What features/requirements for a shed?

[DK35vince]

bryk,
I put up this pole barn last year, 24'x24',with a 2a limestone gravel floor for around $3500 total.(storage only)
The door is sliding 12' wide x 8' high(works very well and the tractor goes in without folding the ROPS).
If you can go bigger do it,I quickly ran out of room.

 

[DK35vince]

One more.

 

[bryk]

I suspect you are right, WVBill! I will be able to take off the
FEL and back blade and use dollies to move them around. But,
the 60" mid-mount mower would require more than 60" shed
width beyond the tractor (i.e., I'd have to be able to slide the
MMM out from the tractor,). That's a lotta width for a rectangular
shed. Maybe a pole barn is the way to go, as a later poster (forgot
the name at the moment) is suggesting.

 

[bryk]

Sorry! My terminology wasn't precise. I should not have said
"beams" as I am simply talking floor joists. 4X4 floor joists and
rims are what I used on three sheds I built a couple summers
ago, for storing stuff. Picture of foundations attached. In this
picture, I am standing on one foundation (which has 3/4"
plywood down), the next shed has the joists in place, and the
third shed just has footers.

 

[Hoeman00]

I've got a 30x40 shop and put on 20' addition on one side,
for machine shop, when u build go high on main building
(mines 14.5') then if u want to add on later it will be
much easier.
I've also got a 30x54 pole barn w/12x30 roof off back
and 18x54 roof on one side.
Good place to store implements and 10k board ft. of
hardwoods.
I can't forget the 40x100 bank barn too, these are good
places to store JUNK,there is stuff in there that I forgot
I even have

 

[bryk]

> BUILD THE BIGGEST BUIDING YOU CAN AFFORD.


I neglected to mention that I built three 12X12 sheds a couple
years ago. One for lawn/garden, one for a tool shop. The
tractor shed will just be for tractor stuff. Fuel and implements. So,
I suppose I am trying to build the smallest that will fit the need...
but you great folks on this forum are helping me understand my needs!

 

[cowboydoc]

I'll have to second every comment here. Def. go with overhead doors and go as big as you can afford. You will cuss the building everytime it's not big enough. It's easy to say now that you won't need the extra space and you can get by smaller but as soon as you start actually using it those plans go out the window. You will ask yourself everytime you don't have enough room why you didn't go bigger. Another thing I didn't see mentioned was electric. I would definitely just spend the money and put the electric in there now. There are just too many times that electric is a must. It never hurts to have lights. Even in the bright daylight with only a few windows it will be somewhat dark in there. If you ever have to work on anything you will be sorry there isn't light in there. The first time you trip on something in the dark and fall down it will be worth the electric too.

One last thing to remember you will forget the added cost of the building after a few months. But you will remember the inadeq. of the building everytime you go out to use it.

 

[Knight9]

Bryk,

Last year I built a shed in the same size range as you are proposing. I built it that size for a couple of reasons. I knew it was a temporary shelter for the tractor and a double detached garage was in the future plans. I also knew I would "reuse" the shed for other items (ie garden stuff, chicken coop, etc) and it would be large enough. Thus I went with the double doors to open and I'm going to add a man door on the side once I section off the shed into with an internal partition wall.

My point is that the shed was certainly too small to be the permanent long term solution for tractor and implement storage.

Picture of the <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/forumfiles/35-149061-StorageShed.jpg>shed</A>. For scale, that is a B2410 and the 60" MMM on the ground next to it. The blue tarp is covering a skidoo.

Kevin

 

[rdbrumfield]

Nice place to keep your tractor cozy. And I am sure in your court about how big to go. The one thing is to be sure to allow for shelves- lots of them. Lawn chemicals, oil,tools and support needs have to have a place too. And you still have to ba able to walk around in there.
something that might help is to lay out the equipment you have like you would park it, allow for shelves and walking areas, and stake it on open ground, then double it. Should be big enough for a coupld years until you have to expand for more toys.

 

[Knight9]

<font color=blue>Nice place to keep your tractor cozy</font color=blue>

It certainly was cozy....too cozy!! So now the tractor is in the double detached I built. Not as cozy...but a lot more roomy! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Kevin