Well as things go I got my feelings hurt... BAD! I had priced trusses awhile back and thought maybe the price wouldn't have changed that much, WRONG. The quote as of yesterday was $5900.00, that was for 28, 3/12 pitch with a span of 28ft (delivered).
I may have a work around. I have a 12" tall I-beam that I could run the length of the shop and stick build the rafters off of that. I realize that the pitch would be less, I could work with a 24" rise as we don't deal with snow loads here. The cost of the lumber to do this with a 24" on center build would be just over $2000.00, or $1300.00 with a 36" on center. Keep in mind that I still need to purchase the roof panels and hardware.
Still need to crunch some more numbers and do a little "Jethro Bodine" ciphering on this.
