Do You Have a Tractor Shed/Barn?

[newbury]

So it is a shed, and not a "shop" in my opinion.

What is needed to make it a shop?

 

[ultrarunner]

I’ve found being able to use a jack very helpful and dirt or gravel is problematic…

 

[jyoutz]

Here’s my barn. Double doors are 12’ high and each door is 7’ wide. The barn is 40x60’. The tractor and other equipment is stored in the barn. The carports are for my truck, trailers, and pto implements.

 

[wolc123]

Mine is a 40x70 steel building with gravel floor, power and lights, but no heat or insulation.

So it is a shed, and not a "shop" in my opinion.

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The one and only time it was empty (just after closing on the house, lol).

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Just another day... normally the 5th wheel is parked in there too (and all winter), but it's out next to the house in this pic.

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I love the gravel floor in my pole barn for multiple reasons. First, its no big deal if a tractor drips a little oil on it or a boat leaks some water out of the bilge or live wells. Second, if a little extra clearance is needed to fit something thru the overhead door (like a camper roof top air conditioner), it’s no big deal to scrape out a few inches of gravel to make room.

I do have a couple of shops in there (one also insulated and heated) with concrete floors though, and also have it under my side porch. Sometimes the concrete is nice, like for woodworking for ease of chip cleanup.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

What is needed to make it a shop?

Well, lets see, in no particular order:

Concrete floor for rolling equipment, jacks, etc around, better overhead lighting for doing detail work, and heat and insulation for our winters here. Also need to do shelving down the walls at some point.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

I like concrete for doing maintenance, woodworking, honey harvesting, really anything. My tool chests roll easy, my workbench does too. Easy to keep clean.

 

[jyoutz]

I like concrete for doing maintenance, woodworking, honey harvesting, really anything. My tool chests roll easy, my workbench does too. Easy to keep clean.View attachment 864741View attachment 864742View attachment 864743View attachment 864744

That is an amazing shop. It looks far larger than 30x40

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

That is an amazing shop. It looks far larger than 30x40

This one is 40x60. A little larger than my house

 

[wolc123]

This one is 40x60. A little larger than my house

That’s similar square footage to mine (36 x 50 main with 10 x 25 back enclosed shed, 6 x 25 back lean-to woodshed, and 10 x 25 side porch.

The main walls are 12 ft high. I really like the 10 ft truss spacing on this Stockade building because it lets me utilize lots of that upper enclosed space. I am storing lumber recovered from my great great grandads old post and beam barns up there right now.

 

[oosik]

WoW!!! My 1600 SF house would easily fit in your shop - Clover. This is my carport and shed for the tractor. Most of my implements sit on pallets - out in the orchard. Those with moving parts - Wally chipper and Land Pride grapple - are under cover.

Take notice - my nice green lawn is a field of dead grass by July of the year. The first couple of years we were here - I watered the heck out of it. Ended up with a yard full of dead wet grass. It will spring back to life and be green again with the fall rains.

It's just the way Mother Nature operates.