Hayloft build

[mach158]

Looking to add a hayloft in my leanto off my shop. Leanto is 12' deep by 48' wide and 12' opening but the sidewall of the shop is 16'. Looking to build a loft that is 16' wide as the outside support posts are 6' OC and then make it 12' deep. Curious what kind of material I will be looking at to handle the weight of approx. 120-150 bales possibly. Already figured some LVL's are going to be needed and not sure what size posts I will be using. This will be sitting on 5" of concrete as well with a 4000 psi mix.

Basically looking to see what knowledge you guys have to offer before I try and figure out the math and everything else myself.

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[larry_g]

Looking to add a hayloft in my leanto off my shop. Leanto is 12' deep by 48' wide and 12' opening but the sidewall of the shop is 16'. Looking to build a loft that is 16' wide as the outside support posts are 6' OC and then make it 12' deep. Curious what kind of material I will be looking at to handle the weight of approx. 120-150 bales possibly. Already figured some LVL's are going to be needed and not sure what size posts I will be using. This will be sitting on 5" of concrete as well with a 4000 psi mix.

Basically looking to see what knowledge you guys have to offer before I try and figure out the math and everything else myself.

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Are you saying the floor of the loft is 12'x16'? You also need to specify the bale size and weight as they can range from 2'x4' to 4'x8' and larger with weights from 60lb to 1600lb or more.

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[GMCGarage]

Looking to add a hayloft in my leanto off my shop. Leanto is 12' deep by 48' wide and 12' opening but the sidewall of the shop is 16'. Looking to build a loft that is 16' wide as the outside support posts are 6' OC and then make it 12' deep. Curious what kind of material I will be looking at to handle the weight of approx. 120-150 bales possibly. Already figured some LVL's are going to be needed and not sure what size posts I will be using. This will be sitting on 5" of concrete as well with a 4000 psi mix.

Basically looking to see what knowledge you guys have to offer before I try and figure out the math and everything else myself.

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How high will you stack the bales?

 

[mach158]

Yes, 12x16 floor and bales will be approx 14x16x36 inches. Weight probably 50 pounds.

Probably going to try and stack bales 6' heigh.

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[theoldwizard1]

My buddy had a barn built about 5-8 years ago. The second floor is used for hay storage and spans about 30'.

The floor joists are 18"-24" flat trusses spaced 16" o.c. Yes, hay is dried before being bailed, but it is not that dry.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Weight probably 50 pounds.

This is NOT something to guess about ! Don't use a bail that has been sitting around for 6 months. Use a fresh one !

 

[ard]

Well, just figure out your target load, design the structure then don't exceed that load. 180 bales at 50... 90 bales at 100... Whatever.

In term of design, it's posts, beams, joists- plenty of tables to use....sounds like 9000 lbs over 192 sqft...approx47 pound per sq ft.

I hold hay in a loft. Requires a hay elevator. Bit of a pita. I do have hay drops so feeding the horses involves dropping a flake through a 24 in sq opening into a feeder. If I had to load it up, then drop it back down, abd THEN carry it to each stall and toss it up into the feeder, that would be annoying. Basically you don't want to have to move stuff up and down all the time. My bales are 100 per, we usually take 5 ton, 10k lbs. distributed over a 12x40 area. Standard stick construction, 12in TJIs at16oc, spanning 12 ft.