[Farmall] Only Slightly off topic: Shop and Storage building for Farmall Tractors

Tue Apr 11 06:56:58 PDT 2006

Folks,  I think this is only slightly off topic.  I am thinking of 
building (or having built) a building to serve as a shop and storage 
building for my tractors.  I have look at various posts on Yesterday's 
Tractors and elsewhere, but always looking for more good advise to avoid 
$$$$ mistakes.

If money were not object....well, it alwasy is...and compromises will have 
to be made!   Anyway, I am thinking of a building about 40' wide by 70' to 
75' long.  Of course, as someone said, such buildings all come in one 
size----"too small."    Of course, what is defintely too small is the 
pocket book....so many tractors and so little time!!! 

Shop will be at one end about 24' by 40' with a 5" to 6" cement slab. The 
rest will be storage with crush rock or cement or something like that 
floor.  I am thinking of two overhead doors (one at each end) perhaps 12' 
wide and 14' high, along with two walk in doors and maybe two or three 
windows.

I have been looking various pole barn manufacturers (Morton, Wicks, 
Cleary, Meinards, Lester, etc.).   Even done some looking at all steel 
buildings.   Lots of variables and hard to sort them all out (insulation, 
guage of metal, heating, lighting (amount and type), windows, wiring, size 
of building, doors, etc.)   Quite willing to learn from positive and not 
so positive experiences of others. 

 Right now I am thinking of having one of the pole building manufactures 
build the frame and shell, and I work on the insulation, wiring, lighting, 
etc. later.  Those things really add to the price and wonder if doing some 
myself and contractoring some out to others might be cheaper than have the 
pole building people do it. 

So welcome any and all thoughts....and thanks in advance.

Larry Hardesty
Kearney, Nebraska 68849-2240
308-865-8535
308-865-8722 fax
hardestyll at unk.edu
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Folks,  I think this is only slightly
off topic.  I am thinking of building (or having built) a building
to serve as a shop and storage building for my tractors.  I have look
at various posts on Yesterday's Tractors and elsewhere, but always looking
for more good advise to avoid $$$$ mistakes.
 
 If money were not object....well, it
alwasy is...and compromises will have to be made!   Anyway, I am thinking
of a building about 40' wide by 70' to 75' long.  Of course, as someone
said, such buildings all come in one size----"too small."  
 Of course, what is defintely too small is the pocket book....so many
tractors and so little time!!! 
 
 Shop will be at one end about 24' by
40' with a 5" to 6" cement slab.   The rest will be storage
with crush rock or cement or something like that floor.  I am thinking
of two overhead doors (one at each end) perhaps 12' wide and 14' high,
along with two walk in doors and maybe two or three windows.
 
 I have been looking various pole barn
manufacturers (Morton, Wicks, Cleary, Meinards, Lester, etc.).   Even
done some looking at all steel buildings.   Lots of variables and
hard to sort them all out (insulation, guage of metal, heating, lighting
(amount and type), windows, wiring, size of building, doors, etc.)  
Quite willing to learn from positive and not so positive experiences of
others.  
 
  Right now I am thinking of having
one of the pole building manufactures build the frame and shell, and I
work on the insulation, wiring, lighting, etc. later.  Those things
really add to the price and wonder if doing some myself and contractoring
some out to others might be cheaper than have the pole building people
do it.  
 
 So welcome any and all thoughts....and
thanks in advance.
 
 
 Larry Hardesty 
Kearney, Nebraska 68849-2240 
308-865-8535 
308-865-8722 fax 
hardestyll at unk.edu