Your equipment fleet represents more capital than most people’s homes. Every season it sits exposed to sun, rain, and hail, thousands of dollars in resale value disappear. Modern combines, planters, and sprayers demand better protection than a lean-to or aging pole barn can provide.
Foremost Buildings in Jefferson, Wisconsin, designs equipment storage buildings that protect valuable farm machinery from weather damage. Features like clear-span interiors, custom door sizes, weather-resistant materials, and proper ventilation ensure long-term durability and prevent corrosion. These buildings also allow for future expansion as farm machinery fleets grow.
Benefits of Equipment Storage Buildings for Farm Machinery
Today’s farm equipment represents substantial capital investment. Steel buildings offer clear-span interiors without columns obstructing placement, provide weather-resistant protection for sensitive electronics and hydraulics, and feature custom door systems sized to accommodate actual machinery dimensions.
Prefabricated construction minimizes disruption during critical farming seasons, while low-maintenance materials reduce long-term ownership costs. From single-bay machinery sheds to large multi-bay facilities, steel construction protects your investment while supporting efficient operations.
Column-Free Interiors for Straight-In Access
Clear-span interiors eliminate columns that obstruct maneuvering. You drive straight in, park efficiently, and pull out without executing a twelve-point turn around structural posts. Pre-engineered metal buildings support wide spans without interior load-bearing walls, so you arrange equipment where it makes operational sense.
Whether you’re storing a grain cart, a sprayer with extended booms, or a tillage implement, flexible layouts mean the building works around your operation. You’re not working around structural posts or compromising your equipment arrangement because of building limitations.
Weather Protection for Sensitive Components
Modern farm machinery incorporates electronics, hydraulics, and precision components that are susceptible to damage from weather exposure. Premium-grade, weather-resistant steel withstands rain, snow, and wind without the rot, warping, or deterioration that affects wood structures. Corrosion-resistant materials withstand humidity, temperature fluctuations, and decades of Midwest weather without requiring significant repairs.
Steel roof panels shed snow efficiently, allowing you to maintain full interior clearance without sagging rooflines or the risk of structural failure during heavy snowfall, which is critical when storing tall equipment. Wall panels resist moisture penetration, keeping electronics dry and preventing rust on exposed metal surfaces. You’re protecting assets that represent substantial capital investment over decades.
Custom Door Sizes for Modern Farm Machinery
Getting a combination through a standard door opening is impossible. Custom bay doors and widths accommodate the actual dimensions of farm machinery, not theoretical clearances that work on paper but fail in practice. Roll-up doors provide full opening height without the swing clearance traditional doors require, maximizing usable interior space.
High-clearance designs allow you to drive the asset in without worrying about headers, exhausts, or antennas hitting the door frame. Our design team collaborates with you to determine door placements and sizes that align with your asset roster and workflow patterns.
Ventilation That Prevents Condensation
Enclosed buildings protect equipment from theft and vandalism, but sealed structures trap moisture that leads to corrosion. Custom ventilation and access points strike a balance between airflow and security. Properly designed ventilation systems prevent condensation without exposing equipment to the elements or making it vulnerable to unauthorized access.
Our engineering team, led by Jerry Kitzman PE, Head of Engineering, integrates ventilation design rather than adding it as an afterthought. You get structures that breathe without creating weak points or compromising security.
Long Term Durability
You expect a well-maintained tractor to last twenty years or more. Your storage facility should match or exceed that lifespan without demanding constant repairs. Metal structures built for harsh climates deliver year-round performance through Wisconsin winters, Iowa humidity, and Oklahoma storms.
Low-maintenance materials reduce the time and money spent on building upkeep. You’re not replacing siding, repainting surfaces, or patching rotted sections. Weather-proof steel withstands the daily exposure that agricultural buildings face, from mud tracked in during wet springs to dust during harvest. Moisture control directly affects how long your building protects your investment.
Expandable Design for Growing Operations
Successful farms grow, and growing farms need flexibility. You add machinery, upgrade to larger machinery, or expand acreage. Scalable floor plans and flexible PEMB systems enable your storage facility to grow in tandem with your operation. Whether you’re planning a phased construction approach or want a structure that can accommodate future additions, our design team can engineer for expansion.
Modular steel construction makes additions straightforward. You’re not limited by the original building footprint or forced to construct an entirely separate structure when you outgrow your initial storage capacity.
Engineering for Agricultural Conditions
Agricultural storage facilities face unique challenges, including large door openings that impact structural integrity, snow loads on wide roof spans, wind exposure on rural sites, and occasional impacts from machinery. Our in-house engineering team designs structures built to local and state codes across Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Oklahoma.
Precision-engineered components work together as a complete system. The building is designed to withstand the specific loads and conditions it will face, rather than being adapted from a generic template.
Other Agricultural Buildings We Build
Other Agricultural Buildings We Construct: In addition to equipment storage, we build livestock barns, grain storage facilities, hay storage, calving shelters, and maintenance buildings throughout the Midwest. If you’re planning a comprehensive farm infrastructure upgrade, the same team can manage multiple structures with consistent quality.
Conclusion
Your machinery roster, your workflow patterns, and your site conditions are specific to your operation. Steel construction provides the flexibility to build storage that matches your farming methods.
Contact us at (920) 674-6746 or email support@foremostbuildings.com to discuss your machinery storage building needs. Our team at Foremost Buildings, located at 895 N Parkway Street, Jefferson, WI 53549, works with farmers to design machinery sheds that protect expensive equipment and support efficient farm operations.
FAQs
Can you design a building that accommodates both current equipment and potential future purchases?
Yes. Our design team asks about your current machinery dimensions and anticipated growth. We can engineer additional clearance and floor space to accommodate machinery you might purchase in the coming years.
How do you determine the right door size and placement for farm equipment?
We work with you to identify your largest machinery pieces and typical traffic patterns. Door sizing accounts for actual equipment dimensions plus clearance for safe maneuvering.
Do you provide erection services across your full agricultural service area?
Yes. Erection services through our partnership with Sumit City Steel are available to Foremost Buildings customers throughout the Midwest. Our professional installation teams handle the erection safely and efficiently, minimizing disruption to your farming operations. Contact us to confirm availability in your area.
What customization options are available for ventilation and climate control?
We can integrate ridge vents, sidewall openings, exhaust fans, and other ventilation systems during the design phase. Optional insulation for climate control is available if you need to protect the asset from extreme temperature swings.