build shed without scaffold

[thebonepile]

was wanting to build about a 46' x 64' x 14' pole building next year - already built a smaller 30'x32'x7' for the tractor a few years back as a simple truss design test, BUT here is my question
I have a neighbor with a bucket truck who would come and set the rafters, but is it possible to build the rest?
I have found a boomlift that cruises around the building site and goes plenty high, and I do have a couple other projects for it to do like tear down an old barn and a couple silos and some other bldg maintainance, but could you get by without it?
scaffolding would never be in the right place or the right height - my loader only lifts about 12' high - and trying to do a project that size with a ladder would be forever i feel...any comments or ideas?
I do figure I could always sell it after I am done with it, but that is a guess...

 

[Mike120]

When you put your posts in, make sure they are about 2' longer than necessary. Put pullies on the top (I use screw in hooks) and using a rope on both poles you can pull the truss up into place. I use a tractor or pickup, whichever is handy. When you get the truss at the correct height, put it in park and use a ladder to drill/bolt the truss in place. To make the safety police happy....you can also tie off your safety harness to the same hook on the pole. Just remember to move it when you cutoff the top of the pole.

Before you pull up your trusses. put them in a line and mark where you are going to put your roof joists and preinstall the joist hangers before you pull up the trusses. Pole structures are easy.....you don't need a lot of equipment.

 

[2manyrocks]

With the downturn in construction, used scaffolding is probably about as cheap as it's going to get in some areas.

If it is bent, will be that much more pain to put up.

Can get by without it, but can be handy.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I have built 2 barns without it. Both 12' high and one 52x32 and the other 40x50. I did many things from the bucket of my tractor on the first. The second we built a wood scaffold in a dump truck and drove it around as needed.

Chris

 

[mikefromnh]

I have many types of scaffolding and a trailer mounted aerial lift (genie TMZ).

They each have their place. Fascias, roof sheathing, first couple of courses of shingles are harder to do out of a lift but possible.

 

[WVBill]

When I built my Pole barn, I rented a self-propelled scissors lift.
United Rentals - Find Equipment - Aerial Lifts - JLG 260MRT 26FT Rough Terrain Scissor Lift

When I built my the studio for my wife, I rented a tow-behind "bucket lift"
United Rentals - Find Equipment - Aerial Lifts - Genie TMZ-34/19 34FT Towable Boom Lift

The bucket lift was more versatile.

 

[Steve C]

was wanting to build about a 46' x 64' x 14' pole building next year - already built a smaller 30'x32'x7' for the tractor a few years back as a simple truss design test, BUT here is my question
I have a neighbor with a bucket truck who would come and set the rafters, but is it possible to build the rest?
I have found a boomlift that cruises around the building site and goes plenty high, and I do have a couple other projects for it to do like tear down an old barn and a couple silos and some other bldg maintainance, but could you get by without it?
scaffolding would never be in the right place or the right height - my loader only lifts about 12' high - and trying to do a project that size with a ladder would be forever i feel...any comments or ideas?
I do figure I could always sell it after I am done with it, but that is a guess...

My barn was built with nothing but ladders and went up very quickly it is 40 x 60 x 14 and has 31 trusses set on 24 inch centers that were placed in less than 2 hours using only a bobcat with an extension cobbled onto the front bucket.

Once the poles are set the wall purlins are nailed in place they function as a giant ladder to access the top of the wall for setting the trusses

After that they function as a ladder to nail on the siding, only the last one on a wall section needs to be accessed with a ladder. One man stays on the wall and another passes up the siding and you work your way down the length of the wall with the man on the ground humping siding and nailing as much as he can, when you get to the end of the wall the man comes down and helps finish nailing the bottom of the sheets that the man on the ground did not have time to nail because he was busy handling and holding siding in place The wall goes up very quickly without the use of a ladder.

It goes even faster with screwed siding.

You can see the bucket/truss setting boom pole in the pictures.

 

[Diamondpilot]

My barn was built with nothing but ladders and went up very quickly it is 40 x 60 x 14 and has 31 trusses set on 24 inch centers that were placed in less than 2 hours using only a bobcat with an extension cobbled onto the front bucket.

You can see the bucket/truss setting boom pole in the pictures.

I did the same thing when I built my last barn. I used my Jinma 254 and the I-beam pole for my PHD like yours. I cut a piece of plywood to fit in my bucket and then screwed wood blocks to it to hold the beam. 4 big ratchet straps pulling from all 4 corners held it tougt. Gave me a good 20' of lift. A crew of 4 of use set the trusses in a few hours.

Wish I had a picture.

Here are pictures of yours. I put the piece of the I-beam that goes in the top link on the plywood and used wood blocking with a bolt though the hole. I used the J-hook end to lift he trusses.

Chris

 

[studor]

You can also make a very steady platform using 2X8 "triangles" . Make a 90 degree out of two three foot pieces of 2x8 and then cover the sides with plywood to form triangles. The triangles are then propped up against the wall using 2X8 pieces of the appropriate length to get them to the height you want to work at, run between the apex of the triangle and staked at the ground end. Then you run 2X8 between the two triangles for a platform which you access by ladder -- it looks a little scary but is actually very safe and stable. Really good for doing soffits or vertical siding -- I did a 35x45 outbuilding using these -- trick I learned from my father who used to use them for eavestroughing jobs back when solder was required