tractor shed

[WTA]

I got a new tractor a few months ago that I want to keep looking new and protected from our terrible hail storms around here.
It's a big New holland that is way too tall to fit in my garage. My garage is a large 3 car detached and I thought about raising a doorway to let it in but it's still too tall for the ceiling. By about 3 feet. Now I'm thinking about a shed row on the back of the garage with steel framing but the garage has a high pitched roof that comes down to about an 8 foot height. If I put a shed back there using the back wall of the garage how do I account for the garage roof being much lower than the roof of the tractor shed? Does anyone have any ideas? I'll go take a picture of it if it will help. It's going to have to be about a 12-14 foot ceiling in the shed I figure. That will cover the tractor and any implements I may have attached.

Oh, our house and garage are steel roof. The shed will be too. I also plan to park my too tall horse trailer in there.

 

[Rara Avis]

Additions To House Including Metal Storage Sheds

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[David Ferguson]

You probably need to post some pictures of what your current garage looks like, but if I haven't misinterpreted what you are saying...

Why don't you make your new shed roof just start at the existing ridgeline, and go down to whatever new eave height you want. Because the angle will be shallower than your existing roof, it will just cover that.

 

[WTA]

My tractor is taller than even the lowest part of the metal roof. If I joined the new shed roof to the existing roof, I'd have to go upwards from there by several feet and I'd end up with water collecting in that valley there when it rained.

 

[WTA]

Here's a pic of what I have to work with.

This is where I normally park the tractor and my horse trailer now. That's my garage/gunsmithing shop. I have room to pull the truck in just barely among all the machinery.

What I had thought of originaly was a tall covered carport in front of the shop but my wife thinks it's too redneck looking. I could have parked the tractor and trailer under that with room to still pull the truck in when I wanted.

Then I thought about just an addition in front of the small shop door but she didn't like that idea either. She wants me to put a full length addition in the back to park everything in. The back looks the same as the front except no doors. Does this help with generating some ideas?

 

[mjfox6]

Can you tie into the peak of the existing roof and just use a less steep pitch out over the addition? How about lowering the floor of the addition? You might start a trend..."Yes, we have a sunken garage off of our garage..."

 

[Nasty135]

WTA, You could do something similar to what we did for protecting outside stuff... You could build it next to your garage/shop, at the height that fits your equipment ... It wouldn't look bad at all.. We call it a polevilion

 

[RobJ]

Looks like you might have to go with a separate structure. Or build a shed off the back starting at the ridge line. You can remove that part of the existing roof and reuse it on the new shed roof. With a metal roof I think you can get away with a minimum 1-12 roof pitch.
Rob

 

[bearhawk]

Or build a shed off the back starting at the ridge line. You can remove that part of the existing roof and reuse it on the new shed roof. With a metal roof I think you can get away with a minimum 1-12 roof pitch.
Rob

Maybe like this?

 

[mboulais]

At my old place I build a tractor shed that was just a roof and two sides. High enough to drive tractor thu with rops up. Cedar posts set in ground with metal siding and roofing. Both ends open for drive3 thru access. After the first winter I put a tarp on one end to keep snow from blowing thru and drifting on and around the tractor.