Over head Door

farmall_51 · Jan 31, 2009

I'm going to build a Pole Barn and would like to make it tall enought to fit large tractors. Does anyone know the size door(height) i would need to fit a IH 1466 or newer cab tractor. Thanks

Anonymous-0 · Jan 31, 2009

10' &you might catch the raincap. 11' should be ok but if you are entertaining ANY thoughts of a combine or anything big go 14' it can never be to tall. always can be too small. THINK BIG.

Michael Soldan · Jan 31, 2009

I would start with the height of your walls..sixteen feet at least, then work on your door size from there...I'll probably get kicked in the teeth for this but...I built a new 40'x80' with 16 foot walls, I put one overhead door and one sliding (track) door. The overhead door has been costly in keeping it working properly..in three years I have spent almost $400 having it adjusted and serviced...the roller door hasn't cost me a cent and I can open it quicker than the overhead. The overhead door also has a huge initial cost over the roller door...If I was doing it again I would have two roller doors...don't want to start something here, just saying for my small farm, I would get along fine without an overhead door.

teddy52food · Jan 31, 2009

The only problem with a sliding door is if you get snow , you have to shovel out double width. Also an overhead can use an opener. Maybe they make them for a track door but I have never seen one.

Allan in NE · Jan 31, 2009

Better go 12'. Both my 966 and 1066 won't fit thru a 10 foot door.

Allan

Anonymous-0 · Jan 31, 2009

There are only 2 limiting factors when building a pole barn. The spot where you are going to put it and how deep your pockets are. Money is always a limiting factor. For the cost of an overhead door you may get anouther 8 feet of length on your building. Personaly I will not have a large overhead door due to cost, maintence and safety. All overhead doors do have a fall risk. A slider has much less risk. In my opinion a single slider is better than 2 sliders for the same opening because you don`t have that center guide at the bottom that can cause some grief with a dirt floor and frost heaves.
My brother in law has a sliding door on the inside of his pole barn eliminating the need to shovel snow double wide to open the door. the builder used the regular hardware, just put it inside.

Hugh MacKay · Jan 31, 2009

Farmall 51: Personally I'd go with two doors. Go 14' high by 16'-20' wide, and my experience tells me make that one a double roll door, half from each side with anchor bolt at middle. As Mike said big roll up doors get expensive. For the second door go 12'x12'-14' roll up for year around use. Just make that roll up large enough for the tractor and equipment you you intend to use all winter.

bc · Jan 31, 2009

I saved some space by putting the walk in door into my sliding door on the pole barn I built. After all, you don't need a walk in door with the slider open and you don't have to mess with the slider when you just want to walk in. It was only a 24' wide barn so I needed all the room I could get. Of course there is a step over at the bottom of the walk in door. Kinda a pain when I want to dolly something out.

bc · Jan 31, 2009

Any reason why you can't make some brackets and use a regular garage door opener on a slider? The really only good purpose for an overhead door to me is having an automatic opener.

John M · Jan 31, 2009

Whats your definition of a pole barn? Around here, pole barns dont have doors, or walls. Just poles and a roof.

Red Mist · Jan 31, 2009

(quoted from post at 11:49:25 01/31/09) Whats your definition of a pole barn? Around here, pole barns dont have doors, or walls. Just poles and a roof.

Same here. The thought of a door on a pole barn sounds amusing in this part of the country.
mike

farmall_51 · Jan 31, 2009

I'm building a 40' x 60'x 12' pole barn (metal storage/shop). I had in the price 2 over head doors 18' x 11'. But i just can't decide what i really need. So from the info it looks like i need to go with a 13' or 14' tall side wall and a 12' doors by at least 18' wide. It's interesting people like slider doors. I wouldn't guessed that. You can make over head door openers open sliders. I worked for an old farmer that had to much free time and made an opener.Thanks for the info!!!

LenND · Jan 31, 2009

We put our 1066 in a shop that had two 10 x 10 overheads. Had to take duals off and radio antenna. With the factry IHC cab it cleared the door by about two inches at the most.

armand tatro · Jan 31, 2009

Nothing less than 16ft. tall sides and nothing shorter than 14ft. tall for the door. You may not think you will have a 13ft.6in. semi trailor in your building but sooner or later you will(probabley(sp?) sooner than you might think)!! Armand

John G. Hasler · Jan 31, 2009

> Around here, pole barns don't have doors, or
> walls. Just poles and a roof.

How much snow do you have on the ground right now? How long has it been since the temperature got above freezing? We use buildings like that for hay storage but they can be just a little uncomfortable to work in at this time of year.

GordoSD · Jan 31, 2009

I built my 40 x80 8 years ago. 14 foot walls around. One 8 foot door, one 12 foot door. Because I insulated the entire building, and heat it I would do it differently if I could do it again. I'd go 10 foot walls on 52 feet of it and 14 on the remaining 28 feet.. You don't need that much width on the tall portion. Just step the roof down at 28 feet.

Gordo

Clefus · Jan 31, 2009

Around here a pole barn is considered pole frame constuction with sides enclosed...
I built a 28x48 several years ago.....two doors on the gable end I cant even get a stinkin hayrake in to weld on......never envisioned myself doing this amount of farming..... 8)
Plus I packed it full of cars I wont get time to restore till I'm totn a cane....

John M · Feb 1, 2009

My responce was intended to be a smart a$$, I was just curious. Around here a pole barn is just some poles in the ground and a roof attached to it, thus pole barn! For working on tractors and such, we have shops! BTW, we havent had any snow, and the temps are above freezing right now.

Paul Graham · Feb 1, 2009

Hi, 12' tall door will do the trick, with plenty of room left over for your 1466. Thats going to mean a 14' sidewall, IMO. My 1456 fits no problem in a 12'x12' opening. I've got a 2001 JD6410/cab and it measures 106" tall and it runs right-in also.
I am right in the middle of building a 40'x80' stick barn with 14' sidewall and 12'x12' doors. Decided against the slider since I plan to heat the space and the sliders don't seam as "tight", although sliders sure look nice and work great. So for me, its going to mean rollups. Getting prices and bids now. Here's a few photos.

Hugh MacKay · Feb 1, 2009

Teddy: The same reversable motor that opens roll up can open a slider with cable and pulley at far end. I've never built one, but have see numerous door with what looked like a factory kit. Motor, switch and reduction looked the same as on a roll up.

Hugh MacKay · Feb 1, 2009

Farmall 51: If your ever thinking combines or big trucks the door opening has to be 14" high. 30 years ago my Combine, truck, silage wagons and forage harvester were all to high for a 12" door.

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