How Do You Store a 20 Ton Truckload? Let's See Pics!

 
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Post by Freddy » Tue. Aug. 05, 2008 11:45 am

beatle78 wrote:This link says you should put the wire mesh at the bottom of the slab!
And it's discussing radiant heat. Take frost pushing up into account & you won't want it on the bottom. Here frost pushes up way harder than any load pushes down.


 
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Post by beatle78 » Tue. Aug. 05, 2008 11:47 am

Freddy wrote:
beatle78 wrote:This link says you should put the wire mesh at the bottom of the slab!
And it's discussing radiant heat. Take frost pushing up into account & you won't want it on the bottom. Here frost pushes up way harder than any load pushes down.
ohhh I see, and since a radiant slab is "inside" (even thought it sits in/on the ground) doesn't have the frost issue, right?

 
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Post by LsFarm » Tue. Aug. 05, 2008 12:30 pm

The trucking company's schedule and mine finally fit together, and I got my 24tons of Superior Pea delivered...

Greg L

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Post by beatle78 » Tue. Aug. 05, 2008 12:38 pm

holy smokes!!! Nice Greg!!!!

Nothing seems to be working together for me, I may just use the local coal this year :(

 
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Post by Freddy » Tue. Aug. 05, 2008 7:03 pm

Looks good Greg! You'll be warm this winter. Speaking of winter, this morning had a decided Fall chill to it.

 
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Post by traderfjp » Tue. Aug. 05, 2008 7:36 pm

That's a might fine nice load of coal u got there. Good luck.

 
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Post by coalkirk » Sat. Aug. 09, 2008 1:09 am

Finshed my bin today. All ready to accept my 24 tons of hoarded rice coal. :oops: It's 14x20x5
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Post by Freddy » Sat. Aug. 09, 2008 3:34 am

coalkirk wrote:Finshed my bin today.
Very cool. You could house mean bulls in there!

 
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Post by Adamiscold » Sat. Aug. 09, 2008 7:26 am

Looks great

 
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Post by coalmeister » Sat. Aug. 09, 2008 8:20 am

coalkirk wrote:Finshed my bin today. All ready to accept my 24 tons of hoarded rice coal. :oops: It's 14x20x5
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Nice coal bin for sure! Where did you get your truckload of rice? I guess Superior is a lost cause

 
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Post by traderfjp » Sat. Aug. 09, 2008 9:39 am

Nice job. Can I ask the total cost? Is the wood all pressure treated?

 
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Post by Cap » Sat. Aug. 09, 2008 9:55 am

Terry,
How are the angle support posts anchored into the hillside? Just curious. Looks great.

 
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Post by Devil505 » Sat. Aug. 09, 2008 10:06 am

Cap wrote:Terry,
How are the angle support posts anchored into the hillside? Just curious. Looks great.
Don't you just love us "Curbside Superintendents?"

But, speaking of the support posts.......I probably would have attached them to a 4x4 running horizontally, the length of the outside of the box to equally support the whole side rather than attaching to the individual upright 2x4s. :P

 
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Post by coalkirk » Sat. Aug. 09, 2008 12:44 pm

Let me see if I can remember and answer all of those questions.

Devil, The bin boards are 2x8's supported on 16" centers, The sides and back are rock solid. I designed and built this thing in my head about 20 times before actually taking saw to wood. The first version had me using 6x6's and it was just way over built. (I tend to over build things). Then I was going to use 4x4's and that was still overbuilt. so it's framed with 2x4's with doulbes where the outriggers attach.
Cap, the outriggers are attached to 4x4's buried 30" in the ground and backfilled with crush/run.
Trader, Grading and stone was 1,800.00, concrete was about 700., wood was about 500. Damn, that's 3k. :shock: I save at least that much in 1 year of using coal.
Coalmeister, Coal came from Summit.

I'll post antoher pic when it's "loaded. :roll: "

 
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Post by coalmeister » Sat. Aug. 09, 2008 2:27 pm

LsFarm wrote:The trucking company's schedule and mine finally fit together, and I got my 24tons of Superior Pea delivered...

Greg L
Wish I could figure out how to crush Superior Pea into Rice... Maybe a coffee grinder of some sort hooked up to a motor to grind the days worth of coal while the coffee pot is warming? :D


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