Old hayshed

390kid

There’s a old hayshed here that the roof and trusses fell in that I want to straighten up and put into use again. The uprights are made of like a old rail road sleeper and I was wondering could I weld a bracket to put a timber on? Has anyone done anything near like this?

Cavanjack

390kid wrote: »

There’s a old hayshed here that the roof and trusses fell in that I want to straighten up and put into use again. The uprights are made of like a old rail road sleeper and I was wondering could I weld a bracket to put a timber on? Has anyone done anything near like this?

Yeah you can weld onto them alright. The preferred method would be to blow a hole and bolt it but a bracket for holding timber will be fine welded. Clean it off well before welding.

390kid

Cavanjack wrote: »

Yeah you can weld onto them alright. The preferred method would be to blow a hole and bolt it but a bracket for holding timber will be fine welded. Clean it off well before welding.

I take it ya mean bolt the bracket to the upright then put your timber on? A new shed be as handy when all be done but the plannings got fairly strict around here

blue5000

Another way to do it is use the bars and bolts that are used to join the rails on the railway line. There should be some available at the larger stations where maintenance depots were/are.

As already said, burn a pair of holes in the top of the rails if they're not already there. Bend the joiner bars 90 deg, if they hold a train, they should hold a shed.

Melodeon

390kid wrote: »

There’s a old hayshed here that the roof and trusses fell in that I want to straighten up and put into use again. The uprights are made of like a old rail road sleeper and I was wondering could I weld a bracket to put a timber on? Has anyone done anything near like this?

You say "old rail road sleeper" there, which I'd understand to be creosote impregnated timber.
Is this correct, or are we talking about old railway track here, the steel rail the train runs on?

390kid

Melodeon wrote: »

You say "old rail road sleeper" there, which I'd understand to be creosote impregnated timber.
Is this correct, or are we talking about old railway track here, the steel rail the train runs on?

The track sorry

390kid

The holes are there on the top but would there be much need to run timbers lower down on the shed?

390kid

The holes are there on the top but would there be much need to run timbers lower down on the shed?

minerleague

390kid wrote: »

There’s a old hayshed here that the roof and trusses fell in that I want to straighten up and put into use again. The uprights are made of like a old rail road sleeper and I was wondering could I weld a bracket to put a timber on? Has anyone done anything near like this?

most places i see where old round roof sheds come down are replaced with single
pitch roof. a truss in the shape of a right angle triangle attached to the holes at the top of your pillars would be simplest solution. you could do a mirror image at some stage to make an A roof shed off the high side that wouldnt cost a fortune

GinSoaked

I have an old rail track shed. I was actually thinking about replacing the roof at some stage. Currently it has 20ft long timbers bolted to brackets on the top of the ends of the tracks. I was thinking of doubling up on the timbers as its a bit flimsy and bolting one either side of the ends of the tracks.

148multi

390kid wrote: »

The holes are there on the top but would there be much need to run timbers lower down on the shed?

The cheapest option is a lean-to roof, run a 7" h iron across the lines with an over hang at the front, then run your timber purlins on top.

390kid

minerleague wrote: »

most places i see where old round roof sheds come down are replaced with single
pitch roof. a truss in the shape of a right angle triangle attached to the holes at the top of your pillars would be simplest solution. you could do a mirror image at some stage to make an A roof shed off the high side that wouldnt cost a fortune

Ye that wouldn’t be a bad idea. I wasn’t going to replace the round roof at all I was hoping to use a double pitch for the roof

green daries

390kid wrote: »

Ye that wouldn’t be a bad idea. I wasn’t going to replace the round roof at all I was hoping to use a double pitch for the roof

Ya a single pitch roof what is usually done is to add a graft to the railway girder to create the pitch these are usually welded and bolted on also in a clamp type design.the bolts are an added strength as railway girders don't take weld as well as normal rsj steel