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The answer depends on what you're protecting and when you need it ready. Wide Span Sheds builds farm sheds for three different jobs, and mixing them up costs you either dry storage or usable machinery space.
Pure hay and feed storage
Wide Span Sheds' Mega Hay Storage design runs 12m x 18m x 5m, built with galvanised steel to handle the moisture hay storage creates without corroding.
Machinery and multi-purpose storage
The Multi Purpose configuration at 18m x 22.5m x 5.3m combines hay, machinery, and general storage in one building, useful where a farm doesn't have room for separate structures.
Dairy-scale storage
The Dairy Farmer Shed size, 12m x 24m x 5.1m, covers feed and equipment storage at the scale most dairy operations need.
Hay and feed
Ventilation and fully galvanised steel are non-negotiable here. Wide Span Sheds cladding options in ZINCALUME® or COLORSTEEL® handle the corrosion risk that comes with storing moist hay long term.
Machinery
Height and door width matter more than floor area. Wide Span Sheds sizes roller doors and clearance to the specific machinery going in and out, not a standard opening.
Mixed use (chemicals, tools, feed, vehicles)
Internal dividing walls let one shed do several jobs without feed, chemicals, and vehicles competing for the same space.
Farm infrastructure decisions don't happen on a generic timeline. Wide Span Sheds works to the same calendar farmers do:
Every Wide Span Sheds farm building goes through site-specific engineering before it's built, accounting for wind region, surrounding terrain, topography, snow loading, earthquake loading, and rainfall intensity. This is what determines the wind speed rating and footing design for your exact location, not a generic spec sheet.
The right farm shed depends on what's going in it and how soon you need it ready. Wide Span Sheds sizes for the job, whether that's hay, machinery, or both, and engineers it for your specific site before building starts.
Talk to your local Wide Span Sheds team about a farm shed built for what you actually need to store - 0800 WIDE SPAN
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