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.

 

[landman]

The concrete work went well, 14 yard pour for three of us. Power screed worked fantastic, and so did the power trowel. It gives the floor a real nice finish. I plan to use an epoxy coating to take the slip out of the floor and to protect it from oil/grease.

 

[landman]

I also had some concrete to make a ballast weight for the 3pt. I used some boxes styro boxes from work, a 3pt bar and some scrap rebar. Anyone guess how much it weighs? The styro box is 3.5 inces thick on the bottom and 1.5 on top.

 

[landman]

Now that the concrete has set up well it was poured on friday, and i did the framing tuesday, here is my progress.

 

[landman]

I splurged and got a pneumatic palm nailer to do the joist hangers, and wow what a differance from swinging the hammer. I just found my new fav tool next to my tractor and sawzall.

 

[HoustonBrama]

How much did all that gravel run you?

 

[landman]

There is a pit about a mile from my house, so it was $150 a 12 yard dump load. I think that was very reasonable for 6" - gravel.

 

[landman]

Here are some pics of the trusses that i put together for the loft roof. I used a good sized metal tie plate on both sides and a plywood plate over that on one side.

 

[landman]

Been awhile since ive been on, barn is roofed and sides are up, run out of funds for now, so it its what is is for the moment. Will post some pics that i ment to post a year ago now.

 

[ultrarunner]

Glad you posted... I was wondering how your barn was coming along.

I could use a copy or two myself!