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Location: IL | Curious to see everyone's "barn on a budget!" Moving my mare's to my own property by end of year but we don't have a building to house them in besides an old corn crib (which really isn't condusive to housing horses). Any suggestions? What did you do to house your horses when you had a small budget to work with? Thanks! |
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| I bought one of the pole barn kits, used metal panels to make stalls and walled in a small feed room under it. Spent maybe $4000. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | Here's mine. I haven't been able to afford the sides, roof or stalls yet lol. I do have a bale of hay though.
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| Disclaimer - this is not my ACTUAL shed, but the handy SO built me one just like it. Complete with red and white paint. 
ETA - It cost a couple grand in materials and a weekend of time.
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I really like my barn because, El Scorcho can stand in it and gaze at the stars should he so desire. It's almost like having a sun roof.
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | LRQHS - 2015-01-13 10:54 AM
I really like my barn because, El Scorcho can stand in it and gaze at the stars should he so desire. It's almost like having a sun roof.
Sun roofs are high class!! He's living ritzy!!!! |
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Location: Kentucky | My budget barn ending up being 15k. It's a 30x40, 3 stalls (two foaling stalls), water, and electric ran to it. We did all the work ourselves too. I found that in trying to save money, I just decided to go all out and get what I really wanted. |
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Location: Kansas | LRQHS - 2015-01-13 12:54 PM I really like my barn because, El Scorcho can stand in it and gaze at the stars should he so desire. It's almost like having a sun roof.
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| LRQHS - 2015-01-13 12:54 PM I really like my barn because, El Scorcho can stand in it and gaze at the stars should he so desire. It's almost like having a sun roof.
And a sun tan when this freakin' winter finally goes away!!  |
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Location: IL | QH<3er - 2015-01-13 1:18 PM LRQHS - 2015-01-13 10:54 AM I really like my barn because, El Scorcho can stand in it and gaze at the stars should he so desire. It's almost like having a sun roof. Sun roofs are high class!! He's living ritzy!!!!
Yeah I'd say he's lives a very glamourous life! Star gazing AND a sun roof!! Spoiled!! |
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Location: IL | We've discussed buying a small pole barn kit but my husband thinks doing the trusses will be a pain....any opinions on that for those of you that built your own? |
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Location: SE Louisiana | LRQHS - 2015-01-13 12:42 PM
Here's mine. I haven't been able to afford the sides, roof or stalls yet lol. I do have a bale of hay though.
That looks like straw.... I do like the sun roof tho... |
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Location: Feeding mosquitos, FL | TACKyPaints - 2015-01-13 3:08 PM We've discussed buying a small pole barn kit but my husband thinks doing the trusses will be a pain....any opinions on that for those of you that built your own?
Super easy. Mine were two metal pieces which bolted together in the middle, set on top of the 6x6s and bolted to the post. The hardest part about the trusses was getting them up there.
Looks like this: http://www.baileybarns.com/gallery.html |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | We used square tubing to build a lean too. We enclosed the sides with old barn metal and painted it one color. The front is open some for drafts in the summer but also has part of the front enclosed so the horses can get warm in the corner if the wind tries blowing in the front of the "barn". We drilled panels to the square tubing so they are high in case the horses roll and we put pig wire on the panels so if they kick they hit the pig mesh panel and not the actual panel/get stuck etc. We have 3 12 x 12 stalls and enough room for the trailer to fit inside if we dismantle a stall in the front. We spent about 2500 on materials as they were used. My SO welded them for me in his spare time so that cost me a few sandwhiches and pitvhers of sweet tea, but it was worth it I guess LOL  |
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Location: IL | Thanks so much for all the responses. The one thing we have to keep in mind is that it gets pretty cold where we live. I contacted one place about one of those "modular" barns. Guy asked where we live and when I told him our location, he said I was best off with a stick built building due to winds, snow loads, cold, etc.
We live in Central IL and we get some pretty cold nights, live in the wide open so winds gust through here pretty good. We don't always get a lot of snow but enough, so need a barn that will provide them with enought protection.
If you don't mind me asking, those of you who had a small pole barn put up, how much did a contractor charge you? I'm sure the price varies by state/location but just curious.
Those of you who built the barn yourself, did you find the overall process pretty difficult? |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i guess you could call mine a modular and its has been great and i have never had an issue..............i went a lot of years with no barn so its very nice to have..:)
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | LRQHS - 2015-01-14 11:42 AM Here's mine. I haven't been able to afford the sides, roof or stalls yet lol. I do have a bale of hay though.
geez all you have to do is throw a tarp over that sucker and call it good.....lol
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Location: IL | mruggles - 2015-01-13 3:27 PM i guess you could call mine a modular and its has been great and i have never had an issue..............i went a lot of years with no barn so its very nice to have..:)
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1) Did it cost you an arm and a leg? Because a couple of the modulars I priced out were just as expensive (sometimes more) than a post frame building from a place like FBI or Morton.
2) I refuse to pay to have any sort of concrete poured so, is your barn secured to the ground? I can't tell from your pics. The thought of a barn just "sitting" there scares me! lol
3) Obviously you get cold & snow, do you find it to be secure enough inside from snow/drafts, etc?
4) Who did you order your barn from?
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Location: fun meter pegged OK | Looks like the uprights are anchored to concrete on that modular.
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | We had a barn built by Cleary about 7-8 years ago. I can not remember the exaxt price but I am thinking it was around $17,000. That included the dirt work and all insulation. My boyfriend at the time built the stall for us.
We had great service from them and they even came back out this last year to fix some of the insulation.
This barn was built in Utah but I see a ton of their trucks all over Wyoming where I currently live. |
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