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

 

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.