Pole Barn Started

[EddieWalker]

Deerlope,

Have you measured how much actual height you need to get your tractor through your door with the ROPS up?

A 9foot overhead door will hang down a few inches below the top of the opening. If you have calculated that in, plus the height of the floor for an actual finished opening, then you'll be fine. Sometimes we forget both measurements and how much space we'll have when it's all said and done.


pemad,

From what I understand, the largest preasure treated wood to change over to the version is the 4x6's. All 2x's and under are the new version, but 6x6's and larger are the old formula. It's something about use, performance and how much was actually being burned and leaving arsnic in the ground.

The poles look lonely!!!!! They need some walls and a roof to make them happy. hahaha

Eddie

 

[pemad]

Streamin, I bought the kit from DIY Pole Barns. Real good people to work with. Compared the cost locally from 84 lumber and other mom and pop lumber yards, the price they quoted me was reasonable. I am using steel for the outside and roof. I ordered the same colors as my house, so it should not be too bad looking.

After a day of work in the HOT sun we have all the poles set and the rim board started. I will finish up the week with installing the rest of the rim board and filling in the holes half way. My goal was to get the poles all set with this nice weather and I hit my target thanks to the help of my brother and my bother-in-law!

In the next couple of weeks I will set the truss carriers so I can get the boom truck to set the trusses. My friend has a boom truck he can borrow on the weekend to help me set the trusses at no charge ! But that is a few weeks down the road. Here are some more pictures with all the poles up!

 

[Deerlope]

Eddie:

With the low head clearance track that I will be using I will assure you that all the door will be horzional when open. I just had my garage doors redone by a commpany that knows what they are doing when insatlling doors. They are 8' footer and they did hang down 2 or 3 inches but not now.

 

[streamin]

Streamin, I bought the kit from DIY Pole Barns. Real good people to work with. Compared the cost locally from 84 lumber and other mom and pop lumber yards, the price they quoted me was reasonable. I am using steel for the outside and roof. I ordered the same colors as my house, so it should not be too bad looking.

I will be building in Cattaraugus county, I don't know if the snow load is different there but not all that far from you.Do you have any pics of you raising the poles with your tractor? I expect to be a one man show for a lot of mine.

 

[pemad]

I will be building in Cattaraugus county, I don't know if the snow load is different there but not all that far from you.Do you have any pics of you raising the poles with your tractor? I expect to be a one man show for a lot of mine.

Sorry, I was so busy trying to get the poles up I did not get a chance to take pictures. First one is a pain trying to figure it out! What I did was lay the pole in line with the hole, then drove up to the pole and picked it up with the bucket while my brother held it in place with a 6' pipe. I then lifted the bucket up as high as I could seting the bucket in an angle with the wood. I drove forward while my brother pushed the pole in the hole. Once I got about 4' from the hole I put a rachet strap around the pole so it would not go side to side. I then proceeded towards the hole and my brother worked the pole in place. Once the pole was semi stright we adujsted the pole by prying it with the pipe and adjusting the rachet strap so we could wiggle the pole around.

If you plan to do it by your self you will need to get off the tractor as you move forward and hit the pole with a sledge hammer as they do not slide into the hole because it hangs up on the dirt. You can do it by yourself but it is much easier if you could get a helper for the day. I hope this helps.

Ground Snow load in my area needs to be 60 psf. The zoning guy told me anything north of the thurway needs to meet this criteria.

 

[mudcat]

Deerlope,

pemad,

From what I understand, the largest preasure treated wood to change over to the version is the 4x6's. All 2x's and under are the new version, but 6x6's and larger are the old formula. It's something about use, performance and how much was actually being burned and leaving arsnic in the ground.

The poles look lonely!!!!! They need some walls and a roof to make them happy. hahaha

Eddie

I purchased some 6x6x16 ACQ poles about a year and a half ago.

 

[streamin]

I have a need for a new computer product, a "screen saver fly swatter!"

 

[mudcat]

Awe, don't let it bug ya!

 

[Megado]

I will be building in Cattaraugus county, I don't know if the snow load is different there but not all that far from you.Do you have any pics of you raising the poles with your tractor? I expect to be a one man show for a lot of mine.

There was another posting by SteelDust on his thread on how he lifted his 6x8x22' timbers using his tractor. I have been using the same technique in lifting mine and it's worked flawlessly. Biggest piece of advice is to go slow and steady when lifting post this large. Placing a 4 foot long 2x12 upright into the hole for the bottom end of the post to push against and then slid down along works great to prevent the post from digging into the side of the hole.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/110718-want-see-yet-another-pole.html

Jim H.

 

[streamin]

Thanks, Jim.
That was the missing link, the 2x4 to let it slide right in....