It's Time For A New Pole Barn

[muir]

It's time for a new pole barn . Are there any country boys (or girls) that build them here? Or know someone who does? A crew from the midwest did my last one. I want to give the work to ganja people if I can.

 

[Stalks]

I can't help you but in my part of the country I'm having a hard time finding someone to build one. But I know money talks so someone will come around!

 

[muir]

it's pretty easy. There are roving crews from the couple town in the midwest that are "hubs" for the supply companies. They roll up with a trailer and a crew..... and some crank. They bust is out and move on, leaving only a little pile of scrap. It's pretty amazing. but I prefer to see if there are locals competitively priced.

 

[Stalks]

What size are you talking about building?
Locally I was quoted 22-24 k for a 30x50 with gambrel trusses to have an insulated loft. That's not including the slab

 

[muir]

I would think you're 3-5k high there.
I am just pricing this so I'll let you know what I find out on prices.
I'm leaning towards a 40x 48.
I'm not sure where you are and what is required. My snow and wind load require 4' intervals on the timbers so I bet you could have a 52' structure at little to no extra cost.

 

[muir]

I was just quoted $10/sf as a base number to work with since i don't know exactly the dimensions I want yet.
I'm getting $4/sf numbers on the slab

 

[Seed Buyer]

why do they call them pole barns? Why not just get a metal building? Or are they all the same thing.

 

[muir]

a "metal" buildings often uses a clear span metal structural beam system and a pole barn uses a timber frame structure with a metal skin.

....and of course I will insulate it.

 

[Texas Kid]

Pole barns are a little cheaper than steel buildings and the vertical supports for a pole barn are usually sunk in the ground with casons and a steel building the supports usually rest on the concrete floor foundation. Pole barns are wood which is more pleasing to the eye than steel, especially in a rural setting...one cool thing about pole barns is you can build the whole thing without pouring your concrete floor and then use the exterior walls of the building as your forms to pour the concrete floor, just add reinforcements steel/rebar. Once you set the poles you can do all the framing up to the truss line pretty much on your own and then one day with a crane crew or high lift crew to set the roof trusses and deck it then you can finish the rest yourself pretty easy...takes a little longer though..a good crew should knock a 40x48 in a couple days to a week start to finish

 

[muir]

the crew that did mine, shit & git. 2 days later there was only a pile of ends of lumber.

 

[Seed Buyer]

Took an idiot "contractor" 18 months to erect and finish my 6,000 foot metal building kit! Live and learn I guess.

 

[muir]

Took an idiot "contractor" 18 months to erect and finish my 6,000 foot metal building kit! Live and learn I guess.

my barn is nowhere near as big as your building and not a metal building but damn, a year and a half? that must of been frustrating.

 

[Seed Buyer]

Yeah, I was paying interest only on the loan until I got my CO, so dude cost me an extra $200K in bank payments. Bad sign when you roll up on your contractor drinking Budweiser on the site at 10 am on a Tuesday morning. Mine is a retail business not a grow though.