Just about every shed mover has been there: You get to the jobsite and, lo and behold, your 40-foot trailer won’t fit through the gate. Or maybe it’s that the shed’s peaked roof comes about level with low-hanging power lines. Or perhaps you make it to the shed site, but[Read More…]
Articles
Working with Family Members
The majority of businesses that I work with have some family members working alongside each other. That gives me a fairly good seat in the house when it comes to observing what works, what doesn’t work, and how to fix it. The family member could be a cousin or a[Read More…]
Software Tools!
When Lenny Stahl started off at Dakota Storage Buildings LLC in Milbank, South Dakota, he says inventory and manufacturing control was backwards. “When I came into this company, it was on QuickBooks and pen and paper. It was just…I couldn’t handle it,” he says. “I couldn’t function with that. Oops,[Read More…]
‘Struggles Make Us Stronger’
At the age of 21, Ryan Keller, owner of Oakland Structures in Waynesboro, Georgia, had a discussion with his father and brother about constructing portable buildings. “We ended up doing a lot of on-site construction, along with sheds, playhouses, and retailing playground equipment,” he says. “After working with them in[Read More…]
Lumber Market Report
Builders will find more softwood plywood imports from South America in the remainder of 2016. The United States is seeing a surge in the imports. Analysts expect import volumes to continue to grow—at least in the short term. These and other findings were recently published in The Outlook for North[Read More…]
Survey Says… Growth!
Consumers are buying more (and bigger) things again. For example, the National Retail Federation’s 2016 economic forecast projects retail industry sales will grow 3.1 percent, higher than the 10-year average of 2.7 percent. While consumers are buying more things, their homes are too cramped to store them. As a result,[Read More…]
The Back Door: The Frontier Shed
James Wurst, vice president of marketing and web for North Country Storage Barns in Philadelphia, New York, says the company’s customers wanted a low-cost, plain, and affordable storage unit for general storage. Enter the “Frontier.” North Country started offering the Frontier model two years ago, and it’s now the company’s[Read More…]
Builder Creates Farmhouse Tribute
The American farmhouse is part of the fabric of the United States. Weaver Barns in Sugarcreek, Ohio, has built a tribute to this piece of Americana with its Urban Farmhouse. The company debuted the home in February at the Great Big Home and Garden show in Cleveland. The company says[Read More…]
Five Disciplines of Success
“80% of success is showing up.” — Woody Allen I’ve always been a fan of this quote by Woody Allen. Just showing up can get you 80 percent of the way down the road. A mentor of mine upped the ante. He used to say, “You can beat 95 percent[Read More…]
Q & A Shed for Sale—Online
Nate Hoskins is passionate about the wholesale market. Part of that passion is youth. Part is an overwhelming desire to help people. In June 2015 Keystone launched www.allamericanwholesalers.com, an online trade show solely for American-made products, including sheds and other outdoor structures. This is especially beneficial in regards to Amish[Read More…]
