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Thanks for the input everyone. Does anyone have an opinion on I or H beam?

I agree that it may be hard to move when loaded. I plan to eventually make it motorized, but for now it will do. Even if I cant make it longways while loaded, I can still benefit from being able to use the lift point anywhere in the barn.

I am getting ready to buy the material for my overhead beam crane in my new shop I just built. I had the trusses engineered to take a 1 ton point load, plus crane material weight anywhere in the footprint. Shop is 32x40. I will have three 40' beams running longwise, one near each side wall...

Thanks for the reply. I can buy the material for just the blown in ceiling cellulose for 42% of what I was quoted. I don't mind the sweat equity on my end.

Not sure if my Sig is not showing?? Southern Michigan, Zone 5.

The house wrap is not a vapor barrier. Just a wind barrier. Also, it keeps any insulation from touching the inside of the metal shell.

Hey all, I am finishing up my pole barn shop. It has heated floors, A/C, the works. I planned on spray foam all along, but the prices are outrageous and this is not my forever home. Setup is as follows: Outside metal - house wrap - horizontal girts - columns - plastic vapor barrier (planned)...

Hi all, I am finishing up a detached 32x40 shop that sits about 80 feet from my residence. I am trying to decide on how to power it. I currently have underground service to a standard 200 amp meter lug and then a 200 amp panel in the basement (on the opposite side of the residence from the...