60 x 40 ft grain store

texelburger

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Herefordshire
Hi,
I know this is rather small but we are able to remove an old tin shed and replace with this small grain store.Reason is we have recently bought 54 acres next door and this should help cover the extra grain.All drains are in place and we will,simply lay the floor on top of an existing one .The sides will be concrete panels to 10 ft,tin panels on the side and a fibre cement roof.Eaves to 18ft.Any one have a rough idea on the costs before we proceed?
Thanks
 

sodbuster2

Member
Location
North West
I would consider building it to allow you to tip an artic in really as its difficult to predict what you will be using in the future and the extra height is relatively inexpensive. Timber purlins less likely than steel z purlins to drip on the crop during cold weather too.
Choose you plastisol sheet supplier very carefully as there is some poor quality material around too!
 

Foxcover

Member
I would consider building it to allow you to tip an artic in really as its difficult to predict what you will be using in the future and the extra height is relatively inexpensive. Timber purlins less likely than steel z purlins to drip on the crop during cold weather too.
Choose you plastisol sheet supplier very carefully as there is some poor quality material around too!

Artic tipping height in a 250ton shed?!
 

Oldmacdonald

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Scotland
I would consider building it to allow you to tip an artic in really as its difficult to predict what you will be using in the future and the extra height is relatively inexpensive. Timber purlins less likely than steel z purlins to drip on the crop during cold weather too.
Choose you plastisol sheet supplier very carefully as there is some poor quality material around too!

What is artic tipping height?
 

mezz

Member
Location
Ireland
What is artic tipping height?
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For a 10.31m long trailer at full tip 9.88m at 35 degrees 8.7m (enough for dry grain to flow)
 

nxy

Member
Mixed Farmer
I am in France so no idea how much use these figures are to you but I have just priced up a building in kit form exactly this size. I have had three quotes and they are all pretty similar.

Spec is tin roof with gutters, cladding to ground level all 4 sides and two sliding 6m wide x 4m tall doors. Prices were all around 25000 euros delivered.
 

BuskhillFarm

Member
Arable Farmer
I built similar 5 years ago at £20k building a 80x40 on the side at moment should be around 30-35k with Evan’s and Pearce underfloor vents. It’s using one side of the existing shed. But walls are poured and steel and waterproofed for one sides a retaining wall
 

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