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Don't get me wrong. Communities do need salt sheds, but the Ray way of doing things costs us more money then necessary. When asked why they were building a new salt shed, I was told that the old shed rotted posts. Pete Griel and myself inspected the old shed, and the posts were not rotted.

On top of all of this, Ray saved us $2,000 by not building the shed tall enough to dump salt directly into. Every time they get a load of salt it takes them about an hour and they few gallons of gas to move the salt with a tractor.  We toss money into the money pit every time we recieve a load of salt because of the labor and fuel required to move the salt.

How did Ray end up saving us $2,000 on a $31,000 job?

The old salt shed had the track, rollers and hardware for the door on the outside of the shed to prevent corrosion.  The new shed has a standard overhead door with an interior track.  How long does Ray expenct this shed to last when they didn't even make sure that the door and track was corrosion resistant?

OSHA considered a salt shed to be a confined area that also requires there to be a service door.

State building code would not allow a building like this salt shed to be built as close as it is to an existing poll barn.  The reason for this is because of snow drifting and snow load.

Ray has proven to me tha he he great with numbers on numerous times.  He really is great with number, but there are times where you also need to use your common sense to realize that you are not saving money by cutting corners.