Finally. a new home for my V

[scook]

Nice work - looks like you made your own trusses and I like the dock idea. I’m getting a little tired of climbing onto the fender and then into the boat, though with our lousy fishing here in Oregon for the last few years, it hasn’t been an issue lately.

Congrats on a good project completed.

[phatdaddy]

Thanks scook, I am not a carpenter, so all pretty crude, but hopefully sturdy. I built the trusses because i don’t like heights. Figured they would be less work in the air than ridge pole and rafters. I have a service truck with a pipe rack on top. I put a 4x8 sheet of 3/4 plywood on top and used it as scaffolding to set the trusses. The roofing is metal that came off my house when I got a new roof from the storm.

I still have to add diagonal bracing to the 4x6’s and wire in some lights and plumb in water

Not sure you ever get done, just like a boat.

[Destroyer]

Phat, her new home looks awesome!!! I wish I had that kind of skill. But in fact I think I'm going to try to build something like that. Has it been 2 years already? WOW. I remember posting those pics for you after the storm. Seems like yesterday. The new shelter looks awesome. What did you set the uprights in? Concrete or just ground? How deep?

[phatdaddy]

Yep D, 2 years Oct 10th.

They are 16 ft 4x6 s set 4 ft in the ground with 320 lbs of concrete on each pole. Our soil is very sandy so easy digging, no rocks and no frost line to worry about. I probably could have gotten a Pole Barn company to build it , but its a weird size. 11x28. The steel trusses they use now are pretty slick,but to custom make the for 11 ft would have been too much. Also I wanted a 4 ft overhand on the dock side to cover the walk from rain and sun and built out of pressure treated wood.

I think I have around $2500 worth of lumber and couple of hundred dollars in nails and screws. I did manage to buy a nail gun and a palm nailer for the project.

[Duke01]

Looks like a great home for the V20. I absolutely love the ramp, what a great idea. My hips get tired pretty quick climbing into the boat by way of the fender.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

I did manage to buy a nail gun and a palm nailer for the project.

LOL Because of course....

[scook]

One of the things I’ve enjoyed about being a contractor is how easy it is to justify (in many cases, rationalize) buying another tool or piece of equipment. I’ve turned the corner on a MIG welder - just waiting for my son to arrange some time off the job to go with me. It’s been a really long wait - I’m definitely looking forward to getting the backlog of projects and repairs done.

[phatdaddy]

Scook, that is definitely a skill I wish I had. My dad had an old Lincoln arc welder that i could make sparks with and do some splatter welding with, but I never learned how to really weld. I understand the new wire fed machines are pretty simple to use. Don t know never tried., but would love to learn.

We did a job in Louisiana and EVERYBODY over there can weld. I think they teach it in the 5th grade.

D, any good project requires new tools