[Farmall] Only Slightly off topic: Shop and Storage building forFarmall ...

Tue Apr 11 20:42:54 PDT 2006

Remember....."For a little more money you can do it yourself"
Most pole barn builders work pretty cheap.
As some of you know I make my living as a  Building Contractor so I know a
little bit about this building stuff.    Karl can tell you about his Arch
building.   :-)

Basic rule of thumb........Always build the building twice as long as it's
width.  This gives you the best use of space.
My suggestions  ( now remember I live in Wisconsin)
Your shop  area should be at least 30' wide .  Ceiling 12' high
Insulate the shop and put in either "in floor heat", with the heat source
located outside of the shop, or a sealed combustion heater.  You never want
to paint etc...in a shop with open flame.
It doesn't hurt to have an airconditioner for the summer either.  :-)
Put plastic or other vapor barrier under your concrete floor.
If you can, put in an I-beam across the shop for a trolley and chain hoist.
Sure makes all of that tractor splitting and engine pulling easier.
I have everything in my shop on wheels so that I can wheel everything out of
the way and it makes pressure washing the floor a lot easier.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE SHOP IS AN IH REFRIGERATOR FILLED WITH
YOUR FAVORITE BEVERAGE.
Mike
I also do not have a phone in my shop.......Shop time is my time.  If
someone needs to talk to me bad enough they know where to find me........and
don't show up in good clothes either.  LOL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Farmallgray at aol.com>
To: <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Only Slightly off topic: Shop and Storage building
forFarmall ...

> It sounds like you are building something very similar to mine which I
built
> about 3 yrs ago.
> Mine is 50X72 with the doors centered on the ends. With 50' wide you have
a
> center aisle and can park tractors on either side. I park my vehicles in
the
> center aisle. I can pull any tractor out without moving any others. I only
> have  to move my vehicles. It is layed out similar to a lot of big car
dealer's
> shops.  I wanted to doors on the ends so that I don't have to deal with
snow
> that slides  off the roof in front of the doors. I built mine all myself
with
> materials from  Kentucky steel truss buildings. It uses steel web trusses.
I put
> the shell  up in one summer. From the particular company I got it from
50X72
> was cheaper  per sq ft than 40x80
> was too. Mine is situated east to west, so I get good ventilation when
both
> big doors are open. I didn't want skylights because I was afraid of
leakage,
> and  I didn't want the sun to fade the paint on my tractors. Plus they
weren't
> in the  budget.
> I just put electric to it last fall (200 amp) and I'm wiring it now. I
> eventually want to partition off a 24X50
> area for a shop. I'm on a pretty tight budget, so I work on it as $
permits.
> Todd
>
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