From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 8/28/2025 7:47 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Snag"  wrote in message news:108q22o$1gasg$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   >    I'm using a base of used steel roofing , pad is 12 feet by about 30 .   
   > I cover my piles with a tarp , sides left open and I leave a space   
   > between rows for air circulation .   
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   > I tried tarps and several other unsuccessful ways to keep the wood dry   
   > and support a heavy snow load before reluctantly investing in the   
   > corrugated steel roofing panels on heavy table-like frames made partly   
   > of logs. My property is mostly forest that drops rotted branches which   
   > dent but rarely puncture the galvy roofing. I restore it with a plastic   
   > hammer over a water pipe anvil on sawhorses. At first I screwed the   
   > panels down as recommended but that hindered re-use elsewhere after   
   > straightening, so now I screw one down-turned edge to the beams to   
   > prevent shifting and bolt the corners together, a screwed-down edge to   
   > an overlapping free one. Various scrap tied over the top prevents the   
   > wind from lifting them and the edge and corner holes don't leak onto   
   > shed contents when moved elsewhere. Many tiedowns are the warped and   
   > twisted PT cull from HD and Lowe's.   
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      If we get over 3" of snow here the whole fuckin' county shuts down .   
   Seriously , these people just ain't equipped to deal with snow . Where I   
   grew up (Box Elder County Utah) 2-3 feet on the ground on the valley   
   floor wasn't unusual . Last winter we got 7-8" from one storm that shut   
   everything down for a week . My biggest problem was that I hadn't   
   dismounted the mower deck from Rusty and it was dragging in the snow   
   beyond the ends of the front blade . The 4WD Yanmar ain't gonna have   
   that problem ... I just realized I think I have a set of chains that   
   will fit the front wheels of the Yanmar! Great news in case we get ice .   
   "Whither thy front wheels go , the rest will follow as surely as day   
   follows night" .   
   --   
   Snag   
   We live in a time where intelligent people   
   are being silenced so that   
   stupid people won't be offended.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)