In terms of equipment outlets, most farmers wish to construct them of their yard from the bottom up.

However farmers are additionally innovators and a few simply can’t resist searching for alternative routes to get the job achieved. That’s definitely the case for Dresden, Ont., grain farmer Mark Richards who in 2015 got here up with the thought of turning a former public works storage for the City of Dresden right into a farm store for Richards Rolling Acres, his household’s century farm operation.

On this episode of RealAg Outlets, Richards shares how he and his companions bought the 145 x 75 foot constructing positioned on the fringe of city, a few mile from the century farmhouse. He explains that when cities and municipalities within the space have been amalgamated to create a brand new Chatham Kent municipality, the constructing was deemed surplus.

Richards toyed with the thought of constructing a brand new store, however the prospect of buying the constructing and easily rolling in his instruments, at much less that half the price of constructing a brand new store, was too good to cross up.

Within the video, Richards discusses the straightforward modifications he made to make the most of the present options within the store, which now consists of rolling benches that carry every little thing from welders to reducing torches and toolboxes.

With 4 work bays, there’s loads of room to work on two combines and a tomato or sugar beet harvester, whereas retaining the primary bay, with its wider 23-foot door, open for extra short-term jobs. Richards additionally shares how workplace and space for storing is allotted and why he likes not having the store in his yard.

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