Re: Hoop/fabric type sheds

Posted by robert major on December 23, 2015 at 11:39:50 from (216.130.80.113):

In Reply to: Hoop/fabric type sheds posted by M Nut on December 23, 2015 at 10:30:56:

Hi we got 6 30x72s here we raise hogs in. the first 4 are over 20 years old steel hooped the other 2 are wooden and maybe 12 years old, i'm not a real fan of the wooden ones here but they are nicer to fix ends/doors to. the tarps we use are white and give good daylight in the barns, with 10 year warranty, the oldest one lasted longer than that. But we had a huge kinda tornado through here 2 years ago destroyed 5 tarps when the barns were empty luckily. it was so strong it flattened hydro poles on the highway and knocked the top from the elevator in town, and was a direct hit through our yard into town at the elevator. so we would of had heavy damage to any building in that spot.

The key to tarps lasting is keep them tight and if it gets ripped by something repair it quick by gluing a patch on. buy one with ratchet tighteners and steel poles in pockets on the sides to for a pony wall type. Not the rope shoe lace type ones to tension the tarp, We had those before they need the ropes tightening a couple times a year and can take a while. The updated ones we can do 6 barns in less than an hour and they may not need tightening at all after they finish stretching tight..

2 people can build them but 3 would be better so you got a guy to run the loader as well, mom and dad did the last 2 but depending how big it is you need 4 - 6 guys + to put the tarp on and a very still day. we get the Hutterites to come, we raise hogs for and give them beer at the end.
What you got to remember is the curve, if you got a big combine or air seeder to go in you got to get that away from the sides to get straight height. smaller lower stuff goes to the outside walls, taller towards the middle if needed, then you might still not have the head height/width in the curve for a big air seeder. Ours are on 4ft pony walls meaning out of ground usable height, but are mined out lower with taking muck out so are nearer 7ft. the door would start off at 14ft high to the cross beam and is about 13ft wide the way ours are done, then sheeted with ply to close the 7 ft each side thats left in. There is a 3ft tall curve ontop of the door beam we use for our ventilation flaps. for what they cost and what we do they are a cheap building.
You need the pony wall or straighter side ones before the curve starts really. i got a steel behlen curvett mounted right on the ground for a shop the problem with that is the 8ft you loose for big equipment storage buy having the curve at the sides. I got 8ft out of junk down one wall to use the space the combine won't fit in close to the wall, and benches and stuff down the other wall to use that space efficiently to. That should give an idea on what a curve does for space in a 50x 50 building.
Regards Robert

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