Shed down!

lincolnmania · Post by **lincolnmania** » Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 4:50 pm

A large pine tree fell on my shedtropolis destroying the 10x20 barn shed.
i think the big shed is ok. the main part needs a roof anyway.
all my shop equipment is stored in the red shed. and my alaska stoker and my dads and my uncles tools and the cub cadet and the lawn stuff and a couple small block ford engines.
i have a tree service coming friday and they are going to cut the tree and help me move the engines and the air compressor and stuff that can't be carried to a storage pod.

BostonBob · Post by **BostonBob** » Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 6:01 pm

So sorry to see that ! Hopefully everything inside is ok ???? Just glad no one got hurt !!!! Be careful removing that tree !!!

Post by **CoalJockey** » Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 6:30 pm

Sorry for that Lincoln. It was a very rough night around here too... one I do not wish to repeat. Better the shed than wind damage to your house!

Post by **Rob R.** » Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 6:32 pm

You must live in the tropics. No snow and some spots of green?

Thankfully no one got hurt, and the tree missed your house.

lincolnmania · Post by **lincolnmania** » Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 7:03 pm

tropical berks county. Daniel Boone was born about a quarter mile from here.

lincolnmania · Post by **lincolnmania** » Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 7:11 pm

scary part is i have two even larger pine trees in front of my house. i could see the trunks moving in the wind. my mom has lived on this street 69 years and those trees were always there she said.

also in my front yard is a large half dead mulberry tree. not one dead rotten branch fell off that tree in this wind!

Post by **Rob R.** » Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 7:13 pm

Is your yard wet most of the time? Root system looks very small/shallow on that tree.

lincolnmania · Post by **lincolnmania** » Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 7:20 pm

yea i live in a low valley, behind the house about 1/4 mile is the monocacy creek. we have red clay and hard red shale about 3 foot down... the big root snapped off at ground level. two of these big pines have blown into the neighbors house in a wind storm once 15-20 yrs ago.

contents are fine. my engine hoist is holding the roof up on one side and on the other side a bucket on top of a toolbox on top of a workbench, the tools got knocked out of a toolbox. the light fixtures are broken and there is broken bulbs all over. Glad it wasn't the house.

BostonBob · Post by **BostonBob** » Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 7:55 pm

Consider that lucky it could have been a lot worse, last summer I cut a bunch of branches and stuff (last winter a branch broke and just brushed the windows on the house) the property had elderly owners (I’m getting closer than I’d like !) and the trees weren’t taken care of, so they drop a lot of branches !!!

plumberman · Post by **plumberman** » Wed. Feb. 27, 2019 4:53 pm

find a sawmill for that tree and repair/rebuild bigger n better. it would be just fitting!!

lincolnmania · Post by **lincolnmania** » Wed. Feb. 27, 2019 5:10 pm

BostonBob wrote: ↑
Mon. Feb. 25, 2019 7:55 pm
Consider that lucky it could have been a lot worse, last summer I cut a bunch of branches and stuff (last winter a branch broke and just brushed the windows on the house) the property had elderly owners (I’m getting closer than I’d like !) and the trees weren’t taken care of, so they drop a lot of branches !!!

we are lucky......there are two even larger white pines in front of the house.

i was told by the insurance adjuster that i'm getting 5 to 6 grand just for the shed. dad and i spent like 500 bucks building it lol.

BostonBob · Post by **BostonBob** » Wed. Feb. 27, 2019 8:54 pm

lincolnmania wrote: ↑
Wed. Feb. 27, 2019 5:10 pm
we are lucky......there are two even larger white pines in front of the house.

i was told by the insurance adjuster that i'm getting 5 to 6 grand just for the shed. dad and i spent like 500 bucks building it lol.

WOW !! Wish my insurance company would have given me a dollar

for the downed tree

Hambden Bob · Post by **Hambden Bob** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 2:43 am

Yep,we've been seeing Thrillers like this all week! I'm glad You Guys were OK! Good Luck with the rest of those trees.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 7:54 pm

L, just make sure ya build it twice as big as you're thinkin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 8:08 pm

Yikes! Tree, one, shed zero. Glad the humans were all OK.

Shed down!

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