Oh SNAP

Busy Beaver Lumber · February 26, 2012, 08:21:52 AM

I like Lazerdan's suggestion. Why not just take a sawzall and cut an opening an install a metal door at that location. Sound like it would cost a lot less and be a lot less hastle

Okrafarmer · February 26, 2012, 02:09:31 PM

Have to replace 4 2-ft panels. Don't need a door there at all, especially an 8-ft one....

LAZERDAN · February 26, 2012, 04:20:57 PM

Would it be possible to reverse dent it back out with a backhoe or skidsteer from the inside out. Some times pushin in the right spot , maybe ramming the right spot would get it back to straight.. although it might leak at the seam. I guess it depends if'n it's in the front yard or out back. Good luck. Dan

isawlogs · February 26, 2012, 07:34:48 PM

For all its worth here is what I would do if it aint covered by your I n s u rance co. I would be putting the dozer up close to the wall where I could use it as a deadman, using a post and a hydraulic jack I would push the wall out and once the big dents done I would get me a helper and one on each side and finish the smaller dents with a hammer. Any holes can be filled with caulking.
Then again one can spend a pile of money and fix it with new panels too. ;)

I have had to fix, weld , replace a few rads out of tractors because of lack of helpers to drive one of the stuck or not running machines .... :

Being alone to do things sucks at times, it is what it is. :-\

Okrafarmer · February 26, 2012, 11:58:34 PM

Quote from: isawlogs on February 26, 2012, 07:34:48 PM

I have had to fix, weld , replace a few rads out of tractors because of lack of helpers to drive one of the stuck or not running machines .... : Being alone to do things sucks at times, it is what it is. :-\

Well it's kind of comforting to know I'm not the only one who has done such things.

Thanks for all the advice fellas.

isawlogs · February 27, 2012, 12:14:05 AM

:D You aint first and sure aint gona be last at it! ;) :D

Migal · February 27, 2012, 03:45:48 AM

I actually live in a building quite like the one in the pics American Steel Span I would cry at first then I would repair several idea's on how have been posted I liked the jack and hammer seems priced right and plus it leave a discussion item for later in life 8)

paul case · February 27, 2012, 04:47:50 PM

My uncle would have fixed it right, however that is for you and then painted it a hideous color that didn't match anything for a reminder not to do that this way again! PC

Woodchuck53 · April 25, 2012, 02:09:06 AM

Okrafarmer. Have you fixed the dent yet? Just curious at how it turned out. Chuck

Buck · April 25, 2012, 08:32:55 AM

Okra, Your story reminds me of driving up on a neighbor several years ago. He was pull starting a Massey 130 alone. Headed down the driveway pull starting with an extra rope from the truck window to the gear shift on the tractor. Once started he would snatch the 130 out of gear. I saved him(or the 130) that time but It didnt end as well all the time. This persistent ole boy did this several times.