Installing a Harbor Freight 10x17 Portable Garage on my Single Wide Mobile Homestead

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Installing a Harbor Freight 10x17 Portable Garage on my Single Wide Mobile Homestead

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Howdy! On this episode I put up my second Cover Pro portable storage shed / garage from the good ol' Harbor Freight. Got it on sale for about $180 I think. My last one lasted half a season then got crushed by snow. Whoops!
Thanks for stopping by. Back to mobile home work on the next one.
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@Brandon_Jackson Жыл бұрын

If it ever rips or gets damaged just throw some tin roofing on the frame and you’ll have yourself a metal shed.

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Yup! Thanks!

@irenebaker8263 Жыл бұрын

How exciting to start a bit inside work now! What a great job working on your property. Nice to have the shelter up for storage.

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Thanks and yup, feels good to have the interior take shape. :)

@armidaperez5360 Жыл бұрын

Ax man strikes again... property looking good 👍

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Ha! Love the sound of a tree fall for sure! Thanks!

@Paulie1232 Жыл бұрын

I've owned several of this garages, the tarp will only about three seasons. If it snows ❄️ heavy, it will tear it all up from the weight

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Yup! The one that collapsed is on about season 3 on the ground covering a lot of lumber. I think it's good for a little while longer since it's really shaded where it's at so not too much uv damage. I just need this new one to last a year or two to give me time to build some real sheds.

@jeremiahmaccabee312 Жыл бұрын

I would get some pool noodles and wrap the top poles. The sun hitting the top and heating those rods seems to ruin that tarp faster.

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Good tip! Thanks!

@BrayoFitnessTrainer Жыл бұрын

Nice! Almost done with mine. I’ll be using it for auto detailing since our shop got water damage from a fire being extinguished 2 units down. Downside, it’s 12x20 so it’s a bit tight, but the upside is I get to work from my crib which saves on gas and time significantly. This is necessary for snow, rain and wind. My house it “L” shaped so the canopy is inside the L protected from the elements well and the other side is all trees. I think I’ll add a metal frame over it just to be cautious but either way, I’ll keep track of the weather and anytime it snows I’ll constantly get the snow off so it doesn’t accumulate

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Cool. Yeah, we had a bit of snow a few weeks ago and I was out there constantly getting it off. Worked out OK.

@BigDreamsTinyBudget Жыл бұрын

Mine held up fine in the snow, it was the hail that shredded it haha. glad to see ya posting

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Ha, yeah, we don't have to worry about those golf ball sized ice balls up here! The tarps on these things are really not that bad, it's the thin metal poles that do them in on these Harbor Freight models. But yeah, been slacking on the posting just trying to get the interior a little more comfortable for full time living and when you're living primitively it just takes so much more time to do the basics. I get to shower outside with a camp heater (got to do that in the snow today, ha!) and wash my dishes outside, fill my toilet tank with 5 gallon buckets, etc. Good times! :)

@BigDreamsTinyBudget Жыл бұрын

@@thesomewhathandyman9400 haha well I know all about primative living. ya it takes a lot longer. especially hauling the water from the gas station back home :(

@Mumakinder Жыл бұрын

it'll b awesome semi shed to sort and store your bits and bobs, nothing worst than moving stuff round and round indoors when your trying to build. hugsx

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! You are so right too! I feel like half my time is just spent moving things around. Especially now that I'm living in the construction zone.

@reasonablerandys Жыл бұрын

Awesome, great shed, we had something similar and used plastic palettes for keeping our stuff off the ground, before winter if you get a chance you could run some 1X1’s lengthwise (front to back) between the canvas and the roof supports to give it a bit more stability so the water can’t pool up, we added a bit more to our roof and it helped for a bit longer until we built a shed. Nice to see it progress

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Oh, those plastic pallets sound like a great idea. Good idea on the wood runners too. We actually just had about 5 or so inches of snow last night. I was out there ever few hours till about 2 in two in the morning brushing it off. Ha! Luckily the rain doesn't pool up. Thanks!

@reasonablerandys Жыл бұрын

@@thesomewhathandyman9400 ohh right I bet you probably have had some by now as even we’ve gotten a dusting too, they’re threatening some later next week..holy smokes people just don’t know what to do here when it snows, we usually don’t get it until later January or sometime February then it’s gone in a day or two

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

@@reasonablerandys yeah, this is very unusual to have any low elevation snow before late December, and yup never sticks around for long.

@transformationproject3583 Жыл бұрын

I have a 10x10 dog pen not in use I think im going to use it somehow.

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Nice. Always good to have extra storage space no matter what it's made of!

@randallderr8519 Жыл бұрын

hello, when will you start on the inside? just asking,,cant wait!

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

I've been working on it the last couple months as I can. I should have the first video of it later this week. Thanks for asking!

@kevinsturtevant272 3 ай бұрын

Seems like you turned the feet from point long ways to point short ways. Does it work better that way? Thanks the video

@thesomewhathandyman9400 3 ай бұрын

I'm not exactly sure what you mean there but either way, she's still standing after two winters so which ever way I staged it, it has worked out well. :)

@kevinsturtevant272 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply! In other words the ends point in at each other. Not pointing down the sides. Glad to hear it’s still up. I think it just pulls the tape around the pole differently.

@VintageTexas59 Жыл бұрын

Nice, are these water-proof ?

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

I've found that they are. The one I have that collapsed two winters ago seems to still keep the wood dry that under it.

@VintageTexas59 Жыл бұрын

@@thesomewhathandyman9400 Thanks for your answer, Been thinking getting something like this instead for the regular blue tarp that only last less then one year in Texas sun.

@lisam145 Жыл бұрын

Are your neighbors feeling better about your progress? I know some were upset that you didn't just tear it down.

@thesomewhathandyman9400 Жыл бұрын

Everyone has been supportive. I may have mentioned one that was being a slight bit passive aggressive about how long it was taking but I think they were just trying to encourage me to get people to help me. A lot of folks couldn't believe I was going to try and rebuild it so maybe that's what I talked about but yeah in the end everyone has cheered me on, especially now that it's actually looking like a house again. Thanks!