Best company to build a new shed/ shop?
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Topic: Best company to build a new shed/ shop?
Posted By: spencefarm
Subject: Best company to build a new shed/ shop?
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2018 at 10:11pm
| We are looking at putting up a 60x80 shed with a 24x30 wood shop in it. I've talked to Morton buildings. I'm getting with FBI buildings tomorrow as well as Cleary. Is there anybody else I should look at and does anybody have any experience dealing with any of these? |
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Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2018 at 11:49pm
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FBI is owned by the Bahler Family,,,,,,,, and are relaed to most of the AC's at Fairbury.................. They build a good building for a fair price. If you go with them, you wont believe how fast a building can be built!!!!!!!!!! Depending on size, I doubt if it will take the second day! And their building will be every b it the equal of the other two. My uncle had a Morton, and it has been a good building,,,,,,,,,,,, but the framing lumber is small............... It looks like they take a 2@8 and rip it to make a 2@4.............. ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2018 at 6:26am
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sigh, wish I could get a 'shed' built that was 60 by 80 !!! All I can do is dream and offer you ideas like infloor heating for the wood shop,run power in external conduit NOT buried in the outside walls,windows on the south side to get daylight ,especially the woodshop, if possible. ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2018 at 9:13am
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I had a Morton put up in '83 a add on in '89 and again in '02. We moved in '12 and in the spring of '13 I had another new Morton. Dusty ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2018 at 10:10am
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I built an FBI building and they were $1000's cheaper than Morton and I am very well satisfied with it. You and your dad were in it when you bought those parts from me. if you would like to come look at it again you are welcome to come over and look it over or give me a call. Wayne |
Posted By: TOM (NE)
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2018 at 7:44pm
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I have a 56 x 90 Astro building which is very well built. Our local dealer is out of Omaha Nebraska did a great job installing it. You may want to check on pricing with this company also. Tom
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Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2018 at 9:26pm
| Guys I see a lot of the Amish guys putting up buildings in Iowa. They have their own steel plant in Leon Iowa. If they are in your area, I would check with them. |
Posted By: Sherman Farms
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 11:50am
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Local amish just finished a 60x136 with overhangs,vapor barrier and overhead doors with openers for me for 51,000.Lots cheaper than other builders.
------------- B, C, RC, 3 wc,2 wd,3 wd45, d15, d17, d19, d21, 190, 440, 7040, 918 backhoe, 12 roto balers, 7 60 combines, 40, 66,2 72,90 super, sp100, Gleaner E, F3, 3 L2, R62, and much more |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 1:04pm
Stupid question I suppose.....but material AND labor? If so.....HOLY $#!^
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Sherman Farms wrote:Posted By: Sherman Farms
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:00pm
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thats everything total cost ------------- B, C, RC, 3 wc,2 wd,3 wd45, d15, d17, d19, d21, 190, 440, 7040, 918 backhoe, 12 roto balers, 7 60 combines, 40, 66,2 72,90 super, sp100, Gleaner E, F3, 3 L2, R62, and much more |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:14pm
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Pictures and builders names ect would be nice. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:26pm
Well then, HOLY $#!^ !! That's cheap. Must be NO concrete work though??
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Posted By: Sherman Farms
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2018 at 8:44am
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no concrete yet but will be putting heat in the floor by spring. This building will house our Allis and Gleaner collection. ------------- B, C, RC, 3 wc,2 wd,3 wd45, d15, d17, d19, d21, 190, 440, 7040, 918 backhoe, 12 roto balers, 7 60 combines, 40, 66,2 72,90 super, sp100, Gleaner E, F3, 3 L2, R62, and much more |
Posted By: ihc pickups
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2018 at 10:47am
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I had a 40 x 60 with 12' walls and 4 doors put up 4 years back for 56,000. this was with 5" of concrete.. Happy with bldg. but if I did all over I would put in more of the insulation they offered VS what I had them put in. Other than that nice building. QSI is the building name. ------------- Mike |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2018 at 10:00pm
| I got a Morton (1986) and its nice enough but todays pricing is stupid.Think you can do better. |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2018 at 11:22am
I built a Cleary 36' x 48' building a couple years ago. It's been okay for me. No complaints. I've since put a concrete floor and drain in along with an apron out front.
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Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 4:05pm
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I had a Northland building constructed and I am extremely pleased. ------------- "People are human beings, produced by the society in which they live. You encourage people by seeing the good in them." ~ Nelson Mandela |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 5:39pm
| No way to do it yourself ? |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 5:55pm
| Check with the local companies as lumber yards and truss sales, they will have other names. My House, Barn and workshop all built by same guys, quality work and at a third what the Big Names priced us. |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 6:31pm
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I had two buildings put up by Pioneer Pole Builders located in PA. First one was a 30x40, and the second one was 30x32 at the new house. I was so pleased with the first building they did and the price they did it for, that I hired em' again to do the second building. Morton builds a nice building, but man they are expensive! I could of had three pioneer buildings built for the price of one Morton. Not knockin' the company, just couldn't afford them! Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
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Date Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 6:34pm
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Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 6:36pm
------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 7:19pm
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Strat-o-span 60 x 120 here. been up 20 years now, still works o.k. Had a 60 x 100 from them at the other place that was s'posed to go to Alaska,---contract fell thru and we got the building at a bit of a discount. That was 30 years ago and that building is still doing its job. ------------- http://machinebuildersnetwork.com/ |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 9:22pm
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Sugarmaker builds a nice shed. See he'll give you a quote
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Posted By: JohnColo
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2021 at 10:07pm
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I see spencefarm last posted on Oct 17, 2020, I'm wondering what company they chose for their building and if it got built? |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 2:14am
| when i was thinking of a new building, i went to husker harvest days as all the building companies build their buildings there for the show. i checked each company's buildings and how they were built. what and how they were put together. saw alot of them with a space between the roof and the rafters. that's a good place for birds to build nests. i didn't build one that year, but went back to husker harvest days the next year just to see what each building company may have changed their buildings. i saw a few changes on some of them. (i had notes i wrote from the previous years observations). i settled on 2 brands, they were built pretty much the same, and had good bird control, the 1st was ASTRO, the second was LESTER. i did have a new ASTRO erected, 60x40x14.6., comparing some of the things...some companies used 2x4 nailers, ASTRO used 2x6. some had 12 ft bays, ASTRO had 10 ft bays. some used 6x6 posts. ASTRO used 3 2x6's nailed together for a post (better design), some used 2x6 & 2x8's in thier rafters, ASTRO uses 2x6 and 2x10's in their rafters. i saw one company fasten a 2x4 on top of a 2x6 calling it a 2x10! as per the LESTER building, the dealer for them in my area had just gone out of business due to an injury from an accident so there wewre no LESTER builders in my area at that time. so i went with ASTRO, have been very pleased with that building. the dealer/crew had it up and completed in 3 days. i have 2/3rds of it insulated. if i build any more, i'll go with ASTRO again. i had a CLEARY rep at my house last year quoting me for a steel roof on my house, i asked him if they could add a patio/deck roof onto my house and he said yes. i showed him where i wanted it and to send me a quote, he looked it over and said his crew don't dig post holes by hand, so he said he couldn't give me a quote. he didn't get the job re-roofing my house either! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 2:16am
| oh...and MORTON is the highest priced building in my area. they were also one of the companies that offered bird nest hotels inside and used 2x4 nailers with solid posts. |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 8:26am
| That must have been some time ago. My Morton was put up in ‘02 and has bird blocking in the gap between post and tin, laminate columns, and mesh screens to keep birds out of the soffit. And they never build a nest anywhere in the trusses. However, it did not stop a raccoon from climbing the door post and raise a litter in the header above the overhead door. |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2021 at 1:21pm
| I used a company in Pa— Shirks Pole buildings. Very pleased with price & quality. My father used Morton. Morton has a better updraft design than most local companies but figure my insurance will pay if tornado rips it up. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2021 at 7:43am
| plummersc....one of the stockholders put his Morton building up about 5-6 years ago...that was the building i was comparing to plus the ones at husker harvest days. |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2021 at 8:12am
| Huh. I'm confused then. Area rep here either sold me an upgrade or Morton has lowered it's standard? Yes this one was a little higher price but I felt the difference is worth it. |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2021 at 2:57pm
| Cant do it yourself- youll never be satisfied |
Posted By: Wayne180d
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2021 at 10:27pm
| I have a Fbi (farm buildings of Indiana) now for almost 25 years very happy with it. My BTO neighbors have several of them. They are out of Remington, Indiana. When I called the Morton salesman all he could do was run down Fbi without telling me the qualities of his building. Long story short he called me 4 months later to see what I was going to do. I told him he sold me my building and I told him I already had it built. I told him he was the best salesman Fbi ever had. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2021 at 4:08am
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Last Morton I walked into had truss 8’or 9’ on center, to get strength in the roof they set 2x4s on edge and nail thru them thru the thick direction with 20p ring shanks. Other buildings as the ones I had built had truss 4’ oc where the purlins were laid flat and to me was a stronger roof, all purlins girts and structural door headers assembled with exterior screws. My building was less than half the cost of a Morton and used twice the wood materials, go figure. |
Posted By: Clay
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2021 at 11:32am
| Our Morton Build was built in 1972. Only two regrets....would like it to be larger and should have insulated it when it was built. |
Posted By: Dan Hauter
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2021 at 1:36pm
| ProBilt is a company in the Litchfield, IL area. My tenant's son put one up. Says he likes it. |