New poarch roof 36x16 ft

[Army grunt]

I sawed some 3x10 x 18ft an some 2x4s, an 6x8s, also cut down some cdr. for up rights here are some pics of progress. Used the N H with a 3 pt. jack tied to my fork lift for extra reach. It worked great!
Army Grunt

 

[Wolfy]

I like it, the world needs less idiots and more clever people like you. I have been researching those basic New Hollands, do you like yours?

 

[Army grunt]

Yes , I like it. The only draw back is the 850 lbs. lifting on the loader. It is 30 hp so ALL the stuff from my old ford hooked up a works fine. Its literally impossible to get stuck with the 4wd an the locking rear end.I have a asp bh for it also. I gess the 850 keeps me safe. It will pick a 14"x8 ft oak log on the forks, but that's it.If its pine you can go to 12 or 14 x12 to 16ft.
All an all its a good little tractor i have put 300 hrs on mine it had 97 hrs when i got it with fel it was 12,000.cash.I use it every day,it was most use setting up my mill,an I use it for loading skidding logs then with the forks to haul away slabs , an stack lumber.I would be lost with ought it.
Good luck with your search.
Army Grunt

 

[jdfire]

Its literally impossible to get stuck with the 4wd an the locking rear end.

Haha.... don't jinx yourself! Just buried mine in mud up to the axles yesterday!

 

[Gizmo2]

Ok call me dumb but what are the notches at the end of the rafters for?
Are you going to stand the purlins on edge in the notches?

 

[Army grunt]

notches are for the purlins.You'll see there 4ft oc.
Army Grunt

 

[Army grunt]

Here is a few good shots of how I did the perlins.Youll see a 2x4 fullsize I have sawn layed flat in the knotch an a 2x4 on its side screwed with 4"#12 screws into it.
back poarch pictures by falcon6667 - Photobucket
Army Grunt

 

[Gizmo2]

I like it, good idea.

 

[EddieWalker]

Very impressive joinery. I like how you attacked the beams to the cedar posts. I still worry about attacing anything to the end grain, but think your method and the size of those spikes should work very well. I'm in the early stages of building a gazebo with cedar posts and love to see how others are using them to get ideas and hopefully make mine even nicer.

Did you sink your posts in the ground? Here, in my red, clay soil, cedards start to rot in the ground in a few years. I have two cedars that I did that for my front porch that are rotting on me and I will have to pull and do differently sometime soon. For my gazebo, I'm going to pour a cement footing with C channel in it and sticking up two feet. Then drill two holes in the C channel and put 3/4 inch carriage bolts though the cedar logs. My thinking is this will lock them into place, keep them off of the dirt and allow the end grain to dry out after a rain. I can also replace them easier this way if I have to.

Keep up the pics. It's looking like an amazing project and one that I want to follow to the end to see how it turns out.

Thanks,
Eddie

 

[Army grunt]

Eddie, tks. for your kind words.
I bolted through the bace of the upright an through the 2x8sflor joist.Ill nowpour them in redymix that will tie them to the deck an make everything strong an keep it true. see pic