Tractor housing question for those who built there own.

Trucker household is in desperate need of tractor housing. The new acquires are way to nice to stay outside and really need some heat to keep them happy..... or maybe me.

My question is anybody do it with rough sawed lumber? Pros /cons? As I have a friend that would make me a deal that I CAN'T REFUSE on the lumber. Would hard or soft wood be best? Poles treated for the ground or put the tubes in the ground and fill with concrete above ground level and put the hardwood post in a pocket?


I really can SAVE A LOT IN WOOD this way and put it to elec and concrete.

What say you?
 
Sure roughcut lumber will be fine for that except don't put it in contact with the ground. Either use pressure treated poles or concrete piers and then build up from there.
 
There are plenty of places you can use roughsawn lumber: Purlins, girts, headers. But stick with ground-contact rated treated lumber for the posts and skirt boards. And in anticipation of your next question, no you can't pressure-treat the lumber yourself.
 
I'm on the same page about the post . Uncle did the piers in his barn with the laminated post. I'm also going to have a guy set the posts so it is square. He did the uncles 42-64 and was 1/2" out of square. Pretty darn good in my eyes.

Just trying to cover my butt because it sounds to good to be true. I will be using metal on the roof with wood on the sides.
Only doing a 30-40 barn due to twp regs.
 
Sorry, wrong guy to answer. I have been a bldg. contractor for 40 yrs. and had enough $$ to build what I wanted. 900 sg. ft., 6 " walls (insulated of course) and 'in floor heating'. Average cost (Hydro) approx. $38 per month. Cost for bldg. approx. $40 K. HPH
 
For just storage treated lumber where it contacts the ground as has been suggested, then horizontal 2X4 nailers spaced three feet or so apart with rough vertical siding. Heck, i think my old barn has nailers four feet apart, with vertical siding and it hasnt fallen down in the last 100 years or so. Half the bats are gone and everything inside stays dry. If you dont mind a little snow sifting in you don't need to use bats between the siding boards. I would think the building might be a little drier without bats. Just a suggestion. Jim
 
30X40x9 with 5 inches of concrete runs $13,000.00 plus sales tax in central MO. Add $1200.00 for insulation and another grand for floor insulation and pex pipe for heat. That give you some numbers to look at anyway.
 

Around here most of the barns are made of rough saw lumber. Or maybe planed straight from the saw mill. A lot of these barns are over 100 years old.
 

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