I built this 30x56 pole shed with the help of my dad in 1983 for the cost of $4500. It was built as a storage shed and never any intentions of being a shop. That all change in 1985 during the farm crisis when the dealer that I worked for decided to call it quits. That summer I installed Styrofoam panels and insulated a 30x40 area that became my shop where I worked in for the next 26 years. Back then in the 80's this was a first class shop around here as most farm shops then were converted grainaries or car garages. You have to remember back then no one had any money and everything most of us did we spent as little money as possible. Everyone over 50 can remember those bummer years of the farm economy. Small improvements where added through the years, but it remain for the most part unchanged. Well over a thousand tractors were repaired in this building over those years. The greatest majority of then were CASE tractors. Anything from a VAC to a 4890. Most being 1370's. Before I was farming and was working year round in the shop it was not unusual to have over a dozen tractors sitting in the yard during the spring waiting to be serviced. Once a year in the summer I had to completely clean out the shop as for one weekend in was used to butcher several hundred chickens and on occasion a family reunion. Now it is for storage and customer tractor parking during the winters where I can keep them warm and dry. The waste oil heater remains there for that reason. As you can see Darrel, that Neb. 1370 is still waiting its turn to get a total physical before returning to action. I have a customer patiently waiting for it. Your 2090's will get worked on before it does. Thanks for letting me bend your ear. Rod.
