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Ideal garage size

Big enough to hold the tractor after it has been completely
disassembled. And of course all your tools lifts and other
things like a sand blaster and a paint booth. And a good lock
to keep OSHA out.
Walt
 
Mine is 24x36 and I can get two vehicles in there and have room to work on a tractor. Just make sure you make it with at least ten foot side walls and bigger square footage if you can swing it.
 
All you can afford plus some. LOL

Depends on the tractor. A Ford 8N would be alright in a 12 x 16 space. You could take it apart an still have some bench room. A larger tractor like a JD 4020 or IH 1066 would take more room. I would way 16 x 24 for them.

All joking aside. Your space should be large enought to spread things out to work on them but small enought that you can heat it in the winter.
 
My shop is 24 by 36 ten ft.high. I have worked and restored my Fords over the years. It used to be a garage but we park outside since it turned into a shop. By the time you stock a shop, welders, torch, storrage, jacks, motor hoist,engine stand(s),tool boxes ,drill press,special tools for engine work,air compressor, drills,sanders,sand blaster,paint guns,paint supplies. Heat of some kind, other needed things like fridge, microwave,water (sink if possable), radio,tv. Plus ??
Anyway no matter how big it will get filled. My 24X36 is big enough for one project at a time.

Go as large as you can. joe
 
I'd say 2 car garage size- 22 X 22- one side for the tractor, one side for the parts, bench and machinery around the outside.
 
I would start with a double wide car shed, since that size is so
common the trusses and such will be cheaper.

I would make it 4 feet longer for the workbench up front. As
well. Measure out even a small 9n with a loader on it (we all
want a loader someday...) and you will find they fill up a
building fast, you need all of that length.....

I would be sure to make it a foot higher than a standard car
shed. Really should have a 10 foot high door openning, newer
compacts with roll bars tend to be just over 8 feet, and loaders
and such tend to get you over 8 feet.

This building allows you to put 2 things in it, allows a taller
camper to fit in, so makes your property more valuable, to you
or in the case you sell your property some day. You can store
2 things in it, or work one one with parts and tools spread out
as a person needs.

A skinny shack you squeeze a single tractor in and can't have
room to work on both sides of it the same time, have to duck to
get in the door - what good is that? Building such a building is
a waste of money, you won't ever enjoy it.

So a 24 x 28 with 9 or 10 foot tall door is as small as you ever
should go, or just save your money and work outdoors under a
tree. A little longer, 24x36 would be gobs better.

Paul
 
Four to five times the space the tractor takes will get you in the ballpark of what you need for a full restoration. That should give you room for a roll around tool box, work bench, compressor, etc, plus room for parts.
So for an 8N a good size 2 car garage should work if you don't have a bunch of other stuff in it.

Now if you're talking the ideal size for shop and storage and not just minimum space needed to restore an 8N, a 80X200X16 would be about right.
 
Decide what size you might need and double it. I wish I did and have several friends that wish they had made theirs larger.
 
If you are in a cold or hot area use lots of insulation, I even put 2 in of Styrofoam under the total slab and it helps.
 
Big enough for 2 projects,a ton of tools & room enough to bring the pickup in to work on during the wonderful weather we're having. When I finish the addition on my shop it will be 35x45. Plus there will be a 12x15 office . Would make it bigger but ran out of space.
 
There is no ideal size. My shed is 36 X 90 I have
a 27 X 36 ft shop in one end. I try to keep the
18ft door empty. Try to keep all tools and
equipment out of the door in the other 9 X 36. I
also have a couple of lofts over this 9 ft. Now
there is a 770 Oliver and a D17 apart in there.
Also a Compact JD with loader and blade wedged in
where it is warmer so it will start. O I almost
forgot We have a combine and a semi-truck so the
door is 13.9 My son's is 12 ft. I wouldn't make it
shorter than that. Bottom line you will have to
build what you can afford. Good luck, Have Fun.
 
I started with a 24 x 30 and rebuilt a 4020 JD in it and just did have enough room. I now have a 36 x 48 and can just barely walk through it. I have another 4020 that needs an engine change and 2 JD 40's and a IH super A, with a welding table, welders, 2 torches, A frame hoist, 2 drill presses, and lotsa tools and parts in it.
 
In the almost 40 years I have lived on our property I have built three shops, each one a little bigger than the last. Now I have two and a half storage buildings and half a shop.

My bucket list includes recovering that last half to make a whole shop again. It's a 20 X 30 with a pitched roof--13 feet at the front and 9 at the rear and a 14 foot rollup door on the 20 foot end. When empty it's just about right for what I do.
 
Here you can buy a 30x40x10 with 5inches of concrete for 13,000.00+ tax. If you add 1,000.00 for insulation,1,000.00 for floor insulation and heat pipe you will have a nice shed and easy to heat. Labor will be about 3,000.00 of the bill, DYI 12000.00
 
If I could build a pole barn it would be 48' wide by 70' deep with 16' ceiling. The front door would be 18' wide by 14' tall on the right side of the builing. The entry door would be 4' from the left of the front garage door. The door on the left side toward the rear would be 12' wide and 14' tall. The other entry door would be 2'6" to the left of this garage door. The inside on the left side of the garage would have a 14' wide loft by 44' long. So the main front of the inside space would be 34' wide and 50' deep till you got to the next garage door. The space for the side garage would be 26' wide by 48' deep. In the loft on the main floor would be an office, half bath., utility sink, and utility room. The upstairs would have a full bath, living room, and kitchen. The exterior the only windows I would have would be on the garage doors. Of course Outside lights one above each garage door.
 
Practical hint...

If you have the luxury, build/find lots of rolling
tables so you can lay out parts, keep them
organized, move them to the side, move them back
when needed.

A separate painting area is really nice too, partitioned
off and ventilated.
 
If you are restoring tractors, the old ones are 10 feet tall. Why would you want 16 foot building?
12 foot doors handle the modern 100 hp cab tractors.
48 is way wide, 40 is real wide.
I think you are pulling us?
 
As big as you can afford. I built a 40x60x12 with 2 10x10
doors opening up to 20'x40' bays. The 3rd 20'x40' bay was
enclosed so we could heat/cool it. This allowed for storage
and a comfortable work space for small projects.

It took a couple years but I now have 1/2 of one bay usable.
Rest is full of stuff.

I either need a bigger building or get rid of some junk.
 
now ..what kind of a answer are you expecting?.. are you unable to think and dream on your own where you live
 
(quoted from post at 03:53:50 01/06/14) If you are restoring tractors, the old ones are 10 feet tall. Why would you want 16 foot building?
12 foot doors handle the modern 100 hp cab tractors.
48 is way wide, 40 is real wide.
I think you are pulling us?
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Sorry about that there. I should be more clear if I won the lottery I would have an enormous garage. The reason for a 16' tall garage is to have a two story loft inside that's 14' wide by 44' long. This would give me an actual floor space of 34' wide for the front of the garage. The side of the garage would give me a width of 26' wide of actual floor space.The 14' tall doors would be if the next owner has a semi truck. The other being a really tall cabin cruiser boat if the next owner were to have one. Anyways the 14' tall doors would look better on a 16' tall garage than the 12' tall doors.

I know however I'm going to probably have to find a place with a two car garage. I would really like a 3 car garage.
 
I'm sorry there. I got carried away by the size of the garages the other members had mentioned about. To build bigger than you think. That's why I got the idea for my dream garage that I described. To have all sorts of room. Unfortunetly theres no way I could afford it unless I won the lottery. I got off track there on my own topic pretty sad there. As far as getting a place it will most likely be a condo or a started house that has a two car garage. That's what I could afford. I'll have to really have a very well organized garage to restore a tractor. This can be done.

I hope some day I can have that awesome dream garage.
 
Put up a storage machine shed a few years ago, 48x81 with
23.5 x 15.5 foot doors. Concreted 1/3 of the floor, but no heat,
no insulation, nothing famcy.

Was a big step up, dads big shed was 36 x 54 x 11 high built
in 1964 or so....

Well, got it he new one full too now. And it was so big the first
year or two!

Be nice if it were 4 feet wider, and the door a little wider too.

Paul
 
26X36 with an open lean to on one side to park the truck, and enclosed lean too on the other side to store parts and supplies.

There aint no right answer.

It all boils down to money.

Gene
 
Bigger the better. 30 x 40 minimum. with 10 foot walls.
How much money do you have/not have.
 
My pole barn started out 28 X 32 because of zoning in my neighborhood.. Since '87 I've added 2 lean-toos .. Still not near enough for anything.. I've got trails around the " Empire" .. I've decided to try to get the Power Wagon done this year . And if I like it , I'll keep it.. If I don't care for it , I'll sell it after getting it up and running.. I drove it in and I'll drive it out.. I wish I had thought about ceiling height so I could have a lift in there.. 2 - 8X8 doors and a walk in door .. In my case , a 32 X 40 with lean-toos would be better with 12' ceilings ...Maybe in another lifetime..
 
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