Buying a Morton Building: The Process and Cost
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- Have you wondered what the process from website to completion of buying a Morton Building? In this video I share my experience of the process and what it eventually cost me to buy the building in 2018.
A key factor in the cost will be the price of materials, specifically steel and lumber. For an accurate comparison look at those material costs in early 2018 when I bought vs the time you are looking to build. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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Finally! Someone that can describe a process on a video, that has what he is going to say outlined and is articulate in passing on necessary information with out a lot of unnecessary crap thrown in.
WELL DONE SIR!
I'm a foreman at Morton in Indiana. My crew and I just put up a 60x144 building last week for a farmer. This farmer had a 60x100 put up by us 10 years ago. After putting the second one up 100 feet away from the ten year old building. You cannot tell which is the new one and which was built ten years old. He is extremely happy with both barns. (Side note): the ten year old barn was hit with 90 mph straight line winds one year after construction. These winds knocked over 4 grain bins to the east and another "xbrand" pole barn to the west of his barn. His barn stood strong and needed no repairs. Great testimony.
While I never want to have mine tested it's great to know it'll stand if it is.
@@Unit2345 where r u from?
Northeast Ohio
@@Unit2345 thanks...do u know who can build one in Minnesota?
I don't. You can check if Morton is in your state. They are the only ones I've dealt with
TH-cam promoted this one to me, and I'm glad they did. Thanks for the break down brother, this was superb. Hoping to build a 40x60 come next spring. God bless.
Look who we found here! Haha hope the build goes well man, can't wait to see it all come together!
Hey Brian! Awesome to see you as top comment here! Just found this video and good info like this video and the ones you provide for lawn maintenance have inspired me to start an educational series on post-frame buildings and all the questions people have about them. Can't wait to launch those! You guys are the real heroes for providing this info online to share and educate everyone!
Our worlds meet yet again!
My wife was saying the other day, you need a bigger shop. We should build you a nice building, have a decent oversized two car garage with a storage area but i would love to upgrade!! She’s a keeper!!
@@conorsmith5471 Dang does the whole lawn care community want a pole barn or is it just me? lol. #letsgo
I had Morton buildings build my farm shop 20 years ago and it is an Awesome building , holding up very well and great craftsmanship
EXACTLY , what I've been trying to find out. Really cool, thank you. awesome building.
Good morning Sir, this info is so detail love it, buses are great too, hope someday we’ll meet in person, God Bless Us all always 🙏🙏🙏
I can't thank you enough for taking the time to go through the entire process. It helps tremendously!
Fantastic break down of the process! Thank you for sharing! This really helps with getting all our ducks in order for a similar build.
This is great info. Thanks for laying it all out for those of us that do need outbuildings like this. Really appreciate the insight!
Thank you for the thoughtful video and including the price breakdown. I hate when they don’t give price because they think we’re to stupid to realize it will be different for every build.
Thank you for the time and energy you put into this video. I'm considering buying land and having a morton building house or 'barndominium' done up. I wouldn't get as much square footage but there are obviously different extra costs with a home vice a open bay. I appreciate this information and God bless you and yours
Looking into barndominums right now and this video was a huge help. Well done, appreciated and helpful.
So helpful to see this video! Looking at adding a workshop/storage building my property. Good to see things to consider laid out like this.
I bought my first Morton building 35 years ago and now I own 3. Fantastic buildings! Employee owned, some of the same guys build my latest building last year worked on my first one 35 years ago! The Energy Performer insulated models are really easy to heat. Far better than any structural steel framed metal building on the market.
Thank you, for explaining everything you did, cost and everything you explained about all the prep work etc. Nice video
Best explanation of the process! Thank you for blessing us all with the step by step process.
Great job.
Great video!! Glad we could make your Morton Building experience a positive, memorable one. (I work in Design Services)
And the memories have only begun. We use the building all the time!
Thank you so very much for this very helpful video! As I'm sure you can appreciate, there are many decisions to be made concerning not just what kind of pole building you want, but the actual specifics of how it's constructed. Each builder seems to have his own favorite approach. Those approaches are tailored by how much they want the final product to cost or not cost.
I'm in the process of evaluating various pole barn builders in the Midwest. I'm planning to build a tall 16 ft side wall open walled the barn, with clear span trusses at the ends so they will be no posts at the ends, to house our RV and future farm equipment. This has proved to be another one of those situations where "I don't know what I don't know", and so I've been doing much research and contacting builders.
What makes my project complex is that without the benefit of girts and sidewalls and end-framing, the stiffening of the entire structure to prevent movement in the wind becomes a bigger issue.
Morton's MFS foundation system seems very interesting to me. Currently I've been in talks with a company that uses the Perma Column system. Can you comment as to how the MFS system has worked so far?
I really like the idea of using concrete columns, but I worry that no matter how good the fastening mechanism is, not having the post go all the way in the ground directly could create a hinge point where the moment of force will be focused at the wood/bracket interface. I'm more worried about the wood moving in the bracket, than I am about the bracket bending or breaking.
Wow! Thanks! Very thorough.
Considering having one built to live in.
A few additional costs to consider, but you've really helped me. It's totally doable. 😉
Kent State! Born and raised in Kent.. beautiful building and very informative..
Thank you again for making this video. Your experiences were exactly the same as mine when building my Morton building in 2014.
A couple of points worth mentioning for those who are price shopping.
1. It’s impossible to do apples/apples comparisons between different building mfg. when pricing out a building, there’s just too many variables. I ended up omitting all doors and windows when comparing. I used just a basic building with one service door in order to eliminate many of the variables.
2. Extra things Morton covered and most others did not. Granted these are things you paid for in the price, but it was very nice not to have to deal with them; Labor, porta potty rental, dumpster rental, insurance both workers comp and on materials, calling and scheduling inspections, ordering the amount and scheduling of concrete, labor, equipment rentals.
In 2014 prices when I figured out a price comparison between a Menards building and all the other things needed mentioned above to erect the building including labor, Morton was only about $5000 higher in price.
The insurance on materials coveres any damage from the time they drop off the material on site, to the final inspection. Menards didn’t offer any such insurance. Workmans comp is required in my state but it can be an item you are charged for and no workmans comp ins. provided with shady labor contractors.
BTW I am not affiliated with Morton in any way other than being a customer.
Thank you for your transparency of this undertaking. This is what I was looking for and very much appreciated information. I enjoyed the video and looking forward to see what you have done with the busses
Very helpful...very, very helpful. Thank you for taking the time and energy to share, knowing you may never know just how helpful it would be to someone else. Salute.
Going through the process with Morton right now. Thank you for this!!
This is a great video! Thanks for taking the time to share your experience, it is very helpful and answered a lot of questions I always had about this stuff in general. You got a big thumbs up from me!!
What idiot would give this a thumbs down? Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Like you said, we all need a starting point to wrap our heads around a project like this. Is a large building like this $50K? ...$500k? This helps a lot!
You got a good deal on it, and it turned out great! I really like the detail and color of the building. Awesome 👌
Very well described and thank you for taking the time to inform others about the whole process and not being shady on the price . I’m not gonna lie kinda disappointed bc now I know it won’t be anytime soon I’ll get one but reality is what we all need sometimes,,,,,, great job on the video and good luck with your channel and future endeavors!
Thanks for taking the time to help others with this information! Appreciate it!
Thank you. In the conclusion it says "I hope this helps somebody." It helped me.
Wonderful!!
Thank you for this, lots of things to think about when planning for one.
Beautiful Building! Thank you for sharing all the good info. take care
Thank you and it seems like you could not have found a better company than Morton to build your building. Very professional and experienced. I like that in these times. Have a good time with those busses.
Great vid. Thanks. We’re mulling a farm storage / livestock stall / workshop convertible / multi-purpose building. Just sent Morton the initial web site inquiry. Looking forward to seeing where this goes.
WOW! This is amazing.. Now i know what to look for and what sort of my cost would be when we get ready to build.. Thank you so much for helping out..
Wow, thank you!!! Have been gathering info for our build & you made a great video. Nice voice so didn’t get bored either 👍
Super thought out vid....my 60x18x80 dream looks like it's going to be future proofed down to a 24x10x24 with pea gravel and a Walmart tarped door now haha! Post Frame seems the way to go for sure. You did your homework and have an extraordinary building to show for it. Thanks again.
Thanks for doing this. Great explanation and I see with your buses you are crazier than I am.
Thank you for posting this video.. You simplified a lot of the process.. I am considering a Morton Bldg, and will probably watch it again...
Thanks for taking the time to do this. Very informative
Great and throughly explained and broken down, good job, thank you!
Some commenters were drizzling the hateraide on you and the brand, but I appreciated your video. Thanks for sharing your experience and time. Nice shop and fun projects.
VERY helpful . Great job explaining 💯💯
Super helpful. Thank you!!! Your video is a time saver.
Great job on the video. You covered all the bases.
My 2016 Morton was 70x42x16 with double 14-foot doors was $58k to Morton.
I did my own site prep with a John Deere mini tractor. Also did electrical myself with 200+ feet of trenching. No concrete. All in costs for building, gravel and electric was $61k.
I should mention that when the garage door contractor leaves, you have openers with no power wiring. They run temp extension cords and a generator to test the doors, and when they leave, the doors are inoperable until you wire them up.
Good point about the garage doors. We had electrical run not long after installation but for a week or so it was challenging to open our main door by hand.
it would be illegal for them to connect them without an electrical license, same deal for wells and pools. electrical is on an electrician or you.
This is very educational for most of us planning to have projects such as yours. With this video you made, we will not be navigating the waters blind. At least, we know what to prepare, what to do and also make us be realistic on our expectations.
My thanks and admiration to you Sir.
My pleasure!
Excellent information! Thanks for taking the time to break this all down.
Thank you for the education. Well presented.
Thank you for all the info. Glad your in my neighborhood too! It’s gives me a better idea on prices.
Doing my thought process number one would be what do you want to do with the building. I think this helps with answering a lot of the questions and how deep your willing to dig into your pocket book. Great video.
Very good job laying this experience out. Thank you!
Really helpful. Thanks for all of the detail!
I am thrilled I found your tutorial on constructing this building. I saw a building i much like this one n a Google search of Morton Buildings, and I happened upon your You Tube Channel in searching further for info. This video was extremely helpful - practical and straight-forward. I did have to get refocused as your bus kept taking my attention away -- I wanted to know about that too LOL! Thank you for putting this together and offering it as a resource. After viewing this and taking in the information you shared, I feel more comfortable moving forward with our plans. If you restore that bus, I want to see it LOL!
Check out my other videos. Most of what I share is about the buses. 😀
Thanks for the breakdown - very helpful for a project of my own that I'm considering.
Great video detailing every step along the way! Thank you for making this video.
Very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to run through that
Many thanks, my friend. Very helpful information!
very helpful! Thank you for taking the time to make this from NW Ohio.
Thank you. Big help. I have some questions, but will check your other videos first.
Thanks for putting this video together.
You did a great job.
Thanks for the video and explanation. It is awesome that you broke out each step. Two thumbs up.
Great video, well done. Beautiful building!
extremely helpful. thank you for your hard work and time into this vid!
Thanks for this! I would love to have this to store my 45’ Newell! :-) Great information!
Thanks for the info. I hope you enjoy it for a long time.👍🏻
Super informative! Thank you for your work in sharing with TH-cam🙂
Excellent video very detailed tremendous job thank you. I hope you're enjoying your building.
My neighbor had a 40 x 70’ Morton building in about 2004. It was beautiful and they gave he and his wife matching Morton coats that resemble Carhartt jackets. They also had the ceiling and interior walls included.
Morton has very consistent construction methods and they are some of the nicest pole type buildings you’ll see.
Insulating and turnkey of a building of this offering could easily double the price if totally finished out and that’s only if one can do a lot of the work themselves.
Just saying.
Barndominion comes to mind.
Excellent break down and I like your structure a lot.
Thank you very much.
Thank You for the detail explanation on the steps and price. Very Informative
Thank you for the information. Very helpful. Morton is very expensive when compared to other professional companies. I trust are good solid buildings. I tried to work with them but they were not interested due to overall cost. They seem to want the the bigger jobs that can make them more money. My project would have been a hay barn 40x40. They purchase their lumber and materials in bulk so the prices are not as fluid as they would have you believe. Other companies use the same sales tactic. Thanks again.
Awesome video thank you for your time and effort in sharing this.
Outstanding Video, you relayed the info perfectly. You summarized elements very clearly, and I have a similar situation where I am exactly 100 miles from the nearest Morton office. It is interesting how the concrete came to 50% of the building, itself. I would have to have a driveway put in, same situation as yours. But now it is the post COVID era and prices have skyrocketed. The gamble will be whether material prices will ever come down.
This is the most helpful video in it's class
Thank you for this very informative video!
One of the best video, very nicely executed thanks 👍
Thanks, this was helpful. Answered some questions and helped in my planning process.
Thank you for the video. Had my first call with Morton today. Im hoping it works out as well as yours did.
Thank you for sharing. Nice building and wonderful presentation.
Thank you sir it is a great helpful video, I building one very close in size so god bless u for helping me decide on my new building. God bless U
I had my building built 25 years ago. 42x72 with 16 ft ceiling..Building is divided in half with a wall going down the middle.one side measures 36x42 and is a horse barn with 4 stalls ,a tack room and a large hayloft. this side has hand cut rafters instead of trusses.The other side is used as a heavy truck garage and has 8 inch concrete floors.Building has it's own 200 amp service and water.Cost around $40,000 way back then.Glad I don't have to try and put one up today.
Cool video & excellent breakdown, showing just how the price varies depending on what your needs are...
Very well put together video, informative, thank you much
Morton built my 42'x88'x16' in 2019 in Florida, wind rated to 140MPH. Total was about $120,000 for Morton, which included 5" reinforced concrete floor, 4 large overhead doors plus 1 18'Wx14'H sliding door, 1 man door, 4 windows, insulation, interior ceiling and some detail work on 1 side for me to connect a porch to. I paid for site prep ($7000 including some clearing, 30 loads of fill and a 300' driveway) and exterior concrete work (about $2500?) to others. I used Morton because of their reputation and experience; their competitors in Florida are not large and I wasn't comfortable that they could/would stand behind the price and product. My experience with Morton was excellent and I will use them again, probably next year, for another farm building. At then end of the day, even if someone quoted me 10-20% less, I would use Morton.
That sounds awesome!
Woah that's awesome!
This is helpful to me. Thank you for such a detailed post.
very helpful .. purchasing a 40 acre lot .. and contemplating a 40x50 2000 sq ft shop home mix .. thank you
Awesome poleshed! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for this wealth of information. Your video was very informative. Please keep posting.
Thank you for this great video. You explained it very clearly!
thank you for sharing information about your experience.
Nice and helpful presentation. Thanks.
great video love it, you were excellent and calm explaining everything…
This is very informative. Thank you for doing this video.
Great video. Very helpful.
Very helpful, thank you.
I invited Morton to my property to evaluate a rough price for a 42ft wide x 80ft long x 14 ft tall walls. I wanted a different roof line than the standard. It's called the Monitor style barn. The building only was what I called Morton's "We Don't Want To Build It" price - $100,000. It wasn't their off the shelf design and their quote said it all. Add to that all the other extras, concrete, doors, ECT. I'm looking elsewhere.
Thank you for the information. This helps us a Lot.
Wow, costs have really gone up! I had Morton put up a 42x75x14' with sidewall insulation, 24" overhangs, one 12x12' garage door, one 14x14' sliding door, two walk-in doors, and three windows in 2002 for about $32K. Morton builds a very good building. I looked into them all and am very satisfied that I chose Morton.
have you noticed gasoline has gone up by over a $1 gallon? Steel is up? Lumber is slowly crashing back to earth but it is still very high as the lumber yards work thru their inventory. Sounds like you did not notice but 2002 everything was a darn sight cheaper. That big roll up door was HUGE and the price was to be expected.
... 32k? 😱😱
Pricey.
You are depressing me.
Great information thank you so much
thanks for taking the time to make this.
Very informative. Thank you for sharing !
Thanks for sharing.
Almighty bless you and family.
Excellent video. Actually one of the best.
Morton builds a beautiful building. The tutorial was great, very informative. The price for that size structure is so doable for most people interested in this type of building. Good luck with your beautiful building.