Machinery shed

GrandSoftDay

Reggie. wrote: »

Chatted the lads changing over the signs around Mullingar. Getting rid of the poles for a criss cross pattern design one. Supposed to be safer. Saved them collecting them with the truck the next day apparently

Do you know what diameter they are reggie? Around 9"?

Reggie.

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

Do you know what diameter they are reggie? Around 9"?

Yeah 9" on the outside and the centre one I think is 6"

eric prydz

Nekarsulm wrote: »

How many square balers were scrapped because they were left lying out? Usually they only die when the main chassis rusts, last year saw models from the 1960's pulled out of sheds for the first time in a decade and most worked with minimal intervention.

Remember however, that if you store hay or straw in a shed with machinery, you have no fire insurance cover.

Some good points there,also its well worthwhile washing down stuff well and spraying them with oil before houseing

LiosDuin

does anyone know how much is being payed for the old railway tracks?an old hay shed down the road is knocked with the girders still standing,still in great shape,would be ideal to put up a handy shed.....

Cow Porter

LiosDuin wrote: »

does anyone know how much is being payed for the old railway tracks?an old hay shed down the road is knocked with the girders still standing,still in great shape,would be ideal to put up a handy shed.....

Around 9 euro per foot including vat. They are dear now cos have to come from the UK I'm told. Last for long after any of us though

Reggie.

Cow Porter wrote: »

Around 9 euro per foot including vat. They are dear now cos have to come from the UK I'm told. Last for long after any of us though

That's a fair price for them alright

Zr105

LiosDuin wrote: »

does anyone know how much is being payed for the old railway tracks?an old hay shed down the road is knocked with the girders still standing,still in great shape,would be ideal to put up a handy shed.....

Do they not tend to be awful springing and wobble about? Have a length here for a gate post/strainer and it always seems to wobble more than a length of h iron would

Reggie.

Zr105 wrote: »

Do they not tend to be awful springing and wobble about? Have a length here for a gate post/strainer and it always seems to wobble more than a length of h iron would

Would that be a better job for gates as there is a little bit of give in them

Zr105

Reggie. wrote: »

Would that be a better job for gates as there is a little bit of give in them

Possibly is alright, i know I've seen a few shed built with them, but going on the gate post here I'm not sure if id be jumping for them personally.

Reggie.

Zr105 wrote: »

Possibly is alright, i know I've seen a few shed built with them, but going on the gate post here I'm not sure if id be jumping for them personally.

I'd say they were build with them as they were plentiful at one time. Just like the railway pins that were in most tractors hitches in the 80s and 90s

Zr105

Reggie. wrote: »

I'd say they were build with them as they were plentiful at one time. Just like the railway pins that were in most tractors hitches in the 80s and 90s

Yeah id say thats a lot of it, id imagine there hard enough to get your hands on now due to the price of scrap steel, that would be calculated into the cost of replacement now to bring down the price

Reggie.

Zr105 wrote: »

Yeah id say thats a lot of it, id imagine there hard enough to get your hands on now due to the price of scrap steel, that would be calculated into the cost of replacement now to bring down the price

Track steel had to be flexible for the trains

eric prydz

LiosDuin wrote: »

does anyone know how much is being payed for the old railway tracks?an old hay shed down the road is knocked with the girders still standing,still in great shape,would be ideal to put up a handy shed.....

Their a good job for putting up a shed but a nightmare to weld or drill

onyerbikepat

I got some railway girders recently and paid €60 for 8ft lemgths. Mad dear, I know but I was thinking they'd last me out.:D
Guy I got them from said, they will be no more. CIE are selling them direct to China for scrap value. Shame really.

Reggie.

onyerbikepat wrote: »

I got some railway girders recently and paid €60 for 8ft lemgths. Mad dear, I know but I was thinking they'd last me out.:D
Guy I got them from said, they will be no more. CIE are selling them direct to China for scrap value. Shame really.

Wouldn't be surprised if a few tracks were pulled up from disused lines

Limofarmer

Stolen rail lines

From the irish independant - link

."A man hired a digger, lowloader and a tractor before stripping the disused Claremorris to Collooney railway line in the west of Ireland of 117 metres of iron track, a court heard. Christopher Burke (49), with an address at Sarsfield Crescent, Charlestown, Co Mayo, had earlier pleaded guilty to the theft of 18 steel railway lines, valued at €8,957 at Carrowreagh, Kiltimagh, in September 2012.

He also pleaded guilty to causing €30,000 of damage to the rail line and a fence.

Sergeant Tom McIntyre told Judge Rory MacCabe at the Circuit Criminal Court in Castlebar that gardai were alerted by a member of the public about activity on the railway. In total 117 metres of track had been removed, the witness said.

Christopher Burke, who was on the scene when Sergeant McIntyre arrived to investigate, admitted his involvement.

A second man on the scene proclaimed his innocence of any criminal activity. He was subsequently charged with theft and criminal damage but was acquitted on both charges by a jury last week.

Judge MacCabe imposed a three-year prison sentence – suspended provided that Burke pay €5,000 compensation to the rail company within six months."

Reggie.

Limofarmer wrote: »

Stolen rail lines

From the irish independant - link

."A man hired a digger, lowloader and a tractor before stripping the disused Claremorris to Collooney railway line in the west of Ireland of 117 metres of iron track, a court heard. Christopher Burke (49), with an address at Sarsfield Crescent, Charlestown, Co Mayo, had earlier pleaded guilty to the theft of 18 steel railway lines, valued at €8,957 at Carrowreagh, Kiltimagh, in September 2012.

He also pleaded guilty to causing €30,000 of damage to the rail line and a fence.

Sergeant Tom McIntyre told Judge Rory MacCabe at the Circuit Criminal Court in Castlebar that gardai were alerted by a member of the public about activity on the railway. In total 117 metres of track had been removed, the witness said.

Christopher Burke, who was on the scene when Sergeant McIntyre arrived to investigate, admitted his involvement.

A second man on the scene proclaimed his innocence of any criminal activity. He was subsequently charged with theft and criminal damage but was acquitted on both charges by a jury last week.

Judge MacCabe imposed a three-year prison sentence – suspended provided that Burke pay €5,000 compensation to the rail company within six months."

Not surprised in the least

Limofarmer

Do the math 8597 divide by 117 leaves it at 76 odd euro a metre !

Reggie.

Limofarmer wrote: »

Do the math 8597 divide by 117 leaves it at 76 odd euro a metre !

Bit overpriced?

sandydan

know man lives beside sea his sheds are perfect, so are his machinery,so asked what he used 4yrs ago , its an oil called Gingis oil available or was in shell oil depots,met anther who used it as well, paint on in dry weather and it leaves a film like fat in frying pan, his shed are 10 yrs old and in location they are in are you'd expect to look through them by now,saw them last week still good. he got drum of oil once that salesman told him was same product only differnt name but he returned it , had some of old drum leftover to show salesman difference.

sandydan

saw a machinery house built in 2 locations ,1 had earthen roof with grass layer or similar type plants grown from imported seed to help water absortion on poles,mesh and other materials ,dry as snuff under it in fairly exposed area,. another had earthen bed similar to above but on steel reinforced concrete roof, was told it was about 4" thick on timber structure but didn't get to see underside of it . owned by foreign national resident in Cork