Working pics. Overhead electric lift comes in handy for fixing a fuel pump....

 

 

Pic of the cement floored lean to in the back. Big enough for a boat but it usually just has my aluminum and steel stock under it.

 

 

Both doors are roll type to prevent loss of overhead space due to tracks for regular garage doors.

 

 

Start of fan build....
North wall is for fishing gear.....
Rods, reels, bows, boat paraphanalia

 

 

Another pic of the fishing wall.....

 

dang I,m going to have clean our shop everybodys so much neater than ours. ours takes a lot of abuse but we are letting it get junked up too much.

 

 

Pic of the overhead winch. I use it to remove and store my deck when I want to bass fish. Or whatever task might arise.
I definitely have things I'll do differently next time. #1 is taller doors!!:headbang:

But overall, I really enjoy it as is!!
Good luck and plan, plan, plan!!

 

30' x 50' inclosed, 2 - 12' x 50' Lean to's. 1 - 16' x 10' roll up door, 2 - 36" entrance doors & 1 - 36" x 36" vent in the rear gable with an attic fan.

 

30' x 50' inclosed, 2 - 12' x 50' Lean to's. 1 - 16' x 10' roll up door, 2 - 36" entrance doors & 1 - 36" x 36" vent in the rear gable with an attic fan.

good grief! I wish I had that much room. id build me a freakin 20x84" custom rig too. my hero:shh:

 

That's the size I'd like to have!!!! Nice barn Kajun

 

Thx ... I already wish it were bigger. lol

 

I looked at building a 32x48x 14 tall pole building and it was gonna be like 25k and I would have had to have someone come in and remove 5 very large oaks. unless I built 100yds away from the house and then I would have had to run new electric and do a box culvert to get to it. just caint have it all I guess.

 

I have over 30k in it with cement and labor. I set it back 250' from the house on purpose. Didn't want the old lady complaining that I woke her up early beating and banging on stuff out there. I had planned on building the shop after the house, so I had the electricians install a breaker box that was bigger than I needed for the house and buried some conduit before they poured the cement driveway. Ran #2 to the shop with a breaker box in there.

 

northtexasslayer---did you build your barn? ive not seen a steel frame quite like that before. looks good

 

Yes, I built all of it from the foundation up. The only thing I hired out is the cement work. I did all the excavation then brought in a crew for that.

 

I considered doing that but didn't really have the time it would require let alone someone to help. my hats off to you sir!

 

 

 

 

WhiteRiver, this is a few of the cement work. I can do a little cement, but I let them have this one....

 

so what do yall think about a crane. jib or gantry to be able to create some type of make shift boat rotisserie. ive looked at auto rotisseries I just don't have the space for one and a crane I can use for multiple things.

 

this is using you head for something other than a hat rack! fairly safe, no expensive tools, and very effective.