• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Devaka Cooray
  • Carla Burke
  • John F Dean
  • Nancy Reading
  • Timothy Norton
  • r ranson
stewards:
  • Jay Angler
  • Pearl Sutton
  • paul wheaton
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • M Ljin
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Eino Kenttä
  • Jeremy VanGelder

Truck Cap Dugout Roof

 
gardener
Posts: 5516
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio,Price Hill 45205
1169
forest garden trees urban
  • Likes 2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I saw a truck cap offered for free on Craigslist and not having a truck, my mind went elsewhere.
With a fiberglass exterior and aluminum bones, it seemed like a structure that could survive direct burial or at least survive contact with the soil.
There are a lot of examples of these caps being used as shed roofs, I propose doing the same, but building the shed over a shallow trench, and earth berming  the roof and three of the sides.
Accommodations could be made to allow light in through the windows, or they could be covered up entirely.


An example of a truck cap shed from hackaday.

truck-cap.jpg
Its free for the taking, but I can't afford it!
Its free for the taking, but I can't afford it!
 
pollinator
Posts: 5520
Location: Canadian Prairies - Zone 3b
1523
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I've seen this done, and it makes practical sense. And yes, they do come up for free.

But to be honest, it also screams "hillbilly fix" ... if that matters.
 
William Bronson
gardener
Posts: 5516
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio,Price Hill 45205
1169
forest garden trees urban
  • Likes 3
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
While I personally celebrate the ingenuity of the financially  bereft, the aesthetic is not appealing to everyone.
Offending other people's taste has already cost me dearly.
I already have plenty of materials for my multitude of unfinished projects, but my eye sees reuse everywhere.


 
What are your superhero powers? Go ahead and try them on this tiny ad:
The new purple deck of permaculture playing cards
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-cards
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic