Zachary Hoyt
Well-known Member
I am thinking about building a new building to replace a 28x60 pole barn we have here. With the wind and snow we get the pole barn gets a lot of snow drifted in it and it is not really worth putting sides on in my opinion. The whole thing was built before we came here and was in my opinion a bad idea poorly executed. The original poles were untreated red pine set in the dirt which rotted off at ground level and I replaced them with 6x6 treated poles a few years ago. The trusses were homemade and the break in the bottom chord was put in the wrong place so they pulled apart and before our time someone bolted fish plates on them. The pole barn was built to protect a 40' shipping container that was being used for storage and was getting rusty on top. The container is about 4 feet from one side of the pole barn and breaks up the space and makes it less useful, and the container itself has limited utility because it is so long and narrow that nearly half of it has to be left open to walk through. I would like someday to remove the container, take down the pole barn and build a proper building with walls and a decent frame. I am wondering if anyone can tell me what you see containers sell for and how hard or expensive they are to move when empty. Any advice will be much appreciated.
Zach
Zach