I recently had the opportunity to visit Eagle Carports in Mount Airy, North Carolina—and what I saw there left a lasting impression. From the moment I stepped through their main office, one thing stood out more than anything else: a clear sense of camaraderie and a shared mission. It wasn’t[Read More…]
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After the Haul
I’ve been in the trucking business for 38 years and have driven 3.5 million miles. I’ve enjoyed it all the way through. I started off working at a tree nursery and hauling trees to customers. I also did a lot of flatbed work for them, hauling equipment to different farms. After a few[Read More…]
Rig of the Issue: 2018 Peterbilt 579 with WKM Trailer
I run a 2018 Peterbilt 579. It’s worlds more comfortable than a single axle and somehow still manages fuel mileage close to an F-450, which still surprises me. We’ve done pickups, we’ve done single axles, and this truck flat-out outperforms them. It’s a better ride, and it handles better. Once[Read More…]
Double Your Revenue, Not Your Overhead
Are you leaving deals on the table? If you’re a shed builder who isn’t offering metal buildings, it’s time to ask yourself a hard question: how many sales have I handed to someone else? At Dayton Barns & Five Rivers Pole Barns, we’ve seen it firsthand. Customers walk in for[Read More…]
Giving Customers A Clear Vision
Trell Portable Buildings is a locally owned and operated shed, portable building, and metal structure sales company based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Established in 2018, the company was built with a focus on quality, reliability, and helping customers find practical space solutions that add real value to their property. We[Read More…]
The Heart of Business
In a rapidly expanding portable building industry, product lines evolve, markets shift, and competition grows stronger every year. Yet for us, there is one constant that has defined the company since its inception: its people. From manufacturing floors to dealer lots to the last mile of delivery, we built our[Read More…]
An Evolving Clientele
It’s no longer your grandfather’s shed business these days, as many owners are adapting their business models to meet the needs of an evolving clientele and a corresponding rise in demand for more modern and diverse designs. In the process, they’re targeting clients that care more about appearances than cost.[Read More…]
Making Smart Software Decisions in the Shed Industry
I was on a call recently with a shed builder. He asked me about ERP software. ERP stands for enterprise resource planning—it’s software that connects everything in your business, from sales to inventory to production to accounting, all in one system. He’d been getting calls from a vendor outside the[Read More…]
How to Keep a Shed Cool
Here at Sequoia Sheds, we live and work in Red Bluff in Northern California. If you’re from anywhere around here, you know that in the summer, Red Bluff is hot. I don’t know about you, but it’s the hottest place I’ve ever lived. But I know one place hotter than[Read More…]
Build of the Issue: Golf Simulator
Our golf simulator starts with our detached garage model, standardly used for a small outbuilding.They are 16 feet wide, 24 feet long, with 10-foot-high walls. The structure is made with 2 by 4 framing, engineered trusses, LP Smartside Siding and Trim, OSB roof sheathing, a 29-gauge metal Pro-Panel roof, and[Read More…]
