Posted by hal of Washington on June 03, 2009 at 22:51:33 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: Pole Barn posts posted by 7lazy77 on June 03, 2009 at 08:17:00:
I sure wouldn't go to all the trouble of digging the deep post holes a pole barn needs and then put untreated pine in them. When I was a kid, we tried a few pine fence posts made from Ponderosa Pine trunks that grew on our ranch. Untreated, they often rotted and fell over in 3 or 4 years. Soaked in crankcase oil with some Penta, they might last about 10 years. Some of our treated Cedar posts are still holding up fences more than 40 years later, and the part down in the ground still is pretty sound.
You must not have building codes where you are. I doubt that any building inspector would allow untreated pine touching the ground. It rots too fast.
I would spend the money to buy good treated pole barn poles that will probably last longer than you do. Building a pole barn is too much work to do a substandard job that will not last. Good luck!
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