Pole Barn VS Red Steel building - Need some more advice

[747driver]

36' x 48' x 14' + 2 big doors, Morton building (unfinished inside) with 5" concrete floor, cost me just under 12K, 34 years ago.
I wonder what that would cost now?

Ours will be 30x50x16. $40,000 turnkey. No concrete though, I will do that later myself.

 

[fried1765]

Thanks. Just say the 2 words that make a marriage work, "Yes dear".

Ours will be 30x50x16. $40,000 turnkey. No concrete though, I will do that later myself.

You will never be sorry that you bought a Morton!
(maybe I should be a salesman for them)

 

[MacLawn]

I wonder you don't see 32', 34', 36' x whatever, only 30'? I need a 34'x34' pole barn or steel building.

 

[747driver]

I wonder you don't see 32', 34', 36' x whatever, only 30'? I need a 34'x34' pole barn or steel building.

You can get any size you want. I think though some sizes are standard which keeps material cost lower. Also it has to do with post and or main frame spacing.

 

[747driver]

I wonder you don't see 32', 34', 36' x whatever, only 30'? I need a 34'x34' pole barn or steel building.

You can get any size you want. I think though some sizes are standard which keeps material cost lower. Also it has to do with post and or main frame spacing.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Well that was painful. Just got off the phone with the (somewhat local) Morton guy. He is quoting me $50 a sq ft. Yes, I am not kidding. For those of you who spent 20K on a barn 10 years ago, you are sitting on a goldmine.

 

[Peter 315]

Well that was painful. Just got off the phone with the (somewhat local) Morton guy. He is quoting me $50 a sq ft. Yes, I am not kidding. For those of you who spent 20K on a barn 10 years ago, you are sitting on a goldmine.

That can't be right seems to high:confused3:

 

[Peter 315]

I found my Morton proposal 2/14/17 36' x 60' 14' side wall height style 306 was 48,644.00 no floor or electric one man door 14'x16' sliding doors on one end

 

[Stimw]

I had this 14' X 40' X 60' red iron put up in summer 2015 for under $40,000. including concrete, me hanging the doors.

I built a 12' X 40' X 50' pole barn by myself at my last property! I did have a 6000 lb Yale Forklift helping me.
I bought old power poles cut to 6" X 6" from a local guy for $2. a foot. Creosote still dripping from them.

 

[WM75Guy]

Nice barn what size and how many stalls ?:thumbsup:

Well that was painful. Just got off the phone with the (somewhat local) Morton guy. He is quoting me $50 a sq ft. Yes, I am not kidding. For those of you who spent 20K on a barn 10 years ago, you are sitting on a goldmine.

We built in 2009. Ours is a 36'X48' with 5 stalls, tack room with washer/dryer &HVAC, bathroom, and wash rack. Morton did the walls, concrete, and fly spry system. I sub-contracted out the electrical, plumbing, HVAC, septic, burglar & fire alarm system, and dirt pad with select fill. My Morton salesman recommended that as his prices would be too high. Morton's share was $75,000 which works out to about $43/sq ft. All total I have about $100,000 in it so $58/sq ft.

If I had to do it again I wouldn't hesitate a minute. Morton's people are top notch. You couldn't find a nail or screw in the grass after they left. Any left over lumber I got to keep if I wanted it. Trash was picked up every night and placed in their trash trailer. They furnished their own port-o-potty separate from the GC's potty. They worked great with my subs. I have had zero issues with the Morton part of the building. Did have some HVAC issues but my sub changed out the whole system under warranty.