured to the floor joists with deck screws. The
frame, being squared and leveled, allowed the 4' by 8' sheets to line up and fit
perfectly. So far, the ply broads are the only purchased materials. There just
wasn't any good wood for the floors at Starland. I used four 4x8 boards with
only a 1' by 8' waste. Each ply board cost about $12.87 each from Home Depot.
This shows the construction progress of the first 8' tall
wall. To make the first wall, Lobo finds only a few whole 8' 2x4's and has to
"splice" together other 2x4 remnants to make more 8' 2x4 studs. If this were a
house, it would not pass inspection for using spliced wall studs -it's a
"NO-NO," but for this shed... what the hell?
This first wall is completed this trip.
This shows where the shed is in relationship to the "Lobo
Trailer" and Tailfeather's trailer.
End of story
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