My new building.

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Dad always wanted a pole barn to store equipment. Well, since he's been gone 4 years, it was time for me to make it happen. 80x45 with a 15 foot ceiling. There is one end yet to finish and doors to make this week. 22 foot openings with sliding doors. I think I an going to be smiling when it's done, and I know he would be too.

 

[caterpillar guy]

With only 15 feet the newer combines of the last 20 years will hardly go in that and if you decide to pour a cement floor in there you will be very close if not to low for a combine. Just going by the tractor in it. I am guessing the combine would be of similar dating so they are about 15feet with extensions up and you will not want to be bothering with them every time you want to put it in for a rain. 22 foot wide is barely enough to get some combines in width wise Ours is 18 feet wide with the axle extensions that were in it when we got it. I'm hoping to get a shed for ours at my place that will let me drive in with the head on. so about a 40 foot door. 30 foot head with noses and all would be close to 35 then room to get through without rubbing the door frame needs about 40 foot. Yes you can fool around with driving up to the wall sideways and walk it in but it still needs a lot of door to clear as it goes through the door. I walked an 8 row cornhead in one time with the 7720 and it took more time than if I had just took it off in the first place, I want to build it 60x80 so I can have room to work in part of it as a shop or all of it. Big thing is the cost to heat it even with good insulation.

 

[560Dennis]

Nice one

 

[farmersamm]

I always wondered about the allowable side wall wind load on wood vs. steel framing..............and the cost difference. (Although I probably already know the answer.....but considering a good portion of our lumber comes from Canada, maybe the answer isn't so clear anymore)

Around here, both styles seem to get wiped out when we get 70mph straight winds. A super cell thunderstorm collapses, ,and the outflow winds are incredible. Same with gust fronts ahead of heavy thunderstorms/mesocyclones.

We have a crappy little operation, with crappy low dollar equipment..........so weather protection never made sense.

If you sat down, and ran the numbers......... Just how much return do you get from a building? It has to pencil out better for you than it would for me. Trade in values, lowered repair bills, etc. I tarp my hay equipment, and call it good ROFLMAO. (it's all one step away from the scrapyard anyways

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I look at it like this, not only does it protect the overall appearance, it also keeps repair cost down. Anything that gets wet with each rain, will eventually rust or fall apart just from sitting. This is large enough that it will hold 2 combines with heads, several tractors and a whole bunch of equipment. When dad passed, he had been retired for 25 years. His equipment had been sitting and required repairs that would have strained a rich guy. This was designed on a computer and built by Amish. The design claims winds acceptable to 120mph. The 45k complete can also be claimed on farm taxes. What it's going to save in repairs and retain in equipment value, is worth it to me.

 

[joeysmith]

I always wondered about the allowable side wall wind load on wood vs. steel framing..............and the cost difference. (Although I probably already know the answer.....but considering a good portion of our lumber comes from Canada, maybe the answer isn't so clear anymore)

Around here, both styles seem to get wiped out when we get 70mph straight winds. A super cell thunderstorm collapses, ,and the outflow winds are incredible. Same with gust fronts ahead of heavy thunderstorms/mesocyclones.

We have a crappy little operation, with crappy low dollar equipment..........so weather protection never made sense.

If you sat down, and ran the numbers......... Just how much return do you get from a building? It has to pencil out better for you than it would for me. Trade in values, lowered repair bills, etc. I tarp my hay equipment, and call it good ROFLMAO. (it's all one step away from the scrapyard anywaysView attachment 125020)

I was always told the cost savings from steel buildings is lower insurance premiums

 

[joeysmith]

I look at it like this, not only does it protect the overall appearance, it also keeps repair cost down. Anything that gets wet with each rain, will eventually rust or fall apart just from sitting. This is large enough that it will hold 2 combines with heads, several tractors and a whole bunch of equipment. When dad passed, he had been retired for 25 years. His equipment had been sitting and required repairs that would have strained a rich guy. This was designed on a computer and built by Amish. The design claims winds acceptable to 120mph. The 45k complete can also be claimed on farm taxes. What it's going to save in repairs and retain in equipment value, is worth it to me.

Savings on tires an hoses alone take a big bite out of the building cost over the years

 

[Bob Bancroft]

Dad always wanted a pole barn to store equipment. Well, since he's been gone 4 years, it was time for me to make it happen. 80x45 with a 15 foot ceiling. There is one end yet to finish and doors to make this week. 22 foot openings with sliding doors. I think I an going to be smiling when it's done, and I know he would be too.

Congratulations.
Several years ago I put up a 60x120x14. Builder priced 16' clearance, but I didn't need that, and I was surprised how much two feet less saved me. Building sits on top of a knob, so if someone ever wants 16 feet, they could excavate out 2 feet, and it would still be usable, without drainage or access problems. I have 35 feet of sliding doors on each end, which I hate. If someone ever did the excavation to gain 2 feet, I would recommend bi fold or hydraulic doors, at whatever width was desired.
I leased this building so I could write off the cost quickly. I'll not live long enough to depreciate anything over 30 years!

 

[Jaden]

Wait till this winter, when there is 2 feet of snow on the ground, but your equipment is inside and dry. Then you'll really appreciate it.

 

[paul]

Dad always wanted a pole barn to store equipment. Well, since he's been gone 4 years, it was time for me to make it happen. 80x45 with a 15 foot ceiling. There is one end yet to finish and doors to make this week. 22 foot openings with sliding doors. I think I a going to be smiling when it's done, and I know he would be too.

Nice. I put up a similar building a decade ago. Naturally, now I wish it was bigger.

With the snow loads and all here, I don’t like doors on the sidewalls. Mine are on the ends. Wish I had made the building a little wider than 48 feet, I didn’t realize a 24 foot door would give me a 23 foot opening. Oops.

The salesman said a 14 foot sidewall can have cheaper columns, less wind load than a 16 foot sidewall….

We poked around a while and the best cost we found was a 15 foot sidewall same posts as a 14 foot, and scissors trusses allow a higher inside peak, taller door. All together was cheaper than 16 foot sidewalls, gives me a 15 foot 9 inch door height. Haven’t needed more height, with legal road height in my state being 13-6 most things should fit. Wouldn’t want it lower either tho, when the hopper is up on the combine or when I have a tall pile of bales in the hay basket it gets right up there to 15.

Paul

 

[TedinNE]

I dont know what everyones tax livies are





around hee you will have as much as it cost in afew years. Just something to consider.

 

[Scott 730]

Congratulations.
Several years ago I put up a 60x120x14. Builder priced 16' clearance, but I didn't need that, and I was surprised how much two feet less saved me. Building sits on top of a knob, so if someone ever wants 16 feet, they could excavate out 2 feet, and it would still be usable, without drainage or access problems.

Were the posts buried deep enough to allow removing 2 feet of cover and still be below frost level??

 

[Bob Bancroft]

Were the posts buried deep enough to allow removing 2 feet of cover and still be below frost level??

I think if I were to do it I would not necessarily dig all the way out to the poles.

 

[jon f mn]

I always wondered about the allowable side wall wind load on wood vs. steel framing..............and the cost difference. (Although I probably already know the answer.....but considering a good portion of our lumber comes from Canada, maybe the answer isn't so clear anymore)

Around here, both styles seem to get wiped out when we get 70mph straight winds. A super cell thunderstorm collapses, ,and the outflow winds are incredible. Same with gust fronts ahead of heavy thunderstorms/mesocyclones.

We have a crappy little operation, with crappy low dollar equipment..........so weather protection never made sense.

If you sat down, and ran the numbers......... Just how much return do you get from a building? It has to pencil out better for you than it would for me. Trade in values, lowered repair bills, etc. I tarp my hay equipment, and call it good ROFLMAO. (it's all one step away from the scrapyard anywaysView attachment 125020)

Around here at least, I will get the full cost to build back when selling the farm. So in the long term it costs me nothing to keep things inside. You still have to come up with the money which is hard to do. Mine is significantly smaller than I wanted because budget wouldn't allow bigger.