After we let SteelMaster Buildings know that we were ready for our Quonset it was quickly manufactured and sent out, maybe within a week or slightly over. Melvin, the Canadian truck driver, delivered our Quonset on 1/25/15 and my husband and his brother unloaded it by hand taking about 1.5h. Thank God it was 60 degrees out at 9000' elevation. We've had a really warm streak flow through the area.
I believe we had 12,500 lbs of steel! From there we were able to load it into a u haul and take it to our land and it is now being stored in the shipping container. There are 120 pieces of the 2'x10' and 20 of the smaller ones. 2 skylights, trim, base connector, and all the pieces to put the bad boy together.
I have one complaint... on one of the trim pieces for the edge at the top is a SteelMaster Building sign that is bolted and riveted to the piece (not removable without damaging the piece). I was not aware that our house was going to be an advertisement from them. Ridiculously tacky! So, if you're buying a Quonset from them you may want to ask if that could not be part of your house, just a thought. My plan is to spray paint it and change it to either our last name or whatever we decide to name the house.
Next step is figuring out the site plan and letting our architect know we are good to go. Once we give the OK to the architect we should have plans in a couple days to get official bids from the contractors.
Pictures below...
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