I want the piers to have smooth sides so the frost can't grab them and lift. I will get the forms in position and then connect them together using some of the 2x8 floor joists I have cut. I figure if they are all connected in a grid pattern with diagonals added for rigidity it should be strong enough so they will stay put. The existing pole barn was a bad idea that was poorly executed. It was built in 1994 or 95 by our predecessors who set untreated red pine logs in the ground and built their own trusses to go on top of them. The trusses began to sag and had extra wood scabbed onto the bottom chord sometime before we came in 2001. By 2006 the poles on the south side had rotted through below ground level and the south side sagged about 2 feet in the winter and was being held up by the 40' container. I jacked it back up and replaced the poles with treated 6x6. Two years later the north side began to sag but I caught it before it went down as far and replaced the poles. The only good things about the pole barn are the roofing steel and the headers, which are hardwood 2x12 and will be reused. I am not a fan of pole barns in general after the experiences we have had with them here. I have built pole wings onto buildings but I have done them with treated 6x6 and solid rafters and I do not expect them to last forever. Zach
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