Mother of God Pole Barns are Expensive!

[MinnesotaEric]

Been pricing out adding a 30x40 foot metal pole barn building with a 12' lean to on one side, single roll up door and 4 windows. Got a quote from Morton's Buildings for $40k. A quick estimate from DIY pole barns website puts materials at $27k for the same and an estimated build cost of $12k

Land clearing and excavation is another $9k estimate. Then concrete for the pad at another $8k

I had a budget of $30k I wanted to stay within. Looks like I may just have to settle for putting up a 5 bay 3 sided wooden lean to to keep tractors, attachments, ATVs and mower out of the rain and sun.

Any other companies I should be looking at for the building?

Morton quoted me $38,000 for a hay loft. 40x48 with 2' overhang and 16' sidewalls. No siding. No floor. A local builder quoted me $17K for the same thing.

 

[kenmac]

was tsalking to a friend of mine today that's having a 40x60 built with lean toos on either side.
He had a 1/2 of that closed off making a front 1/2 and a back half. He had the back 1/2 poured in concrete and stubbed out for toilet and water. The back 1/2 is insulated, one roll up door 2 man doors. 25 k. I wished I had taken a pic to post here

 

[jmynsberge]

I am in the process of building a 36x64x16 with two 12x14 overhead doors and a man door on one end, 18x16 split slider on the other. Best price I was quoted was $28,000 for the shell, $8,500 for concrete, and $10,000 for site prep.

I ended up going with a DIY pole barns kit at $16,500 for the shell (minus overhead doors) and $3,500 for concrete. I'm doing it all myself (had some buddies help with trusses and roofing). I couldn't believe how much money they wanted to move some dirt, nail some sticks together, and spread some concrete so I decided it was time to go all in. I now have a 85 John Deere 410B backhoe (I built a set of forks, a 14ft boom pole for forks, and thumb for the hoe), a 89 Dresser TD7E dozer (had to replace the undercarriage), a Grove scissor lift with a 20 ft x 5 ft basket (had a blown duel fuel Kubota that I replaced with Kubota D722 diesel), and Case Ingersoll 444 (had a blown 14hp Koehler gassed that I replaced with Kubota D722 diesel. I also built a custom CAT 1 3-point for the back to pull a landscape rake). In the tool department, I didnt have much for construction tools (never did any construction before this) but I did have mechanics tools. I now have everything needed to build a barn and all the power tools are cordless.

I'm still way under what the contractors had quoted and I was able to get all this equipment and tools. If I can bring myself to sell anything once I'm I really be doing good but, after having the equipment, and knowing it already paid for itself, I don't see it going anywhere.

When I started the project I was skeptical about it not being big enough but everyone told me I was crazy. Needless to say, here I am about 85% done building it and I've already ran out of room.

If I could go back to before I started the project I still wouldn't hire a contractor. On a side note, a buddy of mine was having one built (told me I was crazy for taking on such a big project I knew nothing about) and about the time they got the trusses up, the wind blew the whole thing over.

One thing to remember, nobody will care about the quality of construction of your barn more than you.

 

[Wagtail]

jmynsberge... that is one heck of a "first post"! :laughing:

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

jmynsberge... that is one heck of a "first post"! :laughing:

X2 :thumbsup:

 

[ThirdMan]

I now have a 85 John Deere 410B backhoe (I built a set of forks, a 14ft boom pole for forks, and thumb for the hoe), a 89 Dresser TD7E dozer (had to replace the undercarriage), a Grove scissor lift with a 20 ft x 5 ft basket (had a blown duel fuel Kubota that I replaced with Kubota D722 diesel), and Case Ingersoll 444 (had a blown 14hp Koehler gassed that I replaced with Kubota D722 diesel.

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When I started the project I was skeptical about it not being big enough but everyone told me I was crazy. Needless to say, here I am about 85% done building it and I've already ran out of room.

The paradox of needing the equipment to build the barn, then filling the barn with the equipment.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Kind of like the chicken / egg debate. What came first, the tractors or the barn?

 

[Soldier415]

Thread update.

Decided I would rather use the money I have set aside for the barn to do an addition to the house.

Turn current garage into a master suite (current master bedroom is very small) and longer mud room. Then add a new 3 bay garage with 12' doors and a lean to on the back and far side for attachment storage connected to the house via an open breezeway.

 

[Oldoak]

Kind of like the chicken / egg debate. What came first, the tractors or the barn?

Barns came long before tractors!

But then you knew that. :thumbsup:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My tractor came first.. Then I had to build a barn. Lol