FYI – two years later, we are still loving our little carport hay barn. We have not lost any hay bales, get no condensation, and the thing has withstood ridiculous winds that tore shingles off the house.
My only regret is that I did not make it three times bigger to store the horse trailer, the brush hog, the sprayer, the lawn mower, etc. etc. etc.
IMHO, these are great little buildings and easy on the budget.
I know this thread is old, but I was wondering if King’s Ransom had any pics of their haybarn setup?
Thanks 
I do not have any, but I can take some tomorrow and post them.
I’m interested too
Was a carport substantially cheaper than a pole barn?! Is it thickness of siding that makes the difference?! Design?!
fun for me to revisit. Here is what I can share in re ‘mine’ which…is a lot more engineered than King’s to be sure…anyway: I paid extra to have ceiling ‘flocked’ to aid in sweat/condensation. OMGoodness, the ‘tractor shed’ storage building that I did not? rains condensation inside. I’ll even have to tarp the riding mower/small tractor if I can’t get that put on ‘aftermarket’. I can’t tell you how many people LOVE my ‘hay barn’. I have it on a raised deck. (huge) left the deck extended out front 6 ft. for a ‘loading dock’ height for all trucks to pull up to. I can walk directly from truck bed onto deck when pulling bales/bagged shavings. SO much easier, and delivery guys love it. does take some planning and grading if needed, with truck access. In my case it happened that way because I had drop off areas, and it was a win win. Also? deck raised flooring aides so nicely for airflow and lack of molding wet hay.
sorry, hitting ‘edit’ is not loading and therefore I’ll just ‘add’ here…In re: less cost? Omgoodness yes. but, your needs? of a pole building may indicate something different. As mentioned, for me? I needed a elevated platform, and using the lighter weight metal building was a great way to go and cheaper. that sucker is about 18 ft. off the ground in the back! (a ravine…so it was a good option of an unuseable space otherwise)…
and in re: condensation: I think KR has had great results BECAUSE she excavated enough for geotextile fabric water barrier, added stone, and then put in wall to wall pallets (basically, a water barrier / raised ‘deck’ just like mine)…(ok, mine is way high off ground) but I think those steps are important for a warm climate hay storage use of one of these buildings. My ‘tractor shed’ is same company building, nice high roof, two roll up doors, but it sits on ground level bluestone, and it sweats terribly inside.
Very useful information! Right now I keep hay in the garage on pallets stacked 2 high but plotting ideas to get the garage back…
We bought the car port to store hay so we could reclaim space in the barn and to get most of it out of the barn – both for fire safety and for my allergies. We only bring about six bales into the barn at a time.
Was it less expensive? Oh my yes! I don’t recall the exact dollar amount, though I know I have posted on this forum a couple of times as people ask. I believe it was only about $1,800 delivered and installed. That included the upgraded wind and snow load rating.
The crushed stone, geotex and pallets were extra, but not much. I got the pallets for something like $1 or $2 each from a guy who is actually in the business of selling pallets – has a whole warehouse full of them.
I will get out today and take some photos. It is not high-end, nor engineered like Ayrabz’s, but it works great for us and was cheap. Also, it can be moved if needed. I wish I had bought a bigger one, but I did not have the funds at the time.
I spoke to the company about getting a bigger building and moving this one, they quoted me $400 to move this one if they were here putting in another one. I thought that was pretty reasonable.
Curious to those with metal buildings how big are your buildings and how much hay you are able to store?
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