Finally finished parking pad at the house.

[ProfChuck]

We store our TT in a pole barn we built years ago just for our TT & TV. I thought 12 ft high was enough, but, if I had to do it over I would make it 14 ft. We have a good size door to back it in and a concrete floor, but, when we built, trailers and motor homes didn't have slide outs so we only left about 36 inches of room on the wall side (the other side houses the TV). Since we plan on only having TT's the 12 ft. hight works (although just barely) for the Windjammer, but, we can't open the slide outs to work on it when it is in the barn (there is room for changing tires, brakes, bearings, and general work). I would recommend about a 5 ft spacing from the side of the trailer to the wall if I were doing it again so I could move the slide outs out without fear of hitting the wall. We also just replaced all the fluorescent lights with LED's this past year. That was definitely worth it (brighter and half the electric cost). Also, we did double locking mechanisms on all the doors since someone tried to pry the sliding door open when we first built the building. Because of the double locks (actually there are 5 on the slider), they couldn't get it open. That was in 1986. Nobody has tried since and now we have cameras as well. Better an ounce of prevention than a lot of headaches later.

[card16]

A number of years ago I restored an Airstream trailer, inside and out were refurbished with the outside aluminum polished and gleaming. I built a new workshop to keep it inside, never intending to get a different trailer. Doors on workshop were 12x12 with 13 ft ceiling height. Went to buy some LED light bulbs for better energy management, and my wife wandered through the lot and decided that a 40 ft Cardinal 3450RL would be nicer to have, even though it cost a little bit more than the LED lights I originally went there to buy. 40 ft long 13 1/2 ft high, and it obviously doesn't fit in the workshop. I balked at the purchase, but after two plus years of using it, I have to admit, it sure is comfortable.

[Wolverine 1945]

Down the road from us they look to be going to build something,,, they have removed several square yards of topsoil,,, and laid several hundred used railroad ties ???
From the road out a couple hundred yards out into the field ???
There looks to be 20 or 30 guys working there ???
I can't wait to see what they are doing !!!

[Jeeptchr]

Originally Posted by Wolverine 1945

Down the road from us they look to be going to build something,,, they have removed several square yards of topsoil,,, and laid several hundred used railroad ties ???
From the road out a couple hundred yards out into the field ???
There looks to be 20 or 30 guys working there ???
I can't wait to see what they are doing !!!

What are they building with all those ties?

[Wolverine 1945]

Originally Posted by Jeeptchr

What are they building with all those ties?

They have laid the ties out,,, and are driving heavy equipment on them ???
Last time I went by they were digging a large hole,,, out @ the end of the ties ?

[Jeeptchr]

ground supports, have soft soil up there? they made roads up here out of ties to move cranes around for the wind farm when they were erecting the towers.

[Wolverine 1945]

Originally Posted by Jeeptchr

ground supports, have soft soil up there? they made roads up here out of ties to move cranes around for the wind farm when they were erecting the towers.

That was one of my thought !!!
Much of my family lives in Gratiot County in central Michigan,,,
It is definitely the Windmill capital of Michigan !!!