BoylermanCT
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2013
- Messages
- 1,514
- Location
- Barkhamsted, CT
- Tractor
- Montana R2844, New Holland TC29D, Hustler X-One
After finishing my pole barn last month, I decided to start on phase 2 which is to add covered parking for my trailers and a future pontoon boat. I'm building two 12x32 parking spots with a four foot overhang which will be for firewood storage in IBC cages. One parking spot will have a 10' min height and the other will be 8'. The plan is a 28x32 roof attached to the south end of the barn. Two 32' double 2x12 beams will support the roof, each beam held up by four 6x6 posts.
Last Saturday we dug the eight 12" holes with the post hole digger. Holes 1-6 dug easily in under 10 minutes each. Hole 7 went through 4 sheer pins due to rocks and roots but we finally made it down to 45". Hole 8 was a bear, and the auger could not get past 10" due to roots. So we broke out the backhoe and spent an hour getting the roots out down to 24" and then we used the auger to get down to 45".
Last Saturday we dug the eight 12" holes with the post hole digger. Holes 1-6 dug easily in under 10 minutes each. Hole 7 went through 4 sheer pins due to rocks and roots but we finally made it down to 45". Hole 8 was a bear, and the auger could not get past 10" due to roots. So we broke out the backhoe and spent an hour getting the roots out down to 24" and then we used the auger to get down to 45".