Anyone using a steel RV carort in Minnesota?

belfert · April 27, 2015, 09:33:00 AM

Does anybody in Minnesota use a steel RV carport to cover their bus? I would like to find someone local to Minnesota who sell them. I'm getting sick of dealing with cloth type covers for my bus. I would rather save the money for an eventual garage for my RV, but I don't know if I can wait any longer.

scanzel · April 27, 2015, 10:03:17 AM

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Oonrahnjay · April 27, 2015, 02:10:27 PM

Quote from: belfert on April 27, 2015, 09:33:00 AMDoes anybody in Minnesota use a steel RV carport to cover their bus? I would like to find someone local to Minnesota who sell them. I'm getting sick of dealing with cloth type covers for my bus. I would rather save the money for an eventual garage for my RV, but I don't know if I can wait any longer.

Your big obvious in snow loading (mine is hurricane winds); a carport big enough to cover a bus is going to have to carry a lot of square feet of snow. If you can find something rated, go for it, but it a snow load rating is anything like a wind rating, it's not going to be cheap. But it's probably worth it.

belfert · April 27, 2015, 04:11:39 PM

I am hoping to find a local provider of carports to get a price from them. It appears that prices might be around $3500 for the proper snow load rating. If I search online I can't find anyone who is actually based in Minnesota. Part of the reason is probably because I don't see many steel carports locally. I see a lot more of them when I travel to the Southeast part of the USA.

I wish I could find a way to build something that could later be converted to a regular garage. I think a pole barn with no sides would be ideal for this, but the city only allows pole construction on over 5 acres and I don't have that much land.

chessie4905 · April 27, 2015, 04:43:52 PM

These could be an option and you can add to the length easily as time money and space allows.

belfert · April 27, 2015, 08:23:19 PM

Quote from: chessie4905 on April 27, 2015, 04:43:52 PM
These could be an option and you can add to the length easily as time money and space allows.

I'm not sure what you mean by these. I can't convert a steel carport to a garage. An actual garage needs to match the house in both siding and roofing material. I haven't checked with the city yet to see if I can even have a metal carport.

scanzel · April 28, 2015, 03:07:51 AM

I did preliminary pricing for one for my bus 12' high sides 15' in the center 46' long installed is around $6000.00.

B_K · May 04, 2015, 12:54:38 PM

talk to the zoning board and see if you can't get a variance for a pole barn.
A lot of times they will do this on an individual case.
Once you get a variance have a pole barn the size your garage will be built.

Also I suggest you go ahead and re-roof the house with metal roofing as it will be a better match for todays pole barns and snow slides off smooth metal roofs better than shingles.

BK