Mother Nature decided to spend my tax refund for me- dropped the south
half of a 50-foot forked pine tree on my backyard shed. Insurance will
only cover a small part of it, once deductible and cap on tree-removal
reimbursement ($300) are factored in. Most of shed is still sort-of
okay- another tree caught the fallen one before it could smash shed and
the fence around it entirely. Contents are fine. Walls are a tad bowed,
but the 3 of the roof purlins? (sideways rafters) and a couple roof
panels are toast. I think that if I could find 'close enough' matching
parts, I could blacksmith the thing good enough to last a couple more
years. Not sure of brand- I think it is an Arrow, but maybe an OEM they
produced for a store or something- no nameplates or trademarks on it. I
looked at the same-size Arrow that Lowes carries- what a flimsy POS.
(The floor model was mangled, and the metal was thinner than mine, and
had much less interior reinforcement.) Menards has their floor models
20 feet in air, so you can't look closely, but didn't have any larger
and/or high-headroom metal ones on display. Mine is 10x13, gambrel roof.

I'd like a real barn out there, of course, but not enough to pay the 3-4
grand for a stick-built one, or the extra taxes for a permanent
building. This thing actually met my needs pretty well till wind and
gravity kicked in. Anybody got any ideas or suggestions? Arrow web site
doesn't list parts, and the manuals for the current ones show some
changes. (2piece purlins, probably to make easier to ship, vertical
siding vs horizontal, etc.)

Failing parts, I may have to bite bullet, and (come warm weather) buy
another one to put together. Anybody got any cheap recommendations? I'm
not a fan of plastic sheds, especially in this climate. And like I said,
the current Arrows, at least the ones the Borgs around here carry, are
crap. I could hillbilly repair it well enough for my needs, but I plan
to sell in 3-4 years, so I wanted something at least presentable looking.

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aem sends...