Prepare Site and Unload Materials

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THE BARN IS UP, BUILT IN UNDER 4 HOURS A 24X36 STEEL BUILDING V/S POLE BARN PRO/CONS

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What happens here

The initial phase involves crucial site preparation. The ground is leveled and compacted with a significant amount of crushed run gravel (320 tons) to create a stable and well-drained foundation, which is essential to prevent water from collecting underneath the building, particularly on a hillside. Once the site is ready, the crew unloads the various light gauge steel components, which include posts, beams, and roof trusses, from the delivery truck, carefully arranging them on the prepared base, ready for the assembly process. The owner notes that the building is designed to withstand 150 mph winds and is certified, requiring a building permit.

Goal: The construction site is prepared by leveling the ground and adding 320 tons of crushed run gravel to ensure a level, straight, and smooth base, preventing water accumulation. Following site preparation, workers unload long, cold-formed light gauge steel sections from a delivery truck, organizing them on the prepared gravel base for assembly.

Tools and materials

Crushed Run Gravel
Delivery Truck/Trailer
Leveling Equipment
Light Gauge Steel Sections

What they say

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morning boys and girls it's Josh Tony rich farmer it is morning here it's about 7:00 a.m. and the guys have just pulled up with our building today we're putting up a steel carport building here so that we can store our tractors this is a 26 by 36 building so come along with me today I'll show you how these guys do this yesterday I did all the prep work I prepped the site here we got 320 ton loads of crushed run gravel so that our site would be very level and straight and smooth and we'll compact it and we'll have a good place to park our tractors and we've got it set up so that water doesn't run underneath the building that's the main concern is water running underneath the building because we're kind of on a hillside I'll pick the camera up and show you this is kind of a hillside right here it doesn't look like much one looks fairly flat but watch these guys go to work makes a lot for coming along guys click that like button leave me some comments if you have any questions or anything just let me know full cost of this building somewhere around forty four forty five hundred bucks I think it's set up to take 150 mile an hour winds it'll be bolted down to the ground it's certified and I have a building permit that through the farm service you get building permits for free to put up your farm buildings kind of neat so 26 by 36 building going up today come on along and I'll update you on all the progress all right [Music] new h-bomb so guys my basic plan here today is to walk you through what they're doing how they're doing it basically I wanted to show you simply how easy these buildings are this would be our third building that we have on the farm and basically we use it for covering tractors and implements and stuff like that I talked about that in yesterday's vlog we've got to get our implements out of the rain out of the Sun so that they last so that we can take good care of them so that's what this is all about taking care of your equipment and having a little place to chill out if you need to in the summertime nice shady spot so we're here

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