Cal Innes said: (quoted from post at 03:41:22 07/28/10) I also am in the process of building a 20x 65 pole barn for equipment and have debated about even setting the poles in the ground at all. I decided that I am going to pour concrete piers 4 feet deep and also have about a foot above ground (5 feet in all) with a heavy pin in the top. the poles will be drilled to set over the pin. the poles are trees cut to length with bark peeled.I figure by putting them a foot above ground on a pier I never have to think about rot. I worked at a place that had done a barn this way and it worked well and that was built around 1900.
.......my 2 cents.
Cal
we have built a few pole sheds for eq,hay storage and a new work shop. most of the holes were dug by hand and are about 4ft deep., but the work shop's poles were drilled by the line crews digger truck as the holes for that shed needed to be accurate. the poles we used for the structures were old telephone poles that we removed during electric system upgrades, my dad and grandpa both worked for electric co. we set them using the loader on the back hoe, and b4 we set the poles we treated any cut ends w/ a treatment and then b4 backfilling the holes we wrapped the poles w/ a roofing felt type material at ground level to help w/ moisture and rot so far so good esp on the older sheds that were built b4 i was born in the early 70's. they're holding up great and have no sign of rot at ground level the side walls have had to have some repairs though as those we made w/ rough sawn soft pine or whatever was cheapest to buy at the time.
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