Thread: Pole barn pad
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Old 05-17-2008, 09:54 AM   #9 (permalink)
Ridgewalker
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Default Re: Pole barn pad

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Originally Posted by TNhobbyfarmer
I am doing the exact thing, a 50X30 PB about a 2ft drop. The builder will bring in loads of fill dirt to build the pad. The fill dirt guy he uses "walks in" the dirt after each load with his truck filled with the next load of dirt for compaction. He says this and a couple of rains will get the pad ready for construction. The builder has built a lot of pole barns in the area and comes with recommendations. Does his plan for the pad sound reasonable?

Ridge: I hope you don't take this as me trying to steal your thread. Our situations are so similar, I thought it would be OK for me to jump in.
No worries...other than the lack or responses to your question.

What I am learning is that whoever builds the pad needs to do it in layers of 4-6" at a time. It sounds like that is what your guy is doing.
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