MarkV
Super Member
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2000
- Messages
- 5,670
- Location
- Cedartown, Ga and N. Ga mountains
- Tractor
- 1998 Kubota B21, 2005 Kubota L39
Steve, you’re an engineer so I bow to your expertise as far as wind load. We tend to build with plywood or T-111 siding rather than metal and as you know that adds considerable shear strength. Do you agree that a laminated post will offer more strength than a solid 6x6? How do you feel about the construction detail of the pole itself? Wind load is not a big factor in the local codes where I work so I may be wrong making blanket statements. I do believe what I have said meets the codes of our area.
Richard, Wish we had ready made laminates poles around our area. I have never seen them. Are the ones you get pressure treated on the lower half only? That sounds like the best of both worlds to me.
MarkV
Richard, Wish we had ready made laminates poles around our area. I have never seen them. Are the ones you get pressure treated on the lower half only? That sounds like the best of both worlds to me.
MarkV