Advice on building a tractor shed?

[bmaverick]

Several TBN members are not into building, but have it delivered and dropped in the perfect spot to use. Most are delivered within 50 miles for free delivery.
A 8x20 runs $1,800 to $2,400.

8x20 deep.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

I'm arguing with the city/county building department about placing a pair of 30-ft shipping containers with side doors, 24-ft apart on a raised concrete foundation, then roofing over the gap and installing a metal roof system. The code explicitly forbids them, but being a licensed engineer, I have the legal right to go outside code. Their big objection is they are ugly. My argument is when I sheath them with LP Smart siding, they will look fine. And, it is the least expensive way to get a rodent proof, highly fire resistant structure. Working on drawing it up, so I can do architectural renderings.

 

[dfkrug]

.If we took the techniques used in mobile home manufacturing and made standardized modules using quality components, we might be able to get the cost of homes down a little, get them built better and more quickly than now.

What you describe is a panelized house.

Back in the 90s, I visited a factory near Sacramento that was building panelized houses. Walls were built in a jig to standards that were higher than manufactured houses. But still 2x6 wood frame with wooden siding. The nearly-finished walls were trucked to the site and nailed together.

Around that time, I found a builder for a local friend to build his new house that way. After it was done, the builder said is was kind of a wash in terms of cost and speed. Framing a house might be 10% of the building effort after all.

Yeah, most houses in the US are built (framed) like they were 100+ years ago. Small changes in framing did happen: platform-framing instead balloon-framing around the turn of the 20th century. Plywood replaced planks after WW2. 2x6s now, instead of 2x4s for more insulation. Not exactly built to last.

 

[ArlyA]

Several TBN members are not into building, but have it delivered and dropped in the perfect spot to use. Most are delivered within 50 miles for free delivery.
A 8x20 runs $1,800 to $2,400.

8x20 deep.
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All the tractors we have looked at are slightly to tall to fit in a high shipping container...