I'm not sure where to put this, so I'll put it here. I've been wanting to build or put up a shed to have my trucks inside, somewhat, the discussion has been for a long time how big and what size. We're wanting to either back the semi's and lowboys in or drive them in and back them out, side by side, along with my trucks and tag trailers, I've been asking locally and everyone seems to think I'm nuts for wanting to put stuff in a shed. I've been doing the math and for the dollars I've got invested in trucks and trailers alone I'd like to have them under cover when not in use, and also in the winter it would be nice to have a place to keep them so they are not in a snow bank all winter long.
First off does anyone else do this, seems everyone around me but one, keeps them outside in the open and doesn't worry about them. That one guy has a shed he drives his trucks inside but leaves the trailers stick out, an open front type shed.
The next question I have is bay width, which has been a major discussion around here, we don't want them too narrow so its takes an expert to get them in and out and not so wide it takes a 30 foot bay for one trailer wide either, does anyone have any ideas what width works for the average truck driver to either drive in and back out or the other way around. I've been thinking that 12-13 feet and some of the crew has been thinking that 15 feet for ease of operations and also if we'd put a truck and trailer away with a wide load on it, and unload it another day type deal, we've been known to come into the yard late and instead of doing the unloading in the dark, worry about it in the morning type thing. Just looking for input on what others do or wished they'd have done because after they've used a building they figured out how they should have done it. I don't want to spend the money and have my trucks sit out because everyone hates to put them away, its more work than its worth, I've had other things turn out that way before.
First off does anyone else do this, seems everyone around me but one, keeps them outside in the open and doesn't worry about them. That one guy has a shed he drives his trucks inside but leaves the trailers stick out, an open front type shed.
The next question I have is bay width, which has been a major discussion around here, we don't want them too narrow so its takes an expert to get them in and out and not so wide it takes a 30 foot bay for one trailer wide either, does anyone have any ideas what width works for the average truck driver to either drive in and back out or the other way around. I've been thinking that 12-13 feet and some of the crew has been thinking that 15 feet for ease of operations and also if we'd put a truck and trailer away with a wide load on it, and unload it another day type deal, we've been known to come into the yard late and instead of doing the unloading in the dark, worry about it in the morning type thing. Just looking for input on what others do or wished they'd have done because after they've used a building they figured out how they should have done it. I don't want to spend the money and have my trucks sit out because everyone hates to put them away, its more work than its worth, I've had other things turn out that way before.