Building a pole barn for my boats and toys

[buckboardjr]

Thought I'd share this pic of the crane I built yesterday and today. I will use it to plant poles and hang rafters. I got duel use out of my Boat wench. Rafters are supposed to be 134lb ea. and 20ft 6x6s should be in that range. I'm 200 and it was very ridgid. I could see me buiding a shorter version to pull an IB engine on a boat.

[King Slammin]

Couldnt find 2 strong young men with a thirst for beer to do the heavy lifting? We've built 2 already this year, and have another to build in May. I love building barns. Clever idea you have there though.

[buckboardjr]

My work force is getting older and being it's 12ft. walls I figured I'd try this. I only got $43 in it. The barn is going to be 32 X 72.

It was fun building it to. Lots of sight see ers as I built it in the front yard.

[carpedium]

NICE!

[711skwerlz]

I hope you made the beer run before you put that on your truck.

[Legacy]

Hell of a contraption!

[ReelPower]

Dual use "boat wench"...hmmmmm.

[K Gonefishin]

I'm going to be building one later this summer 24 by 32 any idea how much labor will be I'm not up for the task myself. I walked through a calulator on carter lumbers site and materials run 5500-5800 depending on doors. Any advice for a pole barn noob.

[ERABBIT]

Your mom take that picture ???? She has been missing down here or her phone is messed up again.................nice job !!!!! Did you get the guy to dig out the holes ? My buddy down here has a 8" or 12" that I could get if you have a tractor with 3 point hitch and pto to hook it too................. he charged me some fresh fish.......LOL...........when I used it to plant the 110 tree's the year before last...............

[King Slammin]

K GoneFishin' I am a contractor located in the Newfane/ Olcott area. The cost to build a 24 x 32 x 8 with 3 8x8 overhead doors, 2 windows, and a man door is $10,000 plus the cost of the overhead doors (about $490 apiece installed) We just built one with those exact dimensions 2 weeks ago. Concrete and fill would be extra (around $4 per sq ft for 4" of stone and 4" of concrete, plus $20 per extra ton of stone needed)

[Big Dave]

Make it bigger and higher than you need. They are like a black hole sucking in all the stuff your wife wants out of her way!!!

[buckboardjr]

Just got my engineered truss drawings. I don't know who told me they would be 134lb last year. This drawing says 244lb. That make me feel a little better about spending 2 days building that crane.

[Diversion]

LOL, I'm building a pole barn and my truss plan said my trusses weigh 124lbs....... they are way more than 124lbs

[buckboardjr]

Made some great progress on the pole barn yesterday. We are all some hurtin units today.

Couldn't have done it without the help of my hard working friends. We made every second count because WX was calling for down poors. Set 25 poles in 7.5 hrs. Not bad for 4 aircraft mechanics and an electrical engineer from 44- 56 yrs old. Go buy some stock in advil and Tylinol!

[ERABBIT]

Go buy some stock in advil and Tylinol!

Insider trading is against the law..............

[old man]

that's impressive! that's the kind of ingenuity that made this country great.

[buckboardjr]

Thanks old Man

[ray koziatek]

if ya need help with the heating or A/C install ,give me a call..

[buckboardjr]

Thanks Ray that'll be a few years down the road

[buckboardjr]

Built some scafolding and got the headers up.

[buckboardjr]

Got the headers bolted together, Y braces in and 3/4 of the wall purlins. Almost ready for rafters.

Fishing partner/Bro inlaw/ AKA Barking Squirrel setting Y braces.

[buckboardjr]

Crane is working great. Got just past 1/2 way yesterday.

[buckboardjr]

Finished rafters today!

[lineman49]

Looks like crane is working great for you, nice job! Your have to get more toys to fill that sucker.

[buckboardjr]

Thanks Lineman. I can pretty much fill it allready. You never build them big enough.

Finished Knee braces, internal truss bracing and Y braces yesterday.