moving a metal car port

rfuerst911sc · 04-28-2019, 05:01 AM

So my next project is to move a metal car port from location A to location B on our property . The car port will be the new home for my truck camper to park under . So yesterday I started clearing the area where the new install will take place . I am recessing it into the woods on our property so it will blend in a little . When everything is cleared and leveled I'm going to get a guy to come in and drill me 8 fence post holes 4 on each side . There will be 6x6 posts sticking up above grade by 36 " . The posts will be tied together by 2x's and 6x6's on top of the posts . The metal base of the car port will be assembled on top of the structure , giving me plenty of height to get the camper under there when it's on the truck . Here is the mess I started yesterday , I do love the scream of a chainsaw 2 cycle

rfuerst911sc · 04-28-2019, 01:12 PM

Worked about 6 hours today and Sue ( wife ) was a real trooper . She manned the clippers while I did the bigger stuff . Everything I cut down yesterday has been cut up and moved out of the way . Time now to get someone in here to grind the 13 stumps and level the dirt . If the same guy could do the post holes even better . Enjoying some adult cocktails at the moment and watching NHL game .......... life is good !

freeform911 · freeform911's Garage

Boy....some people have way to much time on their hands...

Could've just hired "the guy"...

Looks good and good for you for getting it done.

KFC911 · 04-28-2019, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by freeform911

Boy....some people have way to much time on their hands...

Could've just hired "the guy"...

Looks good and good for you for getting it done.

That's what some guys do...

Sue just married one....smart

Between you and Patrick....don't know who's worse at that "retirement gig".... tires me out lookin' at both yer threads

rfuerst911sc · 04-28-2019, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by freeform911

Boy....some people have way to much time on their hands...

Could've just hired "the guy"...

Looks good and good for you for getting it done.

I am going to hire " a guy " to do stump removal , final grading and drill post holes . The rest I plan to do myself .

rfuerst911sc · 04-28-2019, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by KC911

That's what some guys do...

Sue just married one....smart

Between you and Patrick....don't know who's worse at that "retirement gig".... tires me out lookin' at both yer threads

Yeah this retirement gig is killing me ! Moving this carport and building a two car garage at the end of the house are the last two major construction projects I have left . After that rebuild the back deck ( not too bad ) and finish the restoration of the truck camper .

freeform911 · freeform911's Garage

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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Yeah this retirement gig is killing me ! Moving this carport and building a two car garage at the end of the house are the last two major construction projects I have left . After that rebuild the back deck ( not too bad ) and finish the restoration of the truck camper .

When you're done with those little projects I have a few you can do...😁

It seems retirement is more work then its worth..
Lucky for me I'm along ways away...

Good for you for staying active!!!

rfuerst911sc · 04-29-2019, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by freeform911

When you're done with those little projects I have a few you can do...😁

It seems retirement is more work then its worth..
Lucky for me I'm along ways away...

Good for you for staying active!!!

Correction on the retirement it is 1000 % worth it ........... its just that now I have the time to do the projects . Unless I am physically unable I will always be doing something .

KFC911 · 04-29-2019, 03:47 AM

^^^ yep....on your own agenda...nuthin' better...except the salary

rfuerst911sc · 05-30-2019, 03:39 AM

Hey guys another update

So on Tuesday " the guy " I hired to do the site excavation showed up . A few hours later all stumps are gone and the site is within 1/8 " of level side to side and front to back per the transit . As it turns out he can drill the post holes also so waiting for him to return to do that . I am expecting to have 9 posts 6x6x8 ' in the ground in the next week or so, sunk down about 54 " . There will be 4 on each side spaced just under 5 ' apart . There will be 1 post in the back placed in the middle . The foot print of the car port is 18 ' 2 " wide x 19 ' deep .

I will take 10 ' long 2x's and screw them to the outside of the posts forming a mini wall of sorts . The posts will be aprox. 42 " above the surface . I will then screw a 6 x 6 on top of the posts that will be the final surface for the metal car port base metal to bolt to . I will then put down some house wrap as a weed block and a little bit of a vapor barrier then fill in 4 " - 5 " of # 57 gravel as my " finished " floor . The car port currently only has a roof but I have roofing/wall metal left over from my man cave build

. So once I have the car port in place I will enclose the sides and back . It is now in the mid to high 90's here

so I'm sweating like a pig

But it's slowly coming along , here is a pic of the excavated site .

rfuerst911sc · 06-02-2019, 11:25 AM

On Friday I went to a local pressure treated wood factory and picked up the 6x6's that will make up the framework for the carport to be elevated onto . The lumber yard loaded them for me and when I got home my John Deere 332 diesel garden tractor with a mini front end loader easily removed them from my truck . So minimal grunt work and " the boys " are still resting comfortably in the sack

Zeke · 06-02-2019, 12:20 PM

More pics when the work begins!

rfuerst911sc · 06-02-2019, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeke

More pics when the work begins!

Will do Milt . I am at the mercy of " the guy " to come dig the post holes . I am hoping it is next week . No way I am digging 9 holes by hand 4 1/2 foot deep in this Georgia clay !!!

fred cook · fred cook's Garage

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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Will do Milt . I am at the mercy of " the guy " to come dig the post holes . I am hoping it is next week . No way I am digging 9 holes by hand 4 1/2 foot deep in this Georgia clay !!!

I did that once in Floyd County (Rome, GA) and it took me 4 days to dig the 9 holes with a post hole digger! I don't blame you for waiting for "the guy"!

rfuerst911sc · 06-02-2019, 05:07 PM

Not only is this clay a beotch to dig into I am sure some tree roots will be in the way . A tractor mounted 9 " auger will be a hot knife through butter . Well worth the money to hire the guy .

Baz · Baz's Garage

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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Not only is this clay a beotch to dig into I am sure some tree roots will be in the way . A tractor mounted 9 " auger will be a hot knife through butter . Well worth the money to hire the guy .

Smart move! I was wondering how you were going to do this.

rfuerst911sc · 06-03-2019, 10:16 AM

This morning I got a call from " the guy " and he will be at the house on Wednesday . We are trying to beat potentially rainy Thursday - Sunday . If nothing else I can place the 6x6's in the holes and get them plumb . Maybe drop two bags of concrete mix into the holes and let mother nature do the mix .

rfuerst911sc · 06-05-2019, 02:24 PM

This morning " the guy "

shows up early with a sweet skid steer with a hydraulic powered post hole auger , this thing went through clay/roots/rocks like a hot knife through butter

So I now have 9 posts 6 x 6 x 8' long aprox. 52 " in the ground . Everything nice and plumb/square . After the guys left I then poured a minimum of 160 lbs. of concrete in each hole , these are NOT going anywhere in my lifetime !

Just as I was pouring the last bags of concrete around the posts it started to rain , we haven't had rain in a while and the ground is dry . It was a nice steady rain for about 2 hours or so . Supposed to rain off and on through Sunday so the timing is perfect . So I'm going to leave the posts alone through the weekend . The next task is to run a level line from the post sticking up out of the ground the least , I will mark then trim the remaining 8 posts . After that 10 ' long 6x6 posts will be placed on top of the posts and screwed in with 10 " long specialty screws .

Then on the exterior of the posts from the ground level to the top will be 2x12's screwed onto the posts , basically making 4 ' tall walls . Between the posts on top and the perimeter 2x's it will be one strong foundation . When the carport is installed onto this base structure I will have 11 ' at the eaves and 14 ' to the peak , more than enough to get my truck camper in and out of . Here are two pics of todays progress .

Baz · Baz's Garage

Looking good rfuerst!

Stout for sure!

rfuerst911sc · 06-11-2019, 02:03 PM

More progress today , first task was to trim all posts to the same height . Wasn't too bad and all is level . Next was hoisting the 6x6x10' posts onto the trimmed posts , my John Deere diesel garden tractor with a front end loader sure saved my back

All the top horizontal posts are now in place , screwed down and trimmed to length . Next I installed the 2x12x10's to tie in the horizontal posts to the vertical posts . I used 6 " long Timberlok screws to screw the 2x's to the posts . I used 10 " long Timberloks through the top posts into the vertical posts . This beotch

is solid as a rock ! The concrete has setup nicely I am very happy with the results .

I think for an extra measure of stability I am going to screw 2x's to the inside to tie in the vertical posts with the horizontal posts . That way the horizontal posts are tied in on both sides which will eliminate any potential sag in between the vertical posts . I still have two 2x12's to screw onto the back but I ran out of steam

, it is VERY humid at the moment and it saps your strength . I was out there for 8 hours not bad for 61 years old

Anyway here are two pics of today's progress , very soon I will start the disassembly of the carport and do the move .