Used Pole Barn?

[jeffg]

I came across a 40x60 pole barn for sale. From the pictures it looks like its in pretty good shape. Metal siding all looks straight, decent roll up doors. I would need to dismantle the building and move it, then reassemble on my lot. The price is $22k.

Is it worth the hassle? I have never dismantled a building with the intent of putting it back together. I have also never owned a pole barn. Are there things I should look for while inspecting it? Are any of the pieces "one time use" and would need to be replaced with new?

 

[egdede]

Just curious, would you be trying to pull the poles? City boy here, but I've seen a crane pull a telephone pole put of the ground.

 

[cvairwerks]

I wouldn't go for a used pole barn unless it was for free. I know people that have bought and put up used steel buildings, but by the time they sorted out the siding and all, it would have been cheaper and faster to put up new. Grabbing one for the red iron only is a whole different thing.

 

[reader2580]

Menards charges about $27,000 for materials for that size with 12' sidewalls and no doors. (I selected the premium steel for the Menards estimate.) There is the 11% rebate too that is not reflected in that price. I realize there is no Menards in your area, but it gives an idea on what new materials might cost.

 

[LOW1]

Interesting legal question: If there is a mortgage on the real estate on which the pole building is installed does this mortgage encumber the building as well? I would think so and you might want to get a title search and a mortgage release to protect yourself.

 

[Bucko]

Not just no but HECK NO!

Way too much for the headach that would be involved in that.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

$22K for a used pole barn that you have to disassemble and then reassemble yourself? Absolutely no way.

 

[jabberwoki]

Thats how i did my shop, worked out fantastic.
But mine was free thou.
Transporting big trusses is a pain.

 

[reader2580]

I see ads all the time for garages for sale that need to be moved or disassembled at ridiculous prices. People list a crappy single car garage for $5,000 to be moved or dismantled. I guess these sellers are hoping to hook a sucker. I think these sellers should be happy if someone agrees to move or dismantle the garage for free.

A pole barn is probably a bit easier to dismantle and reuse than a traditional garage with asphalt shingles, but the price seems pretty steep as others have said.

 

[billconner]

Offer to dismantle and remove it for free. Maybe go to $5000. Figure out insurance liability issues - you can't finish, get hurt, property damage, all that stuff. Also be sure you can put it back together on your property - zoning and building permits.

 

[LXCam]

No way would I pay for the privilege of endless cussing. You would need to draw a plan, then number and indicate direction for every piece in hopes of not owning a perforated shell. If anything the wood structure might be worth a little money but plan on all new sheet metal for the exterior.

 

[PoorUB]

Free, maybe. $22K, no way!

Like the other post, you are not that far away from materials to build new. I can not imagine trying to refit all the steel siding. There would be a ton of waste.

Depending on how old it is you might be surprised when you pull the posts out of the ground. They all may be rotten.

On a sde note, a big car dealer bought a pice of land that had a huge truck shop on it and they wanted it gone. It was a steel building with red iron. I don't know the money side of it, but a local Hutterite colony ended up with the building.

I drove by a couple times while they were removing the building, and it was something to see. There must have been 50 guys there tearing this building down. I would bet they labeled every piece of tin and st it back up somewhere else. Two days and they had a 100 x 300 foot building tore down and gone. Quite a resourceful bunch.

 

[jeffg]

Thank you for confirming my suspicions. The Menards number sounds pretty dang appealing. I wonder what it would take to get all that kit back here. Time to do some googling.

 

[neverdone]

My brother in law had a 1980s pole barn get damaged in a tornado and wanted to salvage it. It was framed with ring shank nails which basically shredded any wood you pulled apart. Same problem with the metal siding- the nails pulled out of the panel before the wood.

 

[zkdiesel]

First you have to see how it’s built to determine how it will come apart In s timely matter

I’ve taken down 3 and put them back up. Every board, pole, piece of time goes back into original location
2 were 60x100x15. Nailed. It was brutal, weeks of labor
1 was 37x47x10. That took a day to dismantle and 4 to build. All bolt together steel truss.
All were free. The bolt together steel truss one I would do again in a heartbeat for free.

 

[Uncle murph]

I came across a 40x60 pole barn for sale. From the pictures it looks like its in pretty good shape. Metal siding all looks straight, decent roll up doors. I would need to dismantle the building and move it, then reassemble on my lot. The price is $22k.

Is it worth the hassle? I have never dismantled a building with the intent of putting it back together. I have also never owned a pole barn. Are there things I should look for while inspecting it? Are any of the pieces "one time use" and would need to be replaced with new?

For that price I would assume he’s going to dismantle it,load it on trailers and deliver it?Otherwise no.

 

[Bretny]

This year I acquired a old firewood shed family was taking down. It was built like a pole barn but with 2x6 walls and had gaps for air movement. We didnt reuse any of the poles. It was free and came to me neatly on a trailer with the metal roofing all numbered. In order.

Personaly I wouldnt pay that much for it. It's going to be a ton of work to take down, lots of numbering pannels and your still more than likely going to need to buy poles.

 

[Ashgrove]

For free, maybe. Depends on what other things demand your time.
I have been involved in several of these "projects", something of a sport in my family.
The latest was a 60x144x14 Morton used as an indoor riding arena. We moved it 90 miles, it
is now used for equipment storage on my farm.

Some thoughts:
1. Put the steel in some nice bundles and take it to the local agricultural focused consignment auction. Several enterprising souls will
gladly bid 50% or more for it. Then purchase new steel.
2. Don't pull the ring shank nails holding the frame together. Instead use an angle grinder to knock off the heads and then pull the lumber apart. Then snap the remaing shanks off with a hammer.
3. Don't put the poles back in the ground, use perma-columns or stem wall mounting brackets. In our area a wood post will last 40-50 yrs. Buildings I helped put up as a kid mother nature is now bringing down. Several neighbors are preemptively taking sheds down so they won't have to chase parts all across the farm when the wind does the job.
4. For any first time project take your best estimate of time required and multiply x10. We have become pretty efficient but have many projects under our belts and the equipment to do it safely.

I came across a 40x60 pole barn for sale. From the pictures it looks like its in pretty good shape. Metal siding all looks straight, decent roll up doors. I would need to dismantle the building and move it, then reassemble on my lot. The price is $22k.

Is it worth the hassle? I have never dismantled a building with the intent of putting it back together. I have also never owned a pole barn. Are there things I should look for while inspecting it? Are any of the pieces "one time use" and would need to be replaced with new?

 

[bobg03]

Never in a million years. A friend who is a farmer aquired a used Quonset hut, that he thought would be good to store his hay trailers and other farm implements in. Took him 1 and 1/2 years to get it erected and another 6 months to install the ends with the doors. He burnt a lot of I owe you hours with all his friends, said he'd buy a new one and have it erected next time.

 

[jives]

Absolutely not, no, never, not even for free. Guy around here trying to sell a 50x60 for about $50K. Lunacy. The lumber is not worth that much, but your time is.

 

[clmeredith]

I’ve sold some pole buildings in the past. Without looking at it it’s probably worth about 2500 BUT only if the metal is screwed and you don’t have to rent any equipment to take it down. It is a lot of work and figure it that it will look worse put back together than it did before you took it apart.

 

[mikedodge]

If it's free or cheap it might be worth it to get the materials for something. But thst kind of money is better spent putting towards a new building or something else. Not to mention in mmost areas you'd need a building permit to put one up so you'd need plans and probably the stamped drawings for the trusses also.

 

[930dreamer]

I found a 40'x60' new shop kit on Marketplace that was never used for 29k, I'd never pay that much for a used pole barn that I had too remove and rebuild.

 

[tstaude]

I dismantled a post frame building with rafters, still working on it two years later....with a 15 month gap in there.

the experience was awesome, still can't believe we did it.
It's slow going putting it back together, lots of life happening in between.

Mine was free, but cost about $1500 to take down. 500 of which was for a telehandler, worth every penny

that should be more like 2200