sequoyah101
Silver Member
- Joined
- Nov 13, 2009
- Messages
- 157
- Location
- East Central Oklahoma
- Tractor
- CaseIH 50A, CaseIH JX95, CaseIH JX80, Allis 190XT, Daewoo DD80L Dozer, Schaeff SKL831 Loader, Komatsu PC40-7 Trackhoe, JCB 210S TLB, JD750, JD820, Kubota FR3680, Kioti Mechron
Rob-bilt did a very nice job on our newest barn. Took them less than 10 days to build it in terrible weather at the end of last year. Now almost all the stuff is inside and locked up instead of just being under cover. Yahoo!
The construction is straight and true. Materials are very good. Workmanship is very professional and the builder even called to ask if I was satisfied. What a change from the normal by most. I would put them up against any other builder including Morton or Cleary but you have to make the effort to raise the standard so far as features are concerned. They are a working man's barn builder normally meaning no frills.
Just a little problem in clarity of contract. I suggest that you enhance the detail of the standard contract with drawings and a more complete listing of details if you have many. Their form does not have enough space for clarity. We had a couple of boo-boos on the color of the soffit and fascia and the track covers, they should have all been green.
We put our poles extra deep and set them in ready-mix instead of quick-crete and crowned the concrete. This is well worth the extra effort and small additional cost. We made some enhancements such as closer truss spacing, 2x6 side girts, Wainscot, eaves, cupolas, huge door openings (24' clear span), aluminum / galv. steel sliding door frames etc. Over built is our motto most of the time. The trusses are straight as a string and it looks really nice. It is a 120 mph building and we have the corner bracing in all directions. We may add some kickers from the poles to the trusses though. Even my wife was impressed and she is hardly ever happy with anything at the farm.
Still need to grade the floor and get the shop end concrete in. It was just too wet at the end of last year to get the fill in and grade the site.
I'll use Rob-Bilt again for the upcoming hay and working pen barn. Pictures are too big to upload and I don't like to mess with resizing.
The construction is straight and true. Materials are very good. Workmanship is very professional and the builder even called to ask if I was satisfied. What a change from the normal by most. I would put them up against any other builder including Morton or Cleary but you have to make the effort to raise the standard so far as features are concerned. They are a working man's barn builder normally meaning no frills.
Just a little problem in clarity of contract. I suggest that you enhance the detail of the standard contract with drawings and a more complete listing of details if you have many. Their form does not have enough space for clarity. We had a couple of boo-boos on the color of the soffit and fascia and the track covers, they should have all been green.
We put our poles extra deep and set them in ready-mix instead of quick-crete and crowned the concrete. This is well worth the extra effort and small additional cost. We made some enhancements such as closer truss spacing, 2x6 side girts, Wainscot, eaves, cupolas, huge door openings (24' clear span), aluminum / galv. steel sliding door frames etc. Over built is our motto most of the time. The trusses are straight as a string and it looks really nice. It is a 120 mph building and we have the corner bracing in all directions. We may add some kickers from the poles to the trusses though. Even my wife was impressed and she is hardly ever happy with anything at the farm.
Still need to grade the floor and get the shop end concrete in. It was just too wet at the end of last year to get the fill in and grade the site.
I'll use Rob-Bilt again for the upcoming hay and working pen barn. Pictures are too big to upload and I don't like to mess with resizing.
Post them at a hosting site and link to them. A photo is worth a 1000 words... and you only wrote 365 of them