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  1. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    I believe assembled it weighs 1200 lbs. You have a leg brace every 8 feet. That is 6 per side or 12 good areas to pickup. You could put 2 guys on each leg brace. Would not be the easiest thing to do but where there is a will there is always a way.
  2. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    I figure I will get 20 years on the tent fabric. I could put on 303 spray to improve the UV protection on both the buckles and overall rubber canvas, but I do not. The buckles are not UV resistant and break. they have not yet come unthreaded which I am sure will happen over time from the...
  3. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Standard LME is 24 x 32. You can extend indefinitely. I found another 16 foot section and added on to one of the tents to make 48'. The only thing that I think will cause me problems long term are the buckles which break during hurricane winds in the south :)
  4. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    It was real easy in the past via taptalk to upload pics and go. Then as usual everything changes. I think the older uploads show uploaded by TapTalk but will not delete in the future. PS I did put up another LME tent a few years back so I have 2 and extended on another 16 feet.
  5. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Most awesome, we need pictures please.
  6. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    The pins required me stretching the canvas using rachet straps down to my tractor. It did take some maneuvering and about an hour per each section to figure out The key is not to rip anything. I used the rope tie downs but would suggest the clips that have teeth and be careful
  7. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    This tent is not coming down in my lifetime :). I drilled concrete anchors and bolted the legs to the blocks pictures later
  8. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    It is smaller than you think once up
  9. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Okay so how do you lace up the two sections once you have put them up separated? You go flying Not very comfortable Without heavy equipment I don't see how you could put this up. I think if you did not put on blocks maybe a normal wrecker could lift high enough but we used the...
  10. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Okay let's finish posting, it's easier to load pics via tap talk but not good for writing on the phone. I will add narrative later
  11. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    And wow first section on, lots of up and down ladder and swearing sweating and tractor bucket
  12. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    How big are tapcons? The holes are about 5/8 Yes the holes will be in an angle Lifting the first 16 foot wide section
  13. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Saved by the gimp!!! Hammer drill was awesome, I had to drill 3/4 with hammer drill to depth then hit it with the 1 inch on the battery drill Worked great!!! ATTACH]580982[/ATTACH]
  14. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    11 hour day A few pics and post more tomorrow Hanging the far end Had to bring in the big dog wrecker, the 819 has 12 more feet of reach
  15. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Yes I would like, dirt cleans up and I am not picky :)
  16. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    Okay typical barn not big enough :(. I have 7 feet behind vehicles. Adding on 16 more feet
  17. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Take over to Camo please, I will get it from PB at some time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank You!
  18. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    I like the fact they probably have a flammable 55 gallon drum sitting next to the tent clearly labeled and full of explosive ordinances Omg
  19. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    P.s. Another reason for the height as you now have noted m73819 does not like to get wet and wanted extra height so we can do crane lifts under the cover and he not get wet.
  20. swiss

    LME maintenance tent erection

    To return our thoughts back to our regular programming. Yes it was raining yesterday. Yes we got wet but we got it done. The frame is complete and on the blocks. Now for those of you wondering why the blocks? Note now that 2 large trucks will fit side by side!! The tricky part was...
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