Loader Kioti & Polebarnzilla

[milkman636]

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Pic's to follow.....

Be sure to include a nice shot of those fork platforms:thumbsup:

 

[MotorSeven]

Ok, with the help of my neighbors big Deere we got the 4 main beams up. I decided to notch the poles & use 8" log home screws to secure them. We put safty rails around 3 sides of the fork platforms which aslo used to set the beams onto when raising them. Other than having to take a blade width off a notch or two it all went perfect.
I then put the post hole digger on and dug the 5 smaller pole holes, then used the forks to set the 17' poles in the holes. Tomorrow we will raise the beams on the smaller poles and start on the rafters.

The bottom of the main beams are at 15'...seems a heck of a lot taller when your up there:laughing:

cutting notches:

Raising beams:

 

[MotorSeven]

Screwing them in:

They actually are straight:

 

[MotorSeven]

Setting the small poles: You pick them up so they are tipping to the big end, set the end on the post hole, raise the

forks while cutting the wheel towards the hole...they will stand up and drop right it...

Action shot cutting a notch(yes with a TOP HANDLED SAW)

 

[milkman636]

Looks like you had a good day. Nice pics.

An unrelated question: how did you anchor the bottom of the front posts for your tractor canopy? One of my concerns about mounting a canopy is catching a branch under it and damaging it. Front posts might help that.

Funny how we can be looking at something unrelated and notice a possible solution to an old random question lurking way in the background.

 

[MotorSeven]

I welded a "L" bracket on the loader brace and a smaller square tube on it. The larger front roof brace tube fits over it with a Grade 8 thru bolt. Rattling was an issue, so I had to drill a hole on the 90 degree side of the bolt and welded on a nut and set screw(bolt).

Here is the thread
& I'll up date it with a pic of the set screw:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/172572-roll-cage-new-steel-roof.html

 

[milkman636]

It looks like you had the exact problem that I was afraid of. Thanks for the link to your pics and informative thread.

 

[Johndeere3720]

Wow, look at that barn grow! :thumbsup: Really cool to see green and orange tractors working together to get the job done! :thumbsup: Keep up the good work!

 

[milkman636]

Back to the Polebarnzilla, I think you made a good choice in notching the posts. My local building code required 18" vertical blocking under the 2x12 headers that are screwed to the posts in my little barn. The blocking mimicks the vertical support that your simple notch provides.

 

[MotorSeven]

Rafter Time...preparing to lift:

We backed the tractors as we hung the wood. We taught my Bud's 13 year old boy how to drive my Kioti so we cold keep 2 of us up on the fork platforms...he did a great job!

For now we just toe screwed them in. I will come back later and put on hurricane straps.