Copy of Pole barn

[landman]

So I fell in love SteelDusts pole barn and am working on my own. Here are some progress pics of the site work Ive done. In total I have about 160 yards of boney gravel fill. The site is on a slope, the price you pay to live in the foothills of the western Maine mopuntains! Hmm seems that my files pic files are too big, will retry some photos later, in a smaller format.

 

[Willl]

Hmm seems that my files pic files are too big, will retry some photos later, in a smaller format.

The easyest way, by far, to do this is to install Microsofts Image Resizer.
Once installed, just right click your picture and select "Resize Pictures".

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe

 

[landman]

Ok, so heres some pics!

116 yards to level, a good sized hemlock tree stump. I chained off the tree about 25 feet in the air and pulled it down with the tractor. I rented a post hole digger as i dont have one for the tractor, once i had buried the auger i used the bucket and chain to extract it from the ground fulled loaded with dirt.

 

[landman]

I will try to dl that image resizer, I have alot of pics but they are all 2-3 mb each. Ive switched settings on the cam so it will take a smaller resolution pic.

 

[EddieWalker]

He has a really nice barn and the design is a winner. It will be fun to watch your progress in building your barn. How big will it be?

Eddie

 

[landman]

Mine will be a little smaller 32wide 24 deep. Hopefully this will be enough to house the tractor and a workshop, with area for cordwood storage. I see that on some of these barns people are running the rebar right through the 6x posts. Is that really needed. Ive got the posts set in 4 feet in sono tubes with cement. Ive already run the bar and will have a pic soon, all the posts are up.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

another image resizer is irfanview, it will let you do whole directory of pictures and save resized under new names, etc. also allows command line to resize the pics.

 

[landman]

So here are some pics of the poles inserted, and a different way i used to insert the posts. I placed the 6x6x18 or 12' post on the bucket and bound it with a chain lifted it vertical and then gently lowered it into the hole, precision bucket curling!

 

[landman]

Ive got the rebar done, and here are some pics! Concrete well, when he gets here whenever that will be!

 

[landman]

I resized some of the stumping pics, i pulled over the trees by chaining off about 30 feet up and driving forward to uproot them.