Aftershock
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- Feb 15, 2011
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- kubota 2530
Hi Everyone!
New to the forum.
We are looking at building a 36 by 50 pole barn on our 150 acres on the Canadian shield if possible. The granite however is not conducive to posthole augers. We have a Lucas swing mill with lots of pine and oak on the property so we hope to use most of the materials from our land.
My idea was to put in perimeter footings with anchors for the poles. my wife and I followed steeldust's thread and fell in love with the monitor style. Reading some of the other threads there were questions raised about wind, snow loading etc. I plan on building strong enough to handle all of the above. However with no post below ground will side loading from wind shear not be an issue. I could easily on the 2 outside row of posts anchor them diagonally down to the bedrock, but with the two rows of middle posts it wouldn't be an option because it would limit the maneuverability within the barn.
I prefer not to do stick framing as it's a lot more milling.
Would love to hear any comments or suggestions. Thanks!!
New to the forum.
We are looking at building a 36 by 50 pole barn on our 150 acres on the Canadian shield if possible. The granite however is not conducive to posthole augers. We have a Lucas swing mill with lots of pine and oak on the property so we hope to use most of the materials from our land.
My idea was to put in perimeter footings with anchors for the poles. my wife and I followed steeldust's thread and fell in love with the monitor style. Reading some of the other threads there were questions raised about wind, snow loading etc. I plan on building strong enough to handle all of the above. However with no post below ground will side loading from wind shear not be an issue. I could easily on the 2 outside row of posts anchor them diagonally down to the bedrock, but with the two rows of middle posts it wouldn't be an option because it would limit the maneuverability within the barn.
I prefer not to do stick framing as it's a lot more milling.
Would love to hear any comments or suggestions. Thanks!!