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Ten thousand dollar screw-up

Bout the only good thing that come outa that deal was,nobody got hurt,never had much use for wind even a gentle breeze, no tellin how many times I cussed the wind,especially when it blows outa the north :D
good luck
 
Yikes! It must have rolled over and over. That would have been quite a sight. It sure stinks to lose your investment but at least no people or animals were in its path and got flattened.

(And your windbreak is now windbroke. Sorry, just couldn't resist the pun)
 
HAY MAKER said:
Bout the only good thing that come outa that deal was,nobody got hurt,never had much use for wind even a gentle breeze, no tellin how many times I cussed the wind,especially when it blows outa the north :D
good luck
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Thanks for the concern, folks. My mood is much better today. :-)

I gripe when the wind blows too much, and I gripe when it blows too little. :? :???: We depend on the wind to turn the windmills to pump the water to water the cattle. If it doesn't blow, the tanks run dry. Then you have to move livestock or rig up pumpjacks to pump the water. Then it is possible to get careless and get hurt. Every time I look at my shortened finger I remember to try not to gripe at the wind, because it was a lack of wind that maimed me. All things in moderation, including gentle breezes. :wink:
 
HAY MAKER said:
Bout the only good thing that come outa that deal was,nobody got hurt,never had much use for wind even a gentle breeze, no tellin how many times I cussed the wind,especially when it blows outa the north :D
good luck
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Just think of how stale that air would get if there was no wind! :gag:

Like it or not, we need the wind! :wink:
 
Man that just plain hurts! :x Dang rogue wind anyway. Hope ya make out alright. They make an earth anchor for modular buildings to hold them down on construction sites. They go in the ground at angles to each other and are rated for a pretty stiff breeze. While I realize how nice a portable shed would work, maybe tying it down when it was where ya wanted it for awhile would be an option.
 
sorry about that deal, Soapweed. i guess it's better that it was the shed and not your house.

i did just about did that with a baler once. i knew i needed to call it in on Monday. i guess i just couldn't decided which Monday to call, because i finally called about a year later. :? :wink: sure glad it didn't burn up on me.
 
Sorry about your building & fences.... at least you still have the large building.

It is unfortunate when these buildings are designed with snow loads in mind that they are also not designed with wind lifts taken into consideration. Many years ago a freak south wind got our calving shed and lifted the roof right off it and laid it on its back about 20 feet behind the back wall. In hindsight it was designed much like an airplane wing with a short steep front roof and a long sloping back roof. It obviously had lots of lift when the proper wind speed happened. Now I always try and chain the roof down if possible. Somehow in your case I think it would have taken a lot more than a ships anchor chain to hold it.

Maybe you can sell the panells to a weather museum as modern art!!!
 
I'd be for takin all the salvageable tin off....gettin Sparky out there...and put it back together again. Might be a lil wrinkled and not look so brand new no more....but just think of it as the first dent ya put in a new truck and go with it.

Sorry for all the damage...but on the bright side...no one was hurt. That's the important part.
 
Since Soapy is traveling today, I'll offer what he told me about the savagability of the shed.

Sparky in fact, did come out to evaluate the damage. I too, assumed from the photos that this welding wizard could whip it back into at least usable shape, if not a cosmetically pleasing condition. After looking it over, he came to the conclusion that he could not fix it. Too far gone.

I'll let Soapweed elaborate further when he can. Since you were all so anxious to know, I thought I'd pass on what I was told.
 
Soapweed is gone traveling but I am still here. I figured that a quick break from the wind was needed so I guess I will post a reply here as well.

The shed is damaged beyond repair. Sparky said that fixing it would be good money chasing bad. Him and I are getting what we can from it for salvage use on our own projects. I have recovered 10 sheets of really nice 1 1/8" OSB board from around the inside edges of the shed and Sparky is going to come out with a cutting torch and recover the square tubing that isn't too mangled and warped.

It is a sad deal but like many have said, it could have been a lot worse.
 
If you have all other "like type" structures insured and all with the same agent you should still have a claim under his "errors and omissions" policy.

That is what it is for so that if something falls thru the cracks you are still covered.

But if you have other buildings you have intentionally not covered or if you have your insurance split up with more than one agent this will not work. Should be worth checking out.
 
Makes a person sick when something like this happens and to find its not covered by insurance.
I have made similiar mistakes. Just uncovered another one of my mess ups by buying an expensive herd bull last year, insured him. But should have read the fine print. I needed to get him tested before one year of the sale date (which is 2-3 months before I usually test) The bull didn't pass the test, called the agent, but I was to late.
Also last year lost several hundred round bales in a fire. I had not updated the value or the amount covered. I didn't get much coverage. The only thing I did right there was have my hay in many different hay corrals.
 

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