Posted by OH Boy on October 01, 2009 at 18:46:57 from (173.98.246.237):
In Reply to: OT - pole barn posted by Belcain on October 01, 2009 at 18:35:00:
Yeah a barn is a great idea for keeping your tractor out of the weather. Build it bigger than you think you will need or you will be sorry!
Don't use concrete around the posts, it just holds water and will rot the posts out faster. Backfill the post holes with dirt (tamp it down as you go) and they will be fine. Use pressure treated posts, the kind meant to be in contact with the earth.
I built my barn by starting with a 12X16 garden barn, built on skids, which I set on a floating 'rubble' foundation made from some concrete blocks/slabs I had from an old silo I had taken down.
I added a pole barn style lean-to sort of addition on each side of it to keep the tractors out of the weather. Works great for me and did not cost too much. Except its full and now I wish I had built it bigger!
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