Posted by caterpillar guy on May 05, 2017 at 17:48:59 from (71.82.201.142):
In Reply to: Barn loft support posted by cumminspuller on May 05, 2017 at 08:35:12:
Cost and built to last don't go together. 2x8's will not hold your load. You need to have some 8x8 inch beams at lest then some 3x8's for the floor joist. We built the mow floor in our freestall barn in the 80's. We used the timbers I mentioned and it has held. We put 4x4 bales in 4 deep in the middle till it hits the roof. then taper back as the roof allows. We also used posts set on top of cement bases in the middle of the main timbers some of them are cut soft maple from down back, and cut to fit after brought up. Go look at some old barns with mows in them and look at the size of the timbers.
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