jimw Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 I bought the stuff to put up walls for a 40x64 pole barn with a door on the end at 22ft wide . My neighbor is looking at giving me a bid to put this part up. I will worry about the roof this fall. Kinda backwards but it’s the way we’re doing it . Just curious what you guys think is a fair price? In my own mind I think it would take 3 guys 3 to 4 ten hour days. At roughly 50 to 60 dollars per hour for each guy. Is this way off ? Just curious ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Does he do this kind of work or is a carpenter or Amish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrr4quality Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Are you going to tie the walls together somehow? Trusses kinda hold it together. With the wind we have had around here lately I would not attempt at building it backwards. As far as labor cost goes, a general rule use to be around what materials cost but who knows now. It all depends on their skill set and equipment. I built my pole barn in 1997, 40x64. I need another one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 I put an addition on two years ago before the big price increase that same size with a 14 foot high by 22 door and one 10 foot door. It was around ? 36.000.00 if i remember right. That was only three sides because it was just an extension of an existing building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mader656 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 As guy who builds barns on occasion I would not touch that job with a borrowed 30foot pole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Not sure what region your in with weather but my buddy has done quite a few big buildings and the most stressful part is once the walls are up sitting vulnerable until the roof ties it together, that's not a huge size but still big enough and seems windier all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 I assumed he was talking just poles and purlins right? Not a finished wall. Still would make me nervous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale560 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Up here the big 60 or 70 wide buildings loose their roof when just the trusses and purloins are up. A big wind comes up and blows them off. After they get the tin on it seems to stay together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
495man Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 I built a smaller pole barn than 40x64, I put all poles and walls up (no steel) before the trusses. Walls were up a couple months before the trusses went on. I was in sheltered area. I didn't put steel on the walls until the roof was done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitty Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 If you are talking about tin walls I wouldn't think it would cost lots of labor time . I would think two guys less than two days unless there's lots of windows etc to trim around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ky966boy Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 15 hours ago, jimw said: I bought the stuff to put up walls for a 40x64 pole barn with a door on the end at 22ft wide . My neighbor is looking at giving me a bid to put this part up. I will worry about the roof this fall. Kinda backwards but it’s the way we’re doing it . Just curious what you guys think is a fair price? In my own mind I think it would take 3 guys 3 to 4 ten hour days. At roughly 50 to 60 dollars per hour for each guy. Is this way off ? Just curious ? Uncle just had a 50 x100 pole barn with roof only 3 Amish built whole thing in 3 days he did dig holes with tractor and set trusses up there for them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 That seems pretty amazing, or impossible right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1480x3 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 3 hours ago, stronger800 said: That seems pretty amazing, or impossible right there No walls, roof only. A couple or 3 more men would get the sides on as well unless extras like insulation, many windows, etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ky966boy Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 12 hours ago, stronger800 said: That seems pretty amazing, or impossible right there They where brothers have worked together for years they knew what to do without be told they where a well oiled machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searcyfarms Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 On 6/18/2022 at 1:33 AM, jimw said: I bought the stuff to put up walls for a 40x64 pole barn with a door on the end at 22ft wide . My neighbor is looking at giving me a bid to put this part up. I will worry about the roof this fall. Kinda backwards but it’s the way we’re doing it . Just curious what you guys think is a fair price? In my own mind I think it would take 3 guys 3 to 4 ten hour days. At roughly 50 to 60 dollars per hour for each guy. Is this way off ? Just curious ? so im curious jim, why would you put walls up and try to get them to stand alone before putting the trusses sitting on the walls - you are leaving things very vulnerable to shifting, collapse, damage, and overall stress and likely more labor will be incurred when you get ready to add the trusses. Is this a situation of $$ for truss costs or something else? just trying to wrap my head around it and understand the reasoning - i have made costly mistakes before and hate to see others do the same especially for those of us with limited funds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dinan Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Are you replacing the metal on an existing building or building a new one? We just replaced the roof and front wall metal on a 72’ X 48’ and it was around 4K in labor. That included the rent for his man lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 Yes . Just a situation of spreading Costs out. I’m pretty cheap and hate to part with to much at one time. Not that money grows on trees at my place. I bought half the material that I was gonna put up and then get someone to do the roof. But it has been a busy Spring and I’m ready to just get it up. It will be in a protected area so not to worried about the weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ky966boy Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 I was wrong about size it’s 40 x 96 but did take 3 days 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrr4quality Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 11 hours ago, ky966boy said: I was wrong about size it’s 40 x 96 but did take 3 days That’s what I need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Me too. Open buildings like that don’t exist here in NY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ky966boy Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 20 hours ago, rrr4quality said: That’s what I need! Yea me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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