Hangers

[KRW]

I am moving from Alaska to the KC, Kansas area and need ideas on building a hanger on the property I bought.
Size
Type
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Any help will be appreciated

Keith Willoughby
[email protected]
907-267-9048

[magman]

Re: Hangers

Buoild it BIGGER than what you think you need NOW.


Doors are costly.

You may want to consider making your own.

There are kits/plans available.

I built mine for about 1K; with skin.

[N96337]

Re: Hangers

Let's see...my hangar in WA was 50x50 with a 14' lean-to across the back....when I moved back to MT, I built my main hangar 60x60 with a 20' lean-to along one side.... the other hangar here is 50x60..... IF I was to build another, I'd be looking at bigger.... see a trend here? No matter how big you build, it could be bigger! haha
John

[magman]

Re: Hangers

Absolutely on BIGGER.

After the want/need/ afford dilemma the couple thoughts:

1. My builder said it cost LESS to add another bay during initial construction than a lean-to.

2. Insulation or interior siding will cost as well.

3. Electric? Heat?


Keep in mind that if someone is already on the site with equipment & personnel they might be able to give you a far

better price than another contractor that has to consider drive/ set-up & tear-down/ drive in the pricing.


The time of year may be significant.

A fill-in job in early spring may be desireable for a contractor to keep the crew / subs together for the busy season.

Might be cheaper than paying into Unemployment Insurance.

[lawheelock]

Re: Hangers

I bought a package from Morton. 54 X 75 with a 44ft Wilson door. Their price for the concrete floor was excessive so I found a local that did it for about 60 to 75 % of what Morton wanted. I should have gone bigger. I do not have my T-Craft here yet.
Larry Wheelock, deep south TX at XS56 Pix of hangar at: http://home.earthlink.net/~lawheelock/

[Bird]

Re: Hangers

I am considering some property in up state NY on a damned up river, there is 1 property that sits at the end of a small bay and the water is 2 to 3 1/2 feet deep, has anyone ever made a hanger like as in a boathouse with a platform that could be raised to dry dock the bird?

[jdoran]

Re: Hangers

I keep my Tcraft floatplane on a modified boat lift. I taxi up to a floating pier, get out then by hand, float the plane back about 20 feet. I then raise the boat lift up about 4 feet out of the water. A couple ratchet straps later I'm good to go!

10 years now, lots of storms later-never had a problem.

[fearofpavement]

Re: Hangers

A couple of suggestions I would throw in on hangars. Build the door wider and taller than you think you'll need. Build the hangar larger than you think you'll need. Very rarely will you find someone that will tell you they built their hangar too large. This is basically true of all storage type buildings. Also, I think an erector set type building (red iron framing with steel skin) is a better alternative than a Quonset style building for a number of reasons. And finally, make your door choices prior to construction as you may need some specific structural allowances for the door.

[mulwyk]

Re: Hangers

I'm in the final stages of building my own hangar. Low cost was critical for me, we had a strict $10,000 budget, so I built just large enough to house a T-Craft or such, 40' x 30', and I've done most of the work myself. I found the best price at Menard's. They designed a post frame to my specs ($60 for the blueprints), provided a kit of all materials ($6800 + $2 per mile delivery), and have been great about answering all my first-time-builder questions. We hired a guy to dig the post holes ($300) and a crane to lift the trusses ($500). I haven't built the door yet but it will be an Ultimate door ($800 kit) built in place, manual winch.

The hangar guy at Menard's is Ross Eckholm, 605-399-9896.

[waltermrich]

Re: Hangers

Just curious did your Ultimate door kit come thur Menards also

[Fred Johnson]

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We have just moved into our new hanger in Kentucky, We have three Hangers at our airport 2 Pole Barns and one Kentucky Truss, at my friends airport, they have 5, 2 red Iron (Steel Buildings) and 3 Pole Barns. My hanger was constructed by Walter's Building it is pole construction, they are like Morton. My thoughts on our design: In tornado country if an F1 hits you Pole or Steel it's gone, Build standard size for best value Steel comes in 3' width 60' = 20 panels, our poles are set on 8' centers, so we built 72' long divides by 8 evenly and also by 3 so no waste. Make the door as wide as you can, everybody does 60' wide with 46'door and you have dead space in those front corners. we did 52' door need to have 4' box sections on either side for door support. Bi-fold or One piece hydrulic make sure there is proper bracing for the door so the front of the building does not bow (Schweiss Brochure has good examples of proper bracing download from their site). We did a 52 X 14 and their load specs shows 4000 lbs on each post when the door is open (door weighs 4K). Our builder used a 7 ply 2 x 12 post for the door king posts, along with a double truss at the end spaced with a 2x6 to create a box beam, with T brace kickers back to the second truss in. I used outward opening personel doors, to lose no interior space. and 5'x5' windows on 14' walls for natural light. We put a 12 x12 garage door in the back wall, I should have put it in the last bay on the side wall, so I could pull my tractor and truck in behind the airplanes. Had steep grage issues and went for the rear door (Walters has an example building on thier website) Good luck, three weeks ago finally moved in (18 months since we tore down the old one) and hopefully will have both airplanes in annual and flying by august.