Today in 1977

rusty6 · Aug 17, 2020

This is a picture of what we were working on today. 43 years ago. Putting up the last few arches of the quonset. All volunteer labour from family and friends in those days. Me in the orange shirt pushing on the 2x4. My dad in the red hat, younger brother next to him. Little bro in white t shirt up on top of the building.

wore out · Aug 17, 2020

Did the exact same thing in the fall of 1976.

The Miracle Span Quonset we built is still used today.

Sadly, the neighbors that helped are all dead with the exception of "Bart" who is in assisted living.

NO WAY could a crew like that be brought together today, sadly enough.

55 50 Ron · Aug 17, 2020

Rusty,

Great picture and great building. Many of those buildings were built around my home area of North Dakota, too. With you in the picture, who was the photo taker?

To wore out,

The Amish still get crews like that together.

rusty6 · Aug 17, 2020

(quoted from post at 20:08:24 08/17/20) Rusty,

Great picture and great building. Many of those buildings were built around my home area of North Dakota, too. With you in the picture, who was the photo taker?
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Ron, either my mother or my aunt would have taken the picture. Actually a slide from my little Kodak 44 camera. This was a "Standard Steel" building. They, and other companies, sold a lot of those buildings here in the seventies and most are still in service.

bmack95hd · Aug 17, 2020

Great pic of cooperation in getting a project completed. I’d love to
have one. Probably can’t afford one at today’s prices.

rusty6 · Aug 18, 2020

(quoted from post at 21:46:20 08/17/20) Great pic of cooperation in getting a project completed. I d love to
have one. Probably can t afford one at today s prices.

I think this 40x70 was $7000 at the time but I don't know if that included the concrete for the foundation.

Traditional Farmer · Aug 18, 2020

Friend on the next farm to me built one back in the late 70's,we're still using it as a shop has been a very good building.Sadly he has health problems now not able to do anything,he's 20 years older than me.

Bob Bancroft · Aug 18, 2020

We put up one, maybe 14 years ago? With limited help, we'd assemble half of an arch, and put it up, then the other half, then the little arch piece in the middle. We used a kicker rack with a platform built on top. Wife and I, alone, put up several sections. None of us could do it now!

showcrop · Aug 18, 2020

I was doing something similar 42 years ago. I helped build a 48x 56 building with trusses. We built the trusses there on the deck, then set the ends up on the top plates, then lifted then pushed them up. Only I was getting paid $3.00/hour, LOL.

sms · Aug 18, 2020

My brother and I built this garage, now
my shop. Dad was sick but supervised.

Jim in NC · Aug 18, 2020

Nice pic Rusty of family pitching in together and family history.

72supr · Aug 18, 2020

I helped a neighbor put one of those up about that time too.We were a third of the way done when a wind came from the west And we didnt have it tied down. We put a cable over it every night after that till we got it done.The building is still there but the place is owned by someone else now.

rusty6 · Aug 18, 2020

(quoted from post at 05:18:30 08/18/20) I helped a neighbor put one of those up about that time too.We were a third of the way done when a wind came from the west And we didnt have it tied down. We put a cable over it every night after that till we got it done..

Yes, the wind was a concern during the setup but we got lucky. You might notice the Cockshutt 40 in the second picture parked beside the building. It had a cable to the hitch and strung over the top of the quonset to serve as an anchor until we got the cement poured to fill in the base of the arches. They are a strong building but I have seen one torn apart in a tornado a few years back.

Bob Bancroft · Aug 18, 2020

I bought the optional welded base angle, so we'd have something to bolt down to as we went. Neighbor put up one like yours several years earlier, and one night, the wind actually moved it in those concrete troughs!

sotxbill · Aug 18, 2020

(quoted from post at 05:13:12 08/18/20) Friend on the next farm to me built one back in the late 70's,we're still using it as a shop has been a very good building.Sadly he has health problems now not able to do anything,he's 20 years older than me.

So reading this,,

if you build a quonset, your friends will pass in 40 to 50 years... Bad juju....

Destroked 450 · Aug 18, 2020

Put mine up in 2010, had 3 rings up when a pop up storm blew in and knocked it down.

Took it back apart, straightened the panels and put it back up.
Wife and I did 90% of it ourself's, it's no real big at 40x44 but will hold 175 rolls of hay.

rlp in Co. · Aug 18, 2020

That looks like a nice building! I bet it
doesn't take long to erect. I think that
the guy that invented that was pretty
smart! Brings back memories of my Dad and
brothers and nefews making trusses and
putting the roof on my Dad's shop. All in
one day including rolled roofing, at least
that's my story!

504 · Aug 18, 2020

Mine is like yours,40X60X16. The salesman did not say anything about the base
till I was ready to hang up from the sales call. He made me mad and I said no to
the base,it would have been a lot faster and cheaper if I had bought it.
$10,500.00 for concrete and I think it was $11,00.00 for the building. Pex and
insulation in the floor.

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