Conestoga huts.

[Missourian]

They are building these for the homeless...but I can think of many other application.

Greenhouse.

Motorcycle protection.

I'm thinking of building one just for storage. The cattle panels are $25 each and you'd need three. The floor is 6'x10', so two 4x8 sheets of OSB would be $50. Some 2x4s and outdoor paneling for the front and back.

I've got 4x4s for the floor framing.

And some heavy duty tarp and padding.

 

[Thunk]

Ice fishing house.
Hunting shack.
Hunting blind.

Need a 5 gallon bucket for a shitter!

 

[Missourian]

Here is the website, which gives you the dimensions for the front wall (back wall), floor and some tips.

Together We Shelter - Homeless shelter services

Access to shelter has become a worldwide issue for many reasons. We have created a Hut Manual so anyone, with or without construction experience, can build a Conestoga Hut—a simple, inexpensive structure for temporary shelter.

www.communitysupportedshelters.org

 

[White 6]

They are building these for the homeless...but I can think of many other application.

Greenhouse.

Motorcycle protection.

I'm thinking of building one just for storage. The cattle panels are $25 each and you'd need three. The floor is 6'x10', so two 4x8 sheets of OSB would be $50. Some 2x4s and outdoor paneling for the front and back.

I've got 4x4s for the floor framing.

And some heavy duty tarp and padding.

Sounds like a plan. I'd wait until spring, though. Colder than hell in Missouri right now and for the next couple of months.

 

[fncceo]

Ice fishing house.
Hunting shack.
Hunting blind.

Need a 5 gallon bucket for a shitter!

5 gallons ain’t gonna do it.

 

[Missourian]

Sounds like a plan. I'd wait until spring, though. Colder than hell in Missouri right now and for the next couple of months.

It's cold for sure...but this is what we split all that wood for.



Just gotta take care not to melt the soles of my boots.

 

[Missourian]

5 gallons ain’t gonna do it.


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[Thunk]

5 gallons ain’t gonna do it.

When the bucket is almost full...you fling it at some hapless passer by

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

They are building these for the homeless...but I can think of many other application.

Greenhouse.

Motorcycle protection.

I'm thinking of building one just for storage. The cattle panels are $25 each and you'd need three. The floor is 6'x10', so two 4x8 sheets of OSB would be $50. Some 2x4s and outdoor paneling for the front and back.

I've got 4x4s for the floor framing.

And some heavy duty tarp and padding.

Actually seems a good idea. Sounds badass. Let us know of your progression.

 

[Thunk]

What about a giant sombrero? Just lay down & you are already under your shelter.

You could wear your house on your head

 

[Missourian]

Heavy duty Tarp $35.

12 ft. x 16 ft. Silver and Black Extreme-Duty, Weather-Resistant Tarp

Amazing deals on this 12Ft X 16Ft Silver/Extreme-Duty Tarp at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

hftools.com

 

[Missourian]

Picked up some white chat, concrete blocks & pavers for foundation and piers...$80 but won't use it all for this.

Bought twelve 7" lag screws and washers to blow the frame together...$28.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Picked up some white chat, concrete blocks & pavers for foundation and piers...$80 but won't use it all for this.

Bought twelve 7" lag screws and washers to blow the frame together...$28.


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Are you using concrete?

 

[Missourian]

Are you using concrete?

Just blocks for piers to keep it off the ground. I dig down about 8" deep 12" round and fill that with white chat, tamp it down, put a 12"x12" paver on top of that, then a standard concrete block on top of that.

Mostly because where I'm putting it isn't level, but also because we have a high clay content in the soil.

Also, I'm not going to use ground contact rated wood. I have a lot of good sized 4x4s and 4x6s I've collected for these kinda projects, and I'm going to use those instead.

If you had flat ground you could build on skids and skip the chat foundation, but at a minimum I'd set those on pavers.

 

[Missourian]

A cattle panel is 16'x50" with three first rows being 4" wide.

With three panels making up the structure, I'm going to overlap the center panel over each of the other panels by 4", so the outside two panels will be 46" and the center panel will be 42" for an overall length of 134" or a hair over 11 feet.

Still going to make the base 10 feet and put the front and back walls right at the edge to leave 6" of roof overhang on each end.

 

[Missourian]

Dug the footers and filled them with white chat yesterday before the ground froze again.






You can probably skip this step.

I'm just used to doing it this way.

 

[Missourian]

Didn't get a lot done today.

Main floor frame leveled and squared.



I don't know why a plastic bag between two wool socks keeps your feet warmer...but it does.

 

[Missourian]

 

[eagle1462010]

I use these

 

[Missourian]

Damn I'm slow.