[AT] Talking about shops/sheds

Mon Feb 14 19:11:04 PST 2011

I'll jump in here; my shop is 40 x 60 & none too large.  It's an all steel
building; welded together on site.  Floor is all concrete.  The climate here
is such that I seldom work out there when it's cold unless an "emergency"
arises.  I do have a pellet stove (found it cheap on craigslist) but about
all it's good for is quick "warm-up" in front of it; get a few feet away &
you never know it's burning.  I have 12' side walls & 10' doors; 14'
sidewalls & 12' doors would be better (my "new to me" Ford 9600 with air
conditioned cab won't quite make it under the 10' door.  I think if I really
needed to get it all the way into the shop I could by letting about half the
air out of the rear tires but so far I've just put the nose in when I had to
overhaul the air conditioner on it.

Hope this helps   

Lew near Waco, TX

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John,

How high is your door/ceiling?

I do want to have a small room in the corner with a sink, toilet, and room
for a desk/tool storage.  My notion is then to keep all my tractor books,
old Red Power's and related stuff there.

I know that whatever I build will probably be too small!  I do also hope to
add a lean-to shed around the ends and one side, where I can store stuff
that needs a roof over its head but doesn't necessarily have to be in an
enclosed building.

Thanks,
Al

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>From: John & Jan Paur <johnjanpaur2 at directcon.net>
>Sent: Feb 14, 2011 8:49 PM
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>Al, Ten years ago I was exactly where you are, building a new house and 
>shop/tractor shed.  I built a 36x60 frame building with text. plywood 
>(T-111) exterior.  The shop portion is 20x36 and has concrete floor and a 
>wood stove for heat.  The tractor shed is the remainder - 40x36.  It has a 
>dirt floor.  Some thoughts.  The 20x36 shop is fine and about the right 
>size.  I can tear down a tractor and rebuild it OK in that space.  It does 
>have a 6x18 beam across that supports two chain hoists for pulling/hoisting

>engines, transmissions etc.  In one corner is a small room with a sink and 
>urinal.  It has 220v to support a welder.  The tractor shed part is TOO 
>SMALL. I park tractors along each wall and have about a 12ft. alley.  To do

>it over, I would make it 40ft. wide to more easily get tractors in and out 
>and probably 80 or 100ft. long, giving me a 60 or 80ft tractor shed.  The 
>only drawback to the dirt floor is that the tractors get very dusty
quickly. 
>Just my thoughts.  John
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 3:59 PM
>Subject: [AT] Talking about shops/sheds
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>
>> Not to go into too much detail, my wife and I hope to build a house soon.
>>
>> Along with it, I want a real, concrete floored, maybe with a woodstove, 
>> place to work on my relics out of the rain, shop.  A good
friend/colleague 
>> and I were talking today, he's a licensed electrician and has done 
>> masonry/construction most of his life before he started teaching.  We got

>> on the subject of shops and I asked him what was the "best" in terms of 
>> cost.
>>
>> He's a big fan of cinderblock construction.  I have always leaned towards

>> pole barns, mostly from all of those beautiful Morton Buildings ads in 
>> Successful Farming magazine I have looked at since I was a kid....he said

>> by the time I bought the metal for the siding, I could spend about the 
>> same amount for cinderblocks.
>>
>> So I know this has been hashed and re-hashed in some way or another, but 
>> what's the "best?"  Pole barn, masonry, or what?  I want this to be my 
>> "forever" shop, and want it to last.  I know it won't be big enough, etc.

>> etc. etc.  BTW I'm thinking about something like a 30x50 or 30x60, with 
>> part of it being bona-fide shop and the rest storage/machinery parking.
I 
>> want at least a 12' high door, for "real" farm equipment as well as 
>> antiques, 14' if I can afford it. What kind of cost/square foot to build,

>> etc?
>>
>> One thing I am thinking on is pouring the floor only for the actual 
>> "shop," (about 30x30)and having a wall separating the rest from the
"shop" 
>> and then gravel for the rest of the floor as a way to cut costs. 
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> This is a bit rambling I know, but I'd like to  get some thoughts and 
>> Ideas.  The #1 consideration is cost, but the building must be durable. 
>> The whole thing may be a pipe dream but if we build a home as we plan, 
>> this may be my only chance....
>>
>> Have at it,
>> Al
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