My pole barn...a solo affair

[Skipholiday]

Very impressive work Brandi.

I also worked on helicopters.. The rc type.

[tommu56]

Great job Brandi

I didn't think till looking at your picture's with a load of dirt you can swing to a side and unload it with out moving tractor sure beats 3pt

tom

[bindian]

Defective,
Okay, I'm flattered. The PHD as it gets deeper, wants to angle a little. But a little wiggle of the control lever and it is straight. Unlike a 3PH digger that requires you moving the tractor. I used to rebuild wrecked helicopters. I made all kinds of sheetmetal parts for them.

Mudcat,
Thanks! Sometimes when it is raining, I go out there and sit in a lawn chair and listen to the rain hit the metal roof. Some day I want to build a log home. It will have a metal roof!


Eddie,
I am honored you are impressed. Coming from the master lake builder makes me feel good. I was going to just run the digger with the remote and run lines all the way back to the digger mounted on the BH bucket, but another TBNer suggested the swivel knuckle mount and the quick disconnects. That saved a lot of pain running dedicated lines for the PHD.

Terry,
The auger can be laid almost flat on the floor of the trailer. It would lay flat if I would have added more distance where the swivel knuckle was welded up. It just hangs and swivels when the tractor is moving. It has a heavy spring that helps, but the weight of the 12 auger stops a lot of swing. It plumbs by itself when the tractor is not moving.

hugs, Brandi

[bindian]

Originally Posted by jinman

Wow! Brandi, I hope the post hole digging wasn't all done with that manual PHD in the first picture. Whew! I guess if it's all sand, that wouldn't be horrible, but I'm really partial to my auger.

Nice job. I particularly like your roof line and vent at the top. I'd sure like to see some inside pictures of the roof trusses if you get a chance. That's gonna be one swell barn.

Jim,
I took some inside photos of my barn today. I almost forgot. The first photo shows the 12 foot wide trailer or tractor shed. The second photo shows the shed rafters tying into the truss. The 3rd photo is best I could take of the trusses. The 4th shows the end truss with the vent. The 5th is of the beam detail with 4x6 spacer. The last photo is up inside near the bottom of the truss.
hugs, Brandi

[jinman]

Originally Posted by bindian

Jim,
I took some inside photos of my barn today. I almost forgot.

Thanks for those photos, Brandi. In looking at your construction, it's sure obvious that the header at the top of your poles is not going anywhere. You shot nails to hold it in place and then came back and put carriage bolts all the way through with nuts. I think most construction would have just used lagbolts, but you took the time to go the extra bit. The structure looks overbuilt and that's great for strength in windstorms.

Theres a lot of detail that isn't obvious until you study your pictures a bit. I like the way you tied the trusses together too. Also, you can go back and add screen, louvers, or even vents that could be opened in the summer and closed down in the winter if needed.

When you do your slab, are you going to put down poly to keep moisture down? I've come to appreciate just how much moisture moves up through concrete if you don't. Anything metal will rust quickly if you lay it on a concrete floor that doesn't have a moisture barrier under it. At least that is what I've found in my garage at my house. I didn't seal it with poly before pouring the slab and now I sure wish I had.

Thanks again for the pictures.

[bindian]

Originally Posted by jinman

Thanks for those photos, Brandi. In looking at your construction, it's sure obvious that the header at the top of your poles is not going anywhere. You shot nails to hold it in place and then came back and put carriage bolts all the way through with nuts. I think most construction would have just used lagbolts, but you took the time to go the extra bit. The structure looks overbuilt and that's great for strength in windstorms.

Theres a lot of detail that isn't obvious until you study your pictures a bit. I like the way you tied the trusses together too. Also, you can go back and add screen, louvers, or even vents that could be opened in the summer and closed down in the winter if needed.

When you do your slab, are you going to put down poly to keep moisture down? I've come to appreciate just how much moisture moves up through concrete if you don't. Anything metal will rust quickly if you lay it on a concrete floor that doesn't have a moisture barrier under it. At least that is what I've found in my garage at my house. I didn't seal it with poly before pouring the slab and now I sure wish I had.

Thanks again for the pictures.

Jim,
I blame it all on my Dad. He taught it all to me. He was an Aggie. He made a portable picnic table out of 2 X 12s. Oh yeah, I will be adding the moisture barrier. I used to work in a hangar in the late 70s that didn't have a moisture barrier in the concrete. It sweated so bad, if our electric screwdrivers had a nick in the cord...we would get a shock.
hugs, Brandi

[MacLawn]

Man, that is a great pole barn Brandi! I need to build one too, but mine will only be about 22' x 36'. Probably a plain 4 or 5/12 roof pitch with 5V tin. Pretty simple, just to store my travel trailer, JD 2210 tractor and a few attachments, etc. I know how it is, you can never have too many roofs on a place! I've already got 4 counting my house! The last one I built in '92 is my shop/office, only 24' x 32' block. Very nice, but the only mistake I made was that instead of 32' long, I definitely should have gone at least 38', or 40'. That wouldn't solve my present need, but would sure have been better for my office space.

Anyway, appreciate you sharing the photos, it gives me some ideas...

[bindian]

Originally Posted by MacLawn

Man, that is a great pole barn Brandi! I need to build one too, but mine will only be about 22' x 36'. Probably a plain 4 or 5/12 roof pitch with 5V tin. Pretty simple, just to store my travel trailer, JD 2210 tractor and a few attachments, etc. I know how it is, you can never have too many roofs on a place! I've already got 4 counting my house! The last one I built in '92 is my shop/office, only 24' x 32' block. Very nice, but the only mistake I made was that instead of 32' long, I definitely should have gone at least 38', or 40'. That wouldn't solve my present need, but would sure have been better for my office space.

Anyway, appreciate you sharing the photos, it gives me some ideas...

MacLawn,
Thanks for the kind words. Make the barn as big as you can. It will get smaller as you fill it up.
hugs, Brandi

[bindian]

Now that the company doctor has cleared me to return to work, I can work on the barn again . The problem with that is it cuts into tractor "play" time.
I have started installing the treated 2X6s for the conrete forms (20X30 feet) and something for the bottom siding to fasten to. I was shopping for 6 mil. vapor barrier plastic today and couldn't find 20 or 30 foot wide plastic. Except for 100 X 20 feet, which is too expensive and way too much. Lowe's has 10 foot wide sheets, or rolls. When I lay 2 each 10 foot wide plastic down side by side, do I need to tape the seam in the center? Or is it okay to just overlap it a little and put a little dirt or rebar over the seam. I will be using 5 foot wide reinforcing wire.
hugs, Brandi

[bindian]

Here are two photos, before and after. What the land looked like after the loggers left their mess and what it looks like with the barn now. That is a Ford 3055 with a KK 6 ft BB in the before photo. She was 54 horsepower. An awesome tractor for 2WD, no FEL and armstrong power steering.
hugs, Brandi