Started drilling the postholes today for a 24 x 36 Pole Barn



https://www.nopistons.com/forums/gal..._265_35750.jpg

go bigger... trust me!!!!!!!

Me too.. How high are you going?

I chose the post construction as well. I went as big as I legally could, 30x42 with a 20' wall..I am going to do an L shaped mezzanine to increase the usable floor space.

How are securing your posts in the ground? The post company here used crushed rock instead of concrete, apparently it allows the holes to drain and doubles the life of the posts.

24 x 36 for now, walls are 12 foot tall. We are also using crushed rock to secure the posts. I also have 16' overhangs to go along each side

Nice! You going to install a lift?

After I scrape up the 5K for Concrete

That's a good price for concrete, I am looking at a pretty heavy tab for mine. Best I have found is 8.50/sqft. Then if I don't sell my dyno

another 6-8k for the pit install.

I have to install the heat to get concrete done, going with infrared tube heat. Its going to suck to install. Current temp is minus 20C.

We use an oil burning furnace where I work, but we also change a ton of oil and burn the used.

I sold my Stuska to get this far.

Which Stuska did you have?.. I like my dynojet, as repeatable as all hell, but its just such a huge machine to keep in my own garage. I am thinking about buying a dynapak or land and sea hub dyno as a replacement, they take up such little room.

I do some service work in a shop that has an oil heater, they are a medium sized trucking transport company, and they still run shy of oil to make the winter.. You would have to accept donations from people to make that work in this climate anyway.. I think the infrared is a good choice for high ceiling, I will have a small unit heater for fast recovery after opening doors up etc.

I would like to do the overhang carport thing to, but they consider it part of the building so I couldn't swing it.

They did the building in about 3 days once they got the concrete cut out of the old pad to sink the posts.

angle view. The bad part is how high it ended up above grade, I have to pour a 7.5" apron now that originally only planned to be 4".

OCD is kicking in bad........ Putting bedliner on the posts so the bugs done chew em up !

https://www.nopistons.com/forums/gal..._265_11151.jpg

Lmao OCD brings some great ideas. ADHD just made me a pain in the ass for my teachers lol

You know all those people who need to use "your" shop when "their" car need to be worked on? I couldnt find any of them around this weekend; so I put poles in the hole by myself!/



Step One:

Walk the six x six x 16' post upright against the tractor bucket:

https://www.nopistons.com/forums/gal...4_265_8161.jpg





Then attach chains to eye bolts, lift and lower into hole:

https://www.nopistons.com/forums/gal..._265_51299.jpg



Then you measure again and break out the backout to make the mislocated hole larger for the next post:

https://www.nopistons.com/forums/gal...265_106531.jpg



Is good to have many pieces of heavy machinery at you disposal! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/boink.gif

Hmm... i seem to know those same people. Let me know if you need help with any more of it Banzai.. if remember correctly, you're only about 2 hours from here.

The people that show when work needs to be done are your friends, the rest are just acquaintances... Lookin good though, also like the real posts.. Mine were laminated together out of 2x10's, probably due to height, lets hope the glue holds.

The bed liner is an interesting treatment, never thought about using it as preservative.

I like that backhoe attachment on the kubota..

STUMPS SUCK!!!! But I won this battle! finally





https://www.nopistons.com/forums/gal...265_164380.jpg

Got walls and stuff now?

More pics?

Stumps are F#%@ing brutal to pull..

The company that built mine is out here right now fixing deficiencies, like crooked cladding and all 4 walls are at different heights, at least they came back to fix it I guess..

Still putting poles in the ground, no walls yet. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683358.gif

Then what are you beating your head against? Lol

6x6 posts and the tractor bucket

I'll come give you a hand in about a month or so when I actually have free time again.



- Hand

slow progree; but it is progressing https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683358.gif



https://www.nopistons.com/forums/gal...265_383785.jpg

Nice work



Where do you live im going to move in next door LOL.

Re: Started my new Garage
 

Still progressing. Last truss is up, starting on the roof deck

Re: Started my new Garage
 

Youre still working on this? i guess i havent missed a whole lot

Re: Started my new Garage
 

60 hour work weeks, a bad rotator cuff. A teenage son and a crappy. Attitude make for a long project. Like i ever do anything quick