pole barns

Tomr10

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This was last one being put up around 10 years ago
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I'm about to put up a pole barn. I have some 36 ft, fairly light poles that I am proposing to use for the roof timbers. The building will be in the lee of a hill from behind and only 10ft high at the back rising to 12ft high at the front ,and 20ft deep. I am wondering whether I dare go 30ft wide across the front, without a leg in the middle 🤔? The front of the new barn will be completely sheltered by a much bigger existing building, 30ft away from the front edge.
 

Fuzzy

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Arable Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
I phoned up about one (single) with 11kv wires on it in one of our fields, as it was leaning at a crazy angle after long exposure to the sometimes quite 'strong swesterlies that prevail here, I was told that the helicopter checker wasn't concerned about it , they said that the wires would' hold it up ' :D

They did change a eventually after several years but only because they were changing one on the same line that someone had 'clipped ' with the hedge trimmer :whistle:😏
I had a similiar leaning pole with transformer on it.......they were not concerned, i said i would see if i could straighten it up with the forklift.......jobsworth on site within the hour, still refused to do anything. I started getting some tow chains out and said don't worry i''ll sort it. Jobsworth called for backup and 3 vehicles arrived 1 hour later they put strainer wire on and pole is now upright!!!
 

JCMaloney

Member
Location
LE9 2JG
I should add, for the safety conscious amongst us..... do not lean your ladder against a round pole whilst lifting a rather heavy purlin into place.
The ladder rotated nicely around the pole, the person up the ladder (me) landed on their feet by some miracle and just twisted their head out of the way as the purlin whizzed past bouncing off my left shoulder.
All good.... the tat survived although it looked a bit wonky for a wee while!! :ROFLMAO:
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spin cycle

Member
Location
north norfolk
I should add, for the safety conscious amongst us..... do not lean your ladder against a round pole whilst lifting a rather heavy purlin into place.
The ladder rotated nicely around the pole, the person up the ladder (me) landed on their feet by some miracle and just twisted their head out of the way as the purlin whizzed past bouncing off my left shoulder.
All good.... the tat survived although it looked a bit wonky for a wee while!! :ROFLMAO:
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not laughing at your wound.....just that you support oxford 😁 😁
 

Northern territory

Member
Livestock Farmer
We have a pole barn with concreted below and above ground so that water runs off. One or two which are subject to more weathering have rotted, need replacing. Will be over 40 years old. Have some more poles and was thinking of extending it although it’s not the done thing nowadays.
 

egbert

Member
Livestock Farmer
Do you know I hear this all the time and it’s not a issue I’ve ever found
I've got any number of tanalised posts in several buildings rotted where they meet the concrete.
We have various strategies .. cutting them off above the rot and casting concrete foot on em is fairly quick and kicks the ball down the road.


I' hate to see em concreted in from new, and now never do it.
 

Mur Huwcun

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
North West Wales
Concrete lasted 30 years so far more than you’ll need 😂

From what I’ve seen, heard and gathered concrete is ok as long as you don’t concrete the bottom of the post, set post on some gravel then concrete. If you concrete the bottom the dampness can’t escape from the timber and stays there rotting it. Kind of makes sense
 

Bald n Grumpy

Member
Livestock Farmer
I had a similiar leaning pole with transformer on it.......they were not concerned, i said i would see if i could straighten it up with the forklift.......jobsworth on site within the hour, still refused to do anything. I started getting some tow chains out and said don't worry i''ll sort it. Jobsworth called for backup and 3 vehicles arrived 1 hour later they put strainer wire on and pole is now upright!!!
Western power wanted to put an remote controlled switch on a pole in the middle of a hedge,no way says I you can put it on the pole by the barn. Pole is sound they say but better put a new one really. Got all excited about the free gate posts I was getting until I cut the pole ,8 ft post of the top and bottom and the middle 14ft was hollow.
Lucky they changed it because the weight of the switch would probably put it through the barn roof
Banging poles with a lump hammer is not 100% accurate in finding bad poles
 

roscoe erf

Member
Livestock Farmer
I've got any number of tanalised posts in several buildings rotted where they meet the concrete.
We have various strategies .. cutting them off above the rot and casting concrete foot on em is fairly quick and kicks the ball down the road.


I' hate to see em concreted in from new, and now never do it.
What do you expect with tantalising if you bang em in the field they will rot naff all to do with concrete
 

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