Spencer's Pole Barn Project

[Spencer]

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Mosey, I had the fill sand delivered 14 tons per dumptruck load and usually 3 loads at a time. I just had him put it in different piles around the building site. To start spreading it out from the piles I used my rear blade but I used it on my loader thanks to my Kasco Switch-Hitch. The attached photo shows me using the same setup to spread out some crushed concrete on my driveway. It was incredible the amount of reach I had with the blade on front. I could raise it up and grab sand from the top of the pile and drag it backwards. It would have taken me forever to pick up bucket fulls and spread it around that way. I talked about the setup in <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=projects&Number=153770&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1>this</A> thread. After I got the sand roughly spread out with the blade on the front I put the bucket back on and mounted the blade back on the rear of the tractor. It took quite a while to finish it up but it got faster with more practice. I would spread it all out, then compact it with my lawn roller. Then I sprinkled it for hours and then compacted it again before I had the next loads of fill brought in.

 

[Spencer]

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I should probably show you guys what I am trying to build. This image is of the front of the building. There will be a 10' high by 10' wide door on the left and then two 10' high by 9' wide doors. On the left side you will see the 12' by 24' lean-to that will house the tractor. On the right side is a 16' by 16' addition that will be off of the shop.

 

[Spencer]

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Here is the right side of the building. It shows a 10' high by 10' wide door that will be the main enterance to the shop area. I will post a top view in the next message so you can get a better idea of the layout.

 

[Spencer]

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Here is the top view of the pole barn. The only thing that has changed is the lean-to dimensions. I originally thought I could only make it 16' long due to some trees. I am happy to say that it is a full 24' long with plenty of room to get in and out of it with the tractor.

 

[Spencer]

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Moving ahead I have 10 or 11 poles up in this picture. There is actually 11 poles but 10 holes. I am setting a shorter 4" by 6" right next to a taller 6" by 6". I am doing this on either side of the 16' by 16' opening for the shop. Because of the 16' span I will have a glulam beam across the span for the trusses in that section. The glulam beam will sit on the 4" by 6"s and it will be sandwiched between two 16 ' 2" by 12"s which will attach to the taller 6" by 6"s.

 

[Spencer]

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Here are the two posts in the same hole.

 

[Spencer]

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I am building the barn quite a ways from my house. There is 201 feet nearest point to nearest point. I did this for a variety of reasons and I talked about that in <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=off&Number=197333&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1>this</A> thread. Here is a view of the barn from the roof of my house.

 

[Spencer]

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Jumping ahead to October now. I have most of the poles up but no time to work on the project. October is the busiest time of the year for me with my work.

 

[Spencer]

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Forgot the picture

 

[Spencer]

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Now it is into November and the push is on to get this project going. I am pretty much done working on the road but I have many other things besides the pole barn that also need my attention. I have a few rows of horizontal girts on in this photo.