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scottran 3T WIS 
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Well, I finally got my furnace building done. Started on it back in oct but, winter set in early and didnt get good weather till last week to get it finished. This is where we were last march. Here we finished the framing last week.   Finally with the tin on. Its just a 20'x20' I have to do some wiring inside and build a work bench. The hard part is done. Now to get it filled up with firewood. yahoo.gif    Next project is building a chicken coop. I have 25 one day old chicks coming on june 1st. Gonna try my hand at selling some fresh eggs. |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Nice job, looks great! |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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Well done, Scott. |
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toxicavenger 3T WIS 
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Hey if you need a insight on how to raise chickens my dad has been doing it as a fulltime hobby for 10 years. He also sells eggs on ebay too. I think last time we talked he was telling which ones he thinks produce the best eggs and are the easiest to maintain. Also get some owl traps to so they won't run off with your chickens. And the best animal my dad has found out as a guard for them is a Manx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_(cat) . My dad also builds his own incubators and chicken coops so he is a hard core "chicken man". |
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scottran 3T WIS
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Thanks guys, I am by no means a carpenter but I guess I can hold my own. I have built a room in my basement (my antique radio room), an addition to the house, an addition to my one garage and now this building. This was my first free standing building. I am only one quarter of an in out of square in the one corner. So, no too bad I guess. Fill is coming tomorrow so I can get the ground graded up to the floor and get a ramp up to the rear sliding door. As for the chickens, We have had turkeys in the past. Just going to be a new experience selling eggs. I have white, brown, and tinted layers coming. Dont know how well the tinted will sell but we will see. |
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BOSCHETT 3T WIS 
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Awesome work there Scott. |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS
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Scott not sure why but right now I want some fried eggs and hash browns about right now. :cool: LOL :D |
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scottran 3T WIS
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Skip, I cant help with the potatoes, no garden this year but, in 5 months or so I can hook ya up with some fresh eggs. :D |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS 
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Hey buddy...I'm not the "sharpest" tool in the shed pun intended:D but will that be used to heat your home somehow, or is that for the Chickens?...Workshop? Great work BTWhand6.gif |
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teddyhanna Guest
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Scott that looks dam great to me...... |
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scottran 3T WIS
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Tony Duronio wrote: Hey buddy...I'm not the "sharpest" tool in the shed pun intended:D but will that be used to heat your home somehow, or is that for the Chickens?...Workshop? Tony, it is to house my furnace and firewood. I use the furnace to heat my house and 2 buildings. I live on the top of a mountain and the wind is pretty wicked in the winter so the building gives me some protection from the elements while firing the furnace and gives me a place to keep my firewood nice and dry. |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Hey Scott...I'll take 2 dozen every week Buddy....do you deliver to Ohio! :D.....awesome job Buddy and Good Luck in your newest venture! ...I have a friend who raises chickens and sells eggs....we call him Johnny Eggs and he is loaded with $$$....he started out small and is now 1 of the largest egg distributors in the state yourock.gif |
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scottran 3T WIS
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oagaspar wrote: Hey Scott...I'll take 2 dozen every week Buddy....do you deliver to Ohio! :D.....awesome job Buddy and Good Luck in your newest venture! ...I have a friend who raises chickens and sells eggs....we call him Johnny Eggs and he is loaded with $$$....he started out small and is now 1 of the largest egg distributors in the state yourock.gif Thanks Oscar. The chickens are just going to be a hobbie. Just so I sell enough eggs to pay for the feed and such will make me happy. If I make a few extra bucks at it then great. You never know what it may turn into. hand6.gif |
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teddyhanna Guest
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Big Watch Scott selling eggs.......perfect.gif |
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scottran 3T WIS
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scottran wrote: Tony Duronio wrote:Hey buddy...I'm not the "sharpest" tool in the shed pun intended:D but will that be used to heat your home somehow, or is that for the Chickens?...Workshop? Sorry Tony, I just realized I didnt really answer your question. The furnace is a wood boiler. I have water lines running about 4 feet underground to my house and a 32'x48' car shop and a 40'x45' tractor shop. There are pumps on the furnace that circulate the hot water to all the buildings. I even get my domestic hot water in the house from the furnace via a heat exchanger. We have endless hot water. I keep the furnace going in the summer also for the domestic hot water also. I only have to put wood in the furnace every 6 days in the summer. This outdoor furnace is one of the best things I have done and highly recommend to anyone if you have to heat a home. I used to pay almost $7000 a year for heat. This past year I spent $1800. Once I get all my projects caught up I going to start harvesting trees on the 50 acre wooded lot we own to save even more cash. If any of you have any ?s about outdoor furnaces PM me. The fellow who sold me this furnace is selling his home. If he moves out of the area I am hoping to get his dealership. That is how much I believe in these things. |
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scottran 3T WIS
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teddyhanna wrote: Big Watch Scott selling eggs.......perfect.gif Yep, Fixin'cars, rebuilding transmissions, restoring antique tractors, and now sellin' eggs. woohoo.gif |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS
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Oh yea you'll save quite a bit Scott. Won't be long a big Grail will be on the wrist. :cool: LOL :D |
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murphy j 3T WIS 
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Looks like you did a fine job on the barn Scott. |
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PREWARSCOTTY 3T WIS 
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Will that furnace double as a crematorium ?cool10.gif A well done building Scotty |
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scottran 3T WIS
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PREWARSCOTTY wrote: Will that furnace double as a crematorium ?cool10.gif As long as the body is not more than 5 feet long. ;) I am friends with the local undertaker and he was out here when we first got the furnace. When he was looking inside it, the wife made the comment that "you can fit a body in there.", I dont think he found it very amusing. |
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