T in NE

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There's an old bin on the property here at the house. Boss said scrap it for all he cares. I have been thinking cut it in half then lay the halves down to mount on top of some cedar posts. There are plenty of sizable cedars in the jampile I'm cutting firewood out of that I can use. Is there any possible problems I'm not seeing other than the wind getting under it and pulling it clean out of the ground? I'd set them 6 or 7 feet in the ground and set some brace posts, have maybe 4 feet above ground.
 
Kid down the road took the top from a grain bin. Mounted it on 8 ft poles. Left the top center cover off. He now has a neat looking fire pit in the center, seating around the edges and a roof. Some day I need to post a pic. Really cool looking.
 
Probably not. I have a lean to on the south side of my pole barn. Open on three sides, I'm amazed at how little snow blows in to it.
 
A guy up here did that except he poured footings and then a cement block wall 4 0r 5 blocks high then put the bin half on that. For the back wall he built a stud wall out of 2x4's and sheeted it with clear corrugated plastic and basically the same on the front but he made French doors. He's had it a few years now and from what I've seen its working out good for him.
 
The old grain bin would work as a roof. You will need to put some cross bracing in because the half circles will try to go flat with time. This will spread the top of your shed out.

A good friend has the same type of thing that started out as an old hog shelter. His is set on top of eight foot tall concrete walls so he does not have to worry about it spreading. We just put three cables across the top hooked to turn buckles to hold it to the top of the walls. It has lasted close to twenty years now.
 
Must depend on type of cedar. around here we use cedar as fence posts. I have 1600ft section of fence that has all cedar posts going on 10yrs and the posts look like they will last another 10. we even use it for raised flower beds and all kinds of stuff.
 
You don't need "H" braces just cross cable/braces to keep the top of the post from spreading. The sheet steel in the bin will hold it square.
 
Don,t tell me that.. In these parts it is the wood of choice for NOT rotting. You must have a different kind of cedar.
 
But all I need for H braces is a roll of 9 wire or I can just snag some of the barbed wire we've replaced from behind the shop and then they are free.
 
(quoted from post at 20:49:54 01/24/15) I would not use cedar is all. Rots pretty quick.

Depends on what part of the country you're in, I reckon ..... There are some posts & poles around here that were old when I got here 35 years ago 8)
 
Next time you go to NP swing through Wellfleet. Take that paved street along the rr tracks. When you get to the stop sign there is a bin building right in front of you. The guy even used the roof sections to close in the back end.
 
(quoted from post at 19:49:54 01/24/15) I would not use cedar is all. Rots pretty quick.

I remember that as a kid both my uncle and the neighbor that I worked for would go out in the winter and cut cedars for fence posts, for both their own use and to sell. Most of the ones on the fence line at my childhood home were put into the loamy ground around 1975. fence post wood of coice.
 
Yes, I would have to agree that climate is going to make a big difference. They do last a while around here but they are really compromised even if standing after about 15 years. Neighbor put up a cedar fence about the same time I put up my treated deck. My posts are still good 30 years later. The cedar fence has been leaning and slowly collapsing for over 10 years now. Only about half the sections still standing.
 

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