Mother of God Pole Barns are Expensive!

[cat fever]

My tractor came first.. Then I had to build a barn. Lol

I did it the same way buckeyefarmer.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I had 2 tractors before the barn, but the small Massey fit in my shed. I got so much stuff in my barn, I might have to start putting it back in the shed.

 

[GLyford]

As kids, we had just finished helping dad build a shed, when he found an Allis B for sale. Stripped and repainted, replaced the brake shoes, muffler, tune-up, repadded the seat. We even talked him into a set of decals. Nice setup, had the hydraulics, a cultivator set, the left and right land plows that tucked under the tractor, and he later found a midmount sickle bar.

So I was looking at the shed...then walked to the other side of the house where the tractor was sitting in the driveway. "Dad, I bet the tractor will fit in the shed...just." So he tried it. Sure enough, with about 2" on either side, and maybe an inch at the top of the muffler. Drove it all the way in and closed the door. Opened it again, and backed it out. "Yes, it fits...but that's the last time the tractor goes in the shed," he said as he filled it full of shovels, wheelbarrows, lawn mowers and such.

He did compromise a little, though. He put the seat cushion inside, and put a soup can on the muffler (always fun to see how high it would go if you "forgot" to remove it first).

 

[Oldpath05]

I am in the process of building a 36x64x16 with two 12x14 overhead doors and a man door on one end, 18x16 split slider on the other. Best price I was quoted was $28,000 for the shell, $8,500 for concrete, and $10,000 for site prep.

I ended up going with a DIY pole barns kit at $16,500 for the shell (minus overhead doors) and $3,500 for concrete. I'm doing it all myself (had some buddies help with trusses and roofing). I couldn't believe how much money they wanted to move some dirt, nail some sticks together, and spread some concrete so I decided it was time to go all in. I now have a 85 John Deere 410B backhoe (I built a set of forks, a 14ft boom pole for forks, and thumb for the hoe), a 89 Dresser TD7E dozer (had to replace the undercarriage), a Grove scissor lift with a 20 ft x 5 ft basket (had a blown duel fuel Kubota that I replaced with Kubota D722 diesel), and Case Ingersoll 444 (had a blown 14hp Koehler gassed that I replaced with Kubota D722 diesel. I also built a custom CAT 1 3-point for the back to pull a landscape rake). In the tool department, I didnt have much for construction tools (never did any construction before this) but I did have mechanics tools. I now have everything needed to build a barn and all the power tools are cordless.

I'm still way under what the contractors had quoted and I was able to get all this equipment and tools. If I can bring myself to sell anything once I'm I really be doing good but, after having the equipment, and knowing it already paid for itself, I don't see it going anywhere.

When I started the project I was skeptical about it not being big enough but everyone told me I was crazy. Needless to say, here I am about 85% done building it and I've already ran out of room.

If I could go back to before I started the project I still wouldn't hire a contractor. On a side note, a buddy of mine was having one built (told me I was crazy for taking on such a big project I knew nothing about) and about the time they got the trusses up, the wind blew the whole thing over.

One thing to remember, nobody will care about the quality of construction of your barn more than you.

At first it must've seemed daunting bout the time that trailer truck showed up with all the lumber on it. I built my 26'x36'x14' garage with all cordless tools, the only way to build anything, no blanking power cords catching on something or tangled up, drive me insane and I wouldn't have far to go.

Did anyone hit the panic button when all those trusses blew down or atleast speak in tongues, that was one of my concerns when I started getting my 14' high walls up, so I braced everything every which way but loose, thank God for today's lag screws, I bought a bunch of these in assorted lengths, what a time saver>> SPAX 1/4 in. x 6 in. Powerlag Hex Drive Washer Head Zinc Coated Lag Screw (5 per Box)-4571171525 - The Home Depot

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My 30x46x12 pole barn package was under $10k about 10 yrs ago.

 

[Oldpath05]

Barns came long before tractors!

But then you knew that. :thumbsup:

But horse power came before barns......and why'd the turkey cross the road?

 

[Oldpath05]

Thread update.

Decided I would rather use the money I have set aside for the barn to do an addition to the house.

Turn current garage into a master suite (current master bedroom is very small) and longer mud room. Then add a new 3 bay garage with 12' doors and a lean to on the back and far side for attachment storage connected to the house via an open breezeway.

The wife put her foot down right, I know how that is.

 

[TomSeller]

..and why'd the turkey cross the road?

Here we go again, questioning the motives of a Turkey.

 

[BAP]

One thing to remember when trying to compare prices for pole barns on here is to take into consideration where the poster is located. Costs for building in a location that never sees frost in the ground and never has a snow load is going to be way less than an area that has to build for 3-4' of frost and a 65lb/square foot snow load. Some of the pictures people post of their pole barns on here would collapse during a normal winter around my location.

 

[Soldier415]

The wife put her foot down right, I know how that is.

She brought up the idea for the first time the other day and it actually made a lot of sense.