Farm storage is not one problem, it is four, and lumping them into one building is why so many machine sheds end up chaotic. Around Red Bud and Randolph County the pattern we see work best is a main building for equipment and separate, smaller buildings for the things that should never share space with it.
The four things that need different homes
Equipment needs height, a wide opening and a hard floor. Hand tools and shop supplies need walls, shelving and light. Chemicals and lubricants need to be locked and away from anything you eat or feed. Feed and seed need to be dry, off the ground and sealed against rodents. Put all four in one building and you will spend the next decade moving things to get to other things.
Where portable buildings fit
Nobody is replacing a machine shed with a portable building, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. What portable buildings do well on a farm is take the smaller jobs off the machine shed. A lofted garage becomes a real shop with a bench, light and overhead storage. A utility building becomes the locked chemical and lubricant building at a safe distance. A second utility or lofted barn becomes feed and seed storage with the loft holding the seasonal overflow. Each one arrives finished, in days or a few weeks, with no contractor schedule to wait on.
Spec it for the work
Order wider doors than you think you need, because implements grow. Add windows on the shop building so you can actually see. Ask about floor and framing options if you are rolling weight in and out. And decide up front where power is going, because running conduit once is cheap and running it twice is not. Look through our building styles and the custom options page for doors, windows and siding.
Placement and pads
On a working property the pad and the approach matter as much as the building. Compacted gravel slightly larger than the footprint keeps mud out of the doorway. Put the building where a truck and trailer can reach it in February, not just in July. Watch overhead lines along the delivery route and clear limbs ahead of time. Our preparing for delivery page lists what the crew needs.
Buying
Rent-to-own with no credit check is available and does not affect your credit score, which suits the cash flow of a farm operation better than a lot of alternatives. Traditional financing with soft-pull pre-approval and terms out to fifteen years is also available. See our rent-to-own and financing options page, or call 618-518-5578 and we will help you scope it.
Getting started in Red Bud
The fastest way to start is to build it yourself in our free 3D building designer. Choose a style, set the size, pick siding and shingle colors, add the doors and windows you want, and spin it around until it looks right. Then send it to us for a quote. If you would rather just talk, call 618-518-5578 or contact us. Our FAQ covers delivery timelines, site prep and rent-to-own and financing options if you want to read up first.
We serve Red Bud and the surrounding towns from our Waterloo lot to the north.
