Prefab Metal Pole Barn

[BKhunter]

Hey All,

 

Does anyone have recommendations for companies for prefab metal pole barns? Was looking at buying land and starting with that with the possibility of taking a section for a small bunk area. Want to store ATV, tractor and boat in there and also have a butchering station for deer so think something somewhat large. Was curious if anyone did this before. Thanks in advance. 

 

BK

[land 1]

Check RLS Structures they built my pole barn just the shell, windows, doors  and i did inside work .. insulated , walls, floor etc. and made into a nice camp my building was 24x 36 if i remeber,,,they had it up in just over one day, easy to work with and well priced well that was 2016 so not sure what costs are now...

[wolc123]

Not sure what the cost would be today, but I’d guess about 1.5X.  This Stockade Buildings (ships from Ohio) 36 x 50 x 12,  with (2)  10  x  25 porches was $ 27k in 2018.  

I would have made the side porch the full 50 ft length, but it was to close to my old timber framed barn.  When that leaning old barn fell over, it landed within 1/4” of the new pole barn’s 25 ft long side porch.  

The rubble in front in the picture is the old barn, after it fell.  

One thing I like about the Stockade building compared to some of the others, is the 10 ft truss spacing, which makes for lots of useful overhead storage space.  

[BKhunter]

Would you all recommend the metal buildings over say doing the Amish barns?

[wolc123]

3 hours ago, BKhunter said:

Would you all recommend the metal buildings over say doing the Amish barns?

The nice thing about metal buildings is that they are essentially maintenance free.   I used to keep all of my “stuff” on a couple old timber-framed 36 x 46 x 16 barns that my great great grandad built in the 1880’s.

 I imagine that the Amish built wood barns of today are similar, but probably don’t use American chestnut as the primary material, like the old ones did.  
 

Another thing I don’t miss about those old barns, was all the dust that built up on everything stored inside because wind could blow right thru the gaps in the siding boards.  A boat, stored inside thru the winter would have 1/16” of dust in it in the spring.  Now, my boat comes out of my metal pole barn in the spring just as clean as it was when it went in in the fall.  
 

The wood does have a more comfortable “feel” inside though.  I was able to recreate that, with shops and a loft, inside my new metal building using “free” materials recovered from the two old barns that I demo’d.  

 

Stockade is very thorough in protecting their stuff during transport.  Each bundle of gray steel was protected by a same gauge sheet of green.  I used those, and more recovered materials (post and beams, rafters, etc) to add a 7 x 25 lean -to woodshed on the back of the back porch.  

Edited June 30, 2023 by wolc123

[BKhunter]

13 minutes ago, wolc123 said:

The nice thing about metal buildings is that they are essentially maintenance free.   I used to keep all of my “stuff” on a couple old timber-framed 36 x 46 x 16 barns that my great great grandad built in the 1880’s.

 I imagine that the Amish built wood barns of today are similar, but probably don’t use American chestnut as the primary material, like the old ones did.  
 

Another thing I don’t miss about those old barns, was all the dust that built up on everything stored inside because wind could blow right thru the gaps in the siding boards.  A boat, stored inside thru the winter would have 1/16” of dust in it in the spring.  Now, my boat comes out of my metal pole barn in the spring just as clean as it was when it went in in the fall.  
 

The wood does have a more comfortable “feel” inside though.  I was able to recreate that, with shops and a loft, inside my new metal building using “free” materials recovered from the two old barns that I demo’d.  

 

Stockade is very thorough in protecting their stuff during transport.  Each bundle of gray steel was protected by a same gauge sheet of green.  I used those, and more recovered materials (post and beams, rafters, etc) to add a 7 x 25 lean -to woodshed on the back of the back porch.  

THANK YOU!!

[landtracdeerhunter]

DDid

 

Did you ever consider a barnominium?

[Lawdwaz]

On 6/30/2023 at 12:19 PM, wolc123 said:

The nice thing about metal buildings is that they are essentially maintenance free.   I used to keep all of my “stuff” on a couple old timber-framed 36 x 46 x 16 barns that my great great grandad built in the 1880’s.

 I imagine that the Amish built wood barns of today are similar, but probably don’t use American chestnut as the primary material, like the old ones did.  
 

Another thing I don’t miss about those old barns, was all the dust that built up on everything stored inside because wind could blow right thru the gaps in the siding boards.  A boat, stored inside thru the winter would have 1/16” of dust in it in the spring.  Now, my boat comes out of my metal pole barn in the spring just as clean as it was when it went in in the fall.  
 

The wood does have a more comfortable “feel” inside though.  I was able to recreate that, with shops and a loft, inside my new metal building using “free” materials recovered from the two old barns that I demo’d.  

 

Stockade is very thorough in protecting their stuff during transport.  Each bundle of gray steel was protected by a same gauge sheet of green.  I used those, and more recovered materials (post and beams, rafters, etc) to add a 7 x 25 lean -to woodshed on the back of the back porch.  

Probably 2x what you paid 5 years ago.  

[wolc123]

2 hours ago, Lawdwaz said:

Probably 2x what you paid 5 years ago.  

I’m guessing more like 1.5 but I haven’t bought a piece of lumber since COVID.  I did spend $20 at TSC for nails and lag bolts to finish the lean-to though.  I still have a 5 gallon bucket or so of the old iron square nails, that were still in good shape, and I pulled out of those old barns. 

 

[BKhunter]

On 7/1/2023 at 12:06 PM, landtracdeerhunter said:

DDid

 

Did you ever consider a barnominium?

I didn't but not a bad idea. Any specific companies you know of?

[landtracdeerhunter]

On 7/7/2023 at 5:57 AM, BKhunter said:

I didn't but not a bad idea. Any specific companies you know of?

I do not. Ton of ads on You Tube.  I would have built one  myself , few years ago,  but then went with a less expensive option.  Their pricey. I understand it tougher to get a mortgage on one.