Aw Spence,
I finished it last year shortly after that last post, except for the gutters it really did need. Guess what? It still needs gutters. And this spring we had some additions done to our house and I told the excavators to pile the extra dirt from the excavations behind the barn. I had a culvert to put in a ditch on the property and figured I could use some of it there and some for other little projects around the place...most of it is fairly decent soil. Anyway, the upshot is that the piles of dirt are still there, covered with weeds, and don't make for a pretty picture. I'm getting a rear scoop for my tractor next week and will be moving some of it then for some landscaping. Tell you what...I'll take a couple of pictures this evening, and if they're not too embarassing I'll post them.
I suspect that the comments I got in that thread are probably more valuable to someone building a pole barn than seeing my shed. Some of the guys described much more elaborate structures than what I wanted and built. I did a shed with one open side and a plain gravel not-so-level floor. I did learn a lot building it however. I think that the laminated poles are a good idea, though I would probably do mine better if I built again. They let me make a neat slot to accept the trusses, which made setting the trusses easy and also let the poles directly bear the weight of the roof. And the most important thing I learned was how good a darn big C-clamp is for grabbing the poles when setting them and for any number of other things.
Chuck
I finished it last year shortly after that last post, except for the gutters it really did need. Guess what? It still needs gutters. And this spring we had some additions done to our house and I told the excavators to pile the extra dirt from the excavations behind the barn. I had a culvert to put in a ditch on the property and figured I could use some of it there and some for other little projects around the place...most of it is fairly decent soil. Anyway, the upshot is that the piles of dirt are still there, covered with weeds, and don't make for a pretty picture. I'm getting a rear scoop for my tractor next week and will be moving some of it then for some landscaping. Tell you what...I'll take a couple of pictures this evening, and if they're not too embarassing I'll post them.
I suspect that the comments I got in that thread are probably more valuable to someone building a pole barn than seeing my shed. Some of the guys described much more elaborate structures than what I wanted and built. I did a shed with one open side and a plain gravel not-so-level floor. I did learn a lot building it however. I think that the laminated poles are a good idea, though I would probably do mine better if I built again. They let me make a neat slot to accept the trusses, which made setting the trusses easy and also let the poles directly bear the weight of the roof. And the most important thing I learned was how good a darn big C-clamp is for grabbing the poles when setting them and for any number of other things.
Chuck