Where does your tractor sleep?

[kneedeep]

That is a good size for my needs as well. Mind if I ask how much $$?

 

[Magicman710]

That is a good size for my needs as well. Mind if I ask how much $$?

$6000.

I'm thinking of pouring a slab and enclosing it this year, but I'm kind of wearing about doing that with the slope that its built on.

 

[fivepoint]

My New Holland T4.75 sleeps in our 35'x55' Morton Barn. The barn has a nice entertaining loft which gets a lot of use in the warmer months.

Hoping to have the barn insulated (R25 open-cell spray foam) by early March as long as everything goes well and we get a few warm days to spray.

 

[Carl_NH]

Hoping to have the barn insulated (R25 open-cell spray foam) by early March as long as everything goes well and we get a few warm days to spray.

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Fivepoint -

Very nice barn with the loft! On your open cell foam - is this a DIY or contracted out and are you doing the whole barn or select area?

Curious on the cost PSF and did you consider doing 1" spray and batt combination?

 

[Carl_NH]

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[fivepoint]

Fivepoint -

Very nice barn with the loft! On your open cell foam - is this a DIY or contracted out and are you doing the whole barn or select area?

Curious on the cost PSF and did you consider doing 1" spray and batt combination?

Thanks man - the open cell foam will be contracted out. It's a 55'x35' barn with a 12/12 roof pitch. My goal is to get to R30 on the ceiling and R20 on the walls. I've had everything from $22,000 for closed-cell to $8,500 for open cell quoted to me - decided to probably go with the $8500 open cell bid.

From what I'm hearing, the vapor barrier benefit of the closed-cell is really pointless when the open cell is sprayed as thick as we're planning. (tell me if this is wrong) This will be around 5.5" on the walls, and 7.5" on the ceiling. (haven't calculated the PSF)

Did not consider using batt - but I am considering using 1" hard foam next to the steel to prevent the spray foam from sticking to the steel (for easy replacement).

Biggest question remaining is how to do the door - best for insulation would be to replace the existing rolling doors with a high quality over head door - but it kind of ruins the aesthetic - so I'm not sure what we'll do.

 

[Paul Thornton]

Leave the existing doors and put on the insulated overhead door too. It will look the same from the outside.

 

[fivepoint]

Leave the existing doors and put on the insulated overhead door too. It will look the same from the outside.

Great idea, Paul - hadn't thought of that - could definitely work.
If I wanted to do it right, I suppose I'd add an automatic opener to the sliding doors as well which activate automatically along with the overhead.

 

[bullebak]

I have some experience in leaving the tractor under the stars/trees (not by choice). Over 7 years the following issues gradually arose:

1. Faded handgrips
2. Cracked seat in various places
3. Faulty ignition switch
4. Massive amounts of dust, leaves and twigs everywhere in engine compartment and elsewhere
5. Rusty slasher & other implements (despite periodical spraying with anti-corrosion stuff)

Paint held up very well. Of course, servicing the machine is no fun in the forest.

Once I completed moving a shed from the house in town, but just before it could be secured to the ground, an enormous storm lifted the whole thing up in the air smashing it to bits.

This is undeveloped land (60 acres), but more recently got a permit for a farmshed (before lodging house planning permit application) so things are looking up.

Primarily I use the machine for pushing soil around and spraying gorse/blackberries (lifetime work). Projects completed or near completion include the driveway from the road (80m x 4m), culvert pipes, dam (see avatar), several creek crossings, shed site, house site and numerous others.

Here some pics of work in progress. Concretors have threatened to do the floor next week (7.6m x 18m) after many months of delays, after which I can complete the walls.

It has 5 bays (2 secured with roller doors and 3 open with option to fit rollers doors there too).

 

[GaryLock]

Leave the existing doors and put on the insulated overhead door too. It will look the same from the outside.

Cool idea. It will look like the beginning of the old Get Smart TV show.