Kevin, when I was pipelining in ND I noticed a neighbor in the RV park setting up stakes by his camper and then a load of lumber and plywood showed up. Being the curious (some say noisy) type I wandered over. He was trying to figure out how to square a wood floor for a Garage in a box he'd purchased at Mernads. Yep, I was roped in. Showed him the 3-4-5 trick and helped him set the 2x6 border boards with bracing just like you'd do if poring concrete. His plan was to set joist on the ground and cover with plywood and park his Dodge 3500 dually inside the garage N-A box. My suggestion was put a sheet of heavy visqueen down and fill the floor enclosure with sand and then cover with plywood and use screws on everything for the extra holding power.
Well, surprise of all surprises it worked. Reason for not going with concrete is the RV Park owners would not allow permanent additions, so no concrete. We screwed the sides and support structure to the floor and it made an amazingly tight structure.
After that project, anytime a somewhat complicated project or question came up guess who the go-to consultant was. I did get a Lot of free beer.
That heavy duty gray Mernads garage-in-a-box survived 3 brutal Watford City, ND winters before it was all taken apart after the neighbor passed.
RonR
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