[swmnhay]

Worked with truss supplier a bit. Moving to 48" centres and eliminating overhangs - 30 x 96 building - 2500$ for trusses. Much better, putting them in the running against tarp building.

Price from 2009 cattle shed.

50' long 30" deep bar joists were $540 each. X 20 = $10800

Total materials =$25230

The bar joists were 40% of the material cost of the building

 

[slowzuki]

I have to price wider soon, I think after 32 ft the price per ft2 starts to climb here due to the snow load.
My numbers for 30 x96 are:
Trusses: 2500
18 ft Posts (PT): 26 x 60$ each = 1560
Steel: Approx 4500$ for 3 sides + roof + trim
Purlins/Strapping: 2080
Truss headers: 700
Cement: haven't priced yet, its been going up and down 30% seasonally here.
Total:11340$ plus labour, plus cement + hardware.

The 30 ft straight wall tarp buildings are pricing at 8000$ for the same width/length.

 

[GawasFarm]

I have to price wider soon, I think after 32 ft the price per ft2 starts to climb here due to the snow load.
My numbers for 30 x96 are:
Trusses: 2500
18 ft Posts (PT): 26 x 60$ each = 1560
Steel: Approx 4500$ for 3 sides + roof + trim
Purlins/Strapping: 2080
Truss headers: 700
Cement: haven't priced yet, its been going up and down 30% seasonally here.
Total:11340$ plus labour, plus cement + hardware.

The 30 ft straight wall tarp buildings are pricing at 8000$ for the same width/length.

Lower cost initially yes but what about long term cost. Steel will last a lot longer than tarps! For the extra 5000 or so now you will have a better building in the long run but I like over engineered things anyways. Of course that's in a perfect world and sometimes that extra 5000+ just isn't sitting around with no purpose.

 

[slowzuki]

I had a bit more info, the single tube tarp building has no official snow load rating so any machinery inside isn't going to be insured for collapse. The twin tube truss models can be had with sealed drawings with proper snowload but price is double.

 

[slowzuki]

Back to figuring buildings again! My pad area available is 80 ft wide by 120 ft but access around and into will limit building to about 60 ft wide by 100 long max. Not a chance buying 60 ft trusses, way too expensive.

Trying to figure out the layout for parking haywagons. I'm allowing 10 ft width for parking 8 ft wagons, so 4 abreast in the 40 ft. This needs good approaches to straighten out the wagon as I deliver to folks with 10 ft doors on their barn and its tight. Trying to figure on pulling through with double hitched 24 ft wagons as backing in wagons in a hurry always sucks. I could put a front hitch on the loader to back them in tight I guess but it isn't fast with rain coming.

What do you guys do with long skinny barns? I'm trying to save the lean-to's for parking balers mowers etc with the long face so nothing gets blocked in.

 

[azmike]

Last week I got a price of $11,000 for a 40x60x18 DuroSpan "culvert" style steel building. We have no snow load (ha ha!) and anything built on farm ground is out of the county's reach.