Junkman
Super Member
call the local lumber yard and order a couple of 18' pieces and any other items that you are going to need. There is no way to effectively make the piece longer..... and the lumber yard will deliver......
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pole barn squareness?
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Glenn9643
Veteran Member
Sounds to me like you're going up with the walls before the roof??? If so, will you be able to bring the trusses inside the building area to raise them?
How do you plan to raise the trusses? It's much simpler and cheaper to do it by hand with a building the size you're building. If you raise the walls I don't see how you're going to be able to get the trusses up. Tell us your plans here.
How do you plan to raise the trusses? It's much simpler and cheaper to do it by hand with a building the size you're building. If you raise the walls I don't see how you're going to be able to get the trusses up. Tell us your plans here.
RichNJKubota
Gold Member
I agree, the local lumber yard is the way to go. They will deliver and drop off anything you want. My local yard uses a rollback and just drops the stuff off. Sure you pay a little more but what is your time worth to go to Home Depot and pick it out and bring it home? If I get a bent or twisted piece of lumber I just tell them when I order the next shipment and they send a replacement and take away the twisted one.
When I ordered sheetrock they came with a boom truck and put it in the house from the truck in the driveway. Saved me hours of labor if I had to move it by hand.
I have an account there so I get an invoice every month that I buy from them.
Rich
When I ordered sheetrock they came with a boom truck and put it in the house from the truck in the driveway. Saved me hours of labor if I had to move it by hand.
I have an account there so I get an invoice every month that I buy from them.
Rich
PeterT
Bronze Member
spanning 16 ft. with a 2x6 header ? sounds a little lite to me you may want to use a 2x12 for this span. Good luck
PeterT
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CTyler
Veteran Member
I agree that is to small, should be 2x12. Even the headers on my 10' wide doors is a 2x12.
Glenn9643
Veteran Member
Said I would find the brocure related to bracing the trusses, but this is even better. See this url:
http://www.tpic.ca/handling/handling.pdf
http://www.tpic.ca/handling/handling.pdf
Glenn9643
Veteran Member
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mopower440
Gold Member
Glenn, the only link i could see was this one..http://www.stormsurvival.homestead.com/Hurricane_Truss_Bracing.html.......are the others pretty much the same? I couldnt look at the others because my computer doesnt have whatever it is required to view it..?
Glenn9643
Veteran Member
Go here and download the file for Adobe Acrobat Reader:
www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
However, I think the one you've seen is probably the easiest for you to understand.
www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
However, I think the one you've seen is probably the easiest for you to understand.
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mopower440
Gold Member
Good deal Glenn, thanks! Looks easy enough to brace up..I have 2 more questions now, ok, i am going to be putting up the truss supports(headers) tomorrow, now, i am going by this book ...Mthew logans pole barn book
I know everyone said they use 2x12 headers to support the trussess, in this book however, he uses 2 2x8's..one on the outside of the poles like normal, but also one on the inside of the poles, so even though they are 2x8's there is actually 2 of them that the truss will be setting on, in other words, the 4x6 posts will be sandwiched between 2 2x8's, surely this is as good as using 1 2x12 isnt it? Like i said, this is how he does it in his book that im going by...next question, i would also like to frame up the rough opening for the windows, but i have no idea of what the RO should be as i have no idea of what windows to use and are cheap, any ideas?
thanks Mthew logans pole barn book
I know everyone said they use 2x12 headers to support the trussess, in this book however, he uses 2 2x8's..one on the outside of the poles like normal, but also one on the inside of the poles, so even though they are 2x8's there is actually 2 of them that the truss will be setting on, in other words, the 4x6 posts will be sandwiched between 2 2x8's, surely this is as good as using 1 2x12 isnt it? Like i said, this is how he does it in his book that im going by...next question, i would also like to frame up the rough opening for the windows, but i have no idea of what the RO should be as i have no idea of what windows to use and are cheap, any ideas?
thanks Mthew logans pole barn book
