Fabric Building

strum456 · Sep 10, 2019

I'm thinking of putting up a 30x60 (possibly 40 x 60) fabric quonset hut type building for storing some equipment and round bales. I'd like to stack one end full of round bales and leave the other end open so I can pull in equipment.

I'm not sure what would be the best and most cost effective means of anchoring the structure. I've seen a lot of them on posts and on concrete median dividers. Apparently you can anchor some of them right to the ground as well. The site is a high point, so it is well drained and the soil is pretty much all shale. Drilling post holes will be possible with some rented equipment, but drilling isn't always the easiest. I really have no idea what it will cost to get concrete medians, and then I'll have the problem of moving them. I'd probably need to use 2 of our machines at one time to move one of those. I think they are over 4000 lbs.

I'm also interested in any experiences that could be shared about different manufactures, vinyl thickness, etc..

RNeumann · Sep 10, 2019

If the soil can handle these it would be an option to consider.

25 in. Earth Anchor with Auger at Tractor Supply Co.

I’m worried the fabric building won’t last like they advertise. I hope it works out.

bunyip · Sep 10, 2019

Our neighbors had one up for about two years storing graders, trucks etc for a building project nearby, stood up to it with constant traffic movement.
Local fire aathorities tell us there are very few fires with hay stored in open buildings, airflow keeps them cooler and less chance of spontaneous combustion.

strum456 · Sep 10, 2019

RNeumann said:
If the soil can handle these it would be an option to consider.

25 in. Earth Anchor with Auger at Tractor Supply Co.

I知 worried the fabric building won稚 last like they advertise. I hope it works out.

I've thought the same thing. There are a good many around here. I haven't seen any in a torn up mess yet. We have several other buildings, so I'm not looking for anything nice or complicated. Just something to get in stuff that would otherwise have to sit outside.

Imold · Sep 10, 2019

We have a few of those type storage systems around here and some have been up for a lot of years and due fine through blizzards and summer storms, I have a 12x20 and it’s still going strong but one of the sides is wearing through the fabric on corners but that’s the side that gets hit with the harder winds and weather.

Jim.

nybirdman · Sep 10, 2019

Had a friend put one up last year,50x100 ',cost $5,000 and didn't last the first winter.He is building a pole barn next year.

shooterdon · Sep 10, 2019

Hard to believe any fabric that rubs constantly against anything can last very long.

strum456 · Sep 10, 2019

nybirdman said:
Had a friend put one up last year,50x100 ',cost $5,000 and didn't last the first winter.He is building a pole barn next year.

A 50x100 for that price is super cheap from my research. I'm looking at close to 10,000 for a 40x60

Imold · Sep 10, 2019

Mines been up for 5 years and I was only going to use it for 1-2 years but it’s been holding up so well I have left it up, the main thing is to have it anchored down good and the frame bolted tight, think a new main cover is only 99.00 dollars I payed something like 179.00 for it new on sale.

Jim.