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

[Arthur Umland]

    Good to learn Lrry that you will have a great facility to store and 
work on your IH collection. One option that you may want to consider 
worked well for me. I purchased the pole shed materials in a package 
through Menards and hired a couple of local people with appropriate 
skills to construct the building. Saved a few dollars over having the 
"big boys" construct it, and my construction site would not have met 
all of their specifications for a work site which includes a large 
surrounding area for them to move in all their motorized truck, crane, 
and lift equipment. I dare say that I have one of the squarest pole 
sheds built!

    What kind of insulation are you going to use. I had the insulation 
under the roof installed at time of construction as it lies directly 
under the roofing tin and over the rafters. I then installed (still 
installing actually) insulation on side walls.  My shed has open 
rafters, not a finished ceiling, not sure what you are planning on. 
There are a number of types of sprayed insulation and that is probably 
best left to a contractor.

    Yes, you certainly can save some bucks by any finish work you do. 
However, it takes time to accomplish those tasks and are you ready to 
commit to doing that along with all of your other career and home 
obligations? I am still finishing my wiring, but doing it on your own 
allows you to "pay as you go" for materials and lessens loan 
commitments you might otherwise have.

    Regards,  Art

On Apr 11, 2006, at 8:56 AM, Larry L Hardesty wrote:
> 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
> $$$$ mistakes.
>
> Shop will be at one end about 24' by 40' with a 5" to 6" cement slab. 
> The
> rest will be storage with crush rock or cement or something like that
> floor.  I am thinking of two overhead doors (one at each end) perhaps 
> 12'
> wide and 14' high, along with two walk in doors and maybe two or three
> windows.
>
> I have been looking various pole barn manufacturers (Morton, Wicks,
> Cleary, Meinards, Lester, etc.).   Even done some looking at all steel
> buildings.   Lots of variables and hard to sort them all out 
> (insulation,
> guage of metal, heating, lighting (amount and type), windows, wiring, 
> size
> of building, doors, etc.)   Quite willing to learn from positive and 
> not
> so positive experiences of others.
>
>  Right now I am thinking of having one of the pole building 
> manufactures
> build the frame and shell, and I work on the insulation, wiring, 
> lighting,
> etc. later.  Those things really add to the price and wonder if doing 
> some
> myself and contractoring some out to others might be cheaper than have 
> the
> pole building people do it.
>
> So welcome any and all thoughts....and thanks in advance.
>
> Larry Hardesty
> Kearney, Nebraska 68849-2240
> 308-865-8535
> 308-865-8722 fax
> hardestyll at unk.edu
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> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Folks,  I think this is only 
> slightly
> off topic.  I am thinking of building (or having built) a building
> to serve as a shop and storage building for my tractors.  I have look
> at various posts on Yesterday's Tractors and elsewhere, but always 
> looking
> for more good advise to avoid $$$$ mistakes.</font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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!!! </font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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.</font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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.  </font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> 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.  </font>
> <br>
> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">So welcome any and all 
> thoughts....and
> thanks in advance.</font>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Larry Hardesty<br>
> Kearney, Nebraska 68849-2240<br>
> 308-865-8535<br>
> 308-865-8722 fax<br>
> hardestyll at unk.edu</font>
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