Johnny's Combine Garage in North Carolina

“I’m more of hobby farmer, I don’t make a living at it. This land is something my grandparents and my dad had, I’m just trying to take care of it.”

Johnny parks his combine in his General Steel building. The combine harvester is a machine that harvests grain crops. More specifically, the combine is machine that combines three separate farming operations: harvesting, threshing and winnowing into a single process.

“My building is a shop but most importantly I keep my combine inside the building. It’s the only piece of equipment I keep inside, it’s the biggest and most expensive piece of equipment I have.”

Simply put, the combine separates the seed from the plant material, making it one of the most important and expensive pieces of equipment any professional or hobby farmer owns.

In addition to the combine, Johnny also owns a tractor and a grain truck. These two pieces of equipment are now kept in complementary leanto additions Johnny built himself.

“I’ve already added two leanto structures to each side of the building and a cabin in the rear. So it’s actually quite a bit bigger than it was originally.”

General Steel buildings are designed to expand easily in the future, even when you’re simply trying to match the original roof sheeting; it’s easy to do. Johnny built his leanto additions out of lumber and matched the original roof sheeting and rooflines to create a unified structure.