I wholeheartedly agree! I gotta build a 'pole barn'/hangar for my small sport plane. Local airport hangar fees are for "rich people"...they are the only ones that can afford 'em! My little bird (Sonerai 2L) has folding wings and can be trailered to the airport on flying days! Economical and fast!
I love how people think trade guys like this are dumb. I am great with mechanics, small engines, complex problems etc, but I SUCK at this and feel like it's so hard. This video has helped a lot!
Another good tip for bedding the holes and getting all of them on the same plane would be to drive in a short piece of rebar in each hole and shoot the tops of all the rebar pieces (tapping the down with a sledge hammer) til they are all level to one another. Then just pour the concrete flush with the tops of the rebar. Works like a champ. Awesome video series! Hope you do another showing metal instalation on the sides.
When the concrete is poured in the bottom of the holes, it is not self leveling as we all know. How do you make sure you have a good, level bed of concrete inside the hole, to ensure there is not a high spot in the concrete, or that the top of the bed of concrete is not out of level, which will make any post sit up farther than the others.
Mr Bit, I was thinking exactly the same thing. I suppose one could always use the "TLAR Method" with the Mark I Eyeball. (TLAR = "that looks about right")
Appreciate your kind words, Nick. I started making the videos, among other reasons, because I felt like there was a real deficit in good, thorough, and COMPLETE content on the Tube. Some folks try to make things have more mystery than it needs to have. Sure, there are some important concepts, but most of the time even those are pretty obvious. I'd do a TV show if the opportunity ever came along but they probably don't let old, fat, and ugly guys have those spots. Ha! I will admit though, there is some "magic of Hollywood" in my videos. For example, you can watch me build a pole barn over the course of and hour or two. The truth is I've been on this project for almost five months! Thanks again for the nice words.
Very helpful videos man! Thank you! I’m working my way through them all. What are you using to determine level? Grade rod? I have several I need to build so looking to buy one…
You really do need a syndicated television show. I'm self-taught on pretty much anything I do and am pretty picky about who I feel is "real" and who is bs-ing. You explain things so normally that things I've struggled with kind of click and I'm grateful for that. Most of the TV "builders" seem too Hollywood to be trustworthy. I think you would be a mega-hit. Too bad I'm not a producer, cause I'd be shopping your show around! Thanks again for another great installment.
This is exactly the video I’ve been looking for. Thank you. I’m following your logic but instead of making the holes on same plane, I’m cutting the posts to different lengths based on the differences of the hole depths to the theoretical grade established using a laser. I’m cutting my notches before I set the posts, just like you.
Excellent video series. Many videos are too fast but you take the time to explain your rationale of why you are about to approach the task in a certain way. This rationale really helps...especially where levels and measurements are concerned.
I just watched the second video of this series......I'm gonna finish it, but just wanted to say, watching you work and being able to explain it the average American man, is outstanding! Keep up the good work, and the good videos brother!
Run the auger a lot slower and be gentle pulling it out and you will find it holds all the dirt. Also sit the poles on stone not concrete so they drain as sitting water will rot them out.
Buddy this is inspirational enough for me to just climb the dang ladder to top off the posts and notch em after I got em up. I like the way you done it, it just ain't for me for what I got going on. Good video brother!
Hey man, havent seen you around. Hope all is well. Watching through these again. Thank you so much for doing this series. It's a joy to watch and very detailed.
First off I'm sick and tired of of working on my truck and cars in the winter, in the wet, cold gravel lol. Thanks for these videos It really helps me get a idea of what I need to do.
I have built some lean to sheds and a run out shed (10 x 40) but starting my "real" project... a 24 x 144 Horse barn. Getting it square worried me but following your steps did the trick. I did have the pad done by a dozier guy ahead of my start and this weekend got the front wall posts in and NOT WORRIED anymore that I am square. Strings and batter boards are the way to go and lots of double checking. I am even making sure each post hits EXACTLY on the 12' center needed so as not to waste lumber and use all 12' boards. THANK YOU for the detail and common sense and hopefully I get this thing up by summer so we can ride inside NEXT winter.
The first tool we bought was a tractor and post hole digger (as well as hand diggers) when I was a kid on the farm. I became a professional fence builder. We used lead filled black iron pipes for the handles on our hand diggers, and we used old truck axles for tamp rods. We got so good at it that my brother and I had a fence business by time I was 14. Nice video. I like you digger on your tractor it looks like the heyster we had. I always hated replacing those universal joints on the PHD. Good hard work here/
If you want to remove all the dirt out of a post hole, use a bobcat with a hydraulic auger. Drill your hole just to the top of the tines, but before you lift the auger bit out of the ground, stop it from rotating. When you lift the auger out without the auger rotating, it will bring the dirt with it in the tines of the auger. Then just move the bobcat off to the side, and use the hydraulics to shake the dirt off of the auger. Then go back in for drilling it deeper.
I'm looking to build a garage just about exactly like you are building and I just found these videos. Not only are these informative, they are really well done. You must have spent almost as much time editing the video as building the garage. I plan to watch the rest of the series and see how it comes out.
Great videos, and your accent. I did not know what a pole barn was until I watched your video. I will never build one but I enjoyed learning about how it is done.
Thank yo for your videos. Over the last year I think I've watched the series at least theee times. I am starting mine now, and I am constantly thinking , "What Did Fedie Do".
Outstanding! Thanks for the great feedback. I'm glad it's helping you get some of your own ideas. Stay tuned. I'm working on the next segment about roofing it and closing it in. After that I think I might do a quick video about costs, materials, and "I wide I'd done that" stuff.
Thank you so much for all your insight. I have been doing custom carpentry projects for twenty years. Recently took on a huge job building 19 horse stalls on the side of a riding arena. I am little worried about setting the posts, your video helped me so much. Thank you.
Thanks a ton for these videos!!! Helps a lot. Hubby tries to build all kinds of things and these videos are easy to understand and follow. Keep em' coming!!
Lord don’t watch this around your sleeping pups 🤣. Uniquely entertaining educating style- I could watch you all day. I was today years old when I realized how the Pythagorean theorem applied to real life. 🤦♀️ Thanks, man.
I just can't thank you enough for taking the time to video your process for this pending barn!! You come across easy but determined = Hubby and I might actually be able to get one up ourselves!! :)
Hey Man, Awesome videos. I'm learning some great stuff. I know you put a lot of extra time in to make these videos, especially with how quality they are. I am in the process of building one right now! Thanks again, God Bless.
you can use the auger to clean the holes out even if the dirt is turned into powder, its called WATER, pour in some water and run the auger in real slow then lift it up and everything comes out, you don't want concrete on your posts either, it will just make them rot out faster, most pole barn posts are just back filled with dirt
For anyone that doesn't want to purchase an expensive laser level, the same job can be accomplished with a water level for about $30. Heck you can make one for next to nothing, just need a long enough piece of clear plastic tubing. Great vidoes sir!
6:33 "Get ready emotionally." I laughed out loud at that one. Sinking that bit 3 feet just to realize you still have a foot of powder to get out of that hole has a way of tarnishing the new post hole digger experience.
Thank you for this series!!!! It has helped me so much and I have only just broken ground on my project. Seeing you wear a white shirt while digging your holes. The most misleading video. My dig so different so many rocks it took so long and was much harder then I thought. Very difficult to get the holes deep enough. bragging rights though its done!!! again thank you great Job!!!!!!!
Best info. for the project I'm building in Northern Ontario. You explain things clear and exact...nice. Frost and ice in the ground lifts our posts...can hit minus 30 F or more. I'm only going to pour maybe a foot of cement with spikes or nails around the post then backfill with gravel. My thought is if the ice grabs the post the cement and the nails below frost will anchor the post from lifting. Any thoughts on my plan. I will also mention I have removed 20 year old 4 by 4 treated fence posts out of wet clay...looked just like new...can't say the same about the cedar as they were half rotted away.
r1bourg I don't have any experience with building where the cold is so extreme. You really ought to ask some folks in your area and get some local advice. I get a lot of "experts" talking about posts rotting. You prove my retort that a treat post is made for ground contact. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Feddie ... really enjoyed Part 2 of your Pole Barn series ... that new auger really came in handy on those post holes ... Keep up the good work and I'm anxiously awaiting as to how you by yourself are gonna set those 14" poles ... God's blessings. Denny Grimes Phenix City, Alabama
Thanks for watching, Denny. I really like that auger. It worked great. Broke a couple of shear bolts in some hard roots but that's what it's supposed to do. Yeah, those posts were tough. After manhandling a couple of them I decided I better get my boy to help me with the rest. It was still pretty tough though! Right now my challenge is getting those heavy 2X12 pine top bands up. Those things are heavy and hard to maneuver by myself. Gonna have to rig up something to make it easier and safer. Stay tuned!
You have really made me think about the same project I want to do in the future but I'm 68 and don't feel very confident I can do it. Where I live in North Central Arkansas there is a lot of rock so I just don't know if I can do this.
I’m building a pole garage behind the Bee Store. (Honey Bee Supply Store). Anyways, we had everything set until digging the holes with my Kabota. When I hit a rock and I started taking it out and the bloody thing came out to fast and hit the batter board and took it out. I finished the hole as my son in law held on to the batter board but didn’t replace it in the holes and they were lost. It was a very hot day and I did the remain two corner holes. When getting back to that mess we’re having problems getting it to measure out. Got 32 front and back, 24 and 40 but the messed up corner is 25 and 40. Going to recheck it with someone other than one of my workers. But I may have to put the corner post up and check it from there. The other way I can check it differently from you way is measure 3 feet up from the front and 4 feet across the front line and the diagonal should be 5 feet. Which gives me a right angle. Any suggestions?
Great videos! I have to ask though, why bother to pour the correct amount of concrete in the holes to get the top of the poles even across a sloped hill? seems like too much work. Here is something I learned from my Grandfather. Dig your holes pour a rough amount of concrete in each hole, ie: if you want a 3" pad then pour about 3" in the hole. After it sets, place your poles in, plumb them up and back fill with concrete. Now here is the cool part. Mark any one of the poles at the height you want above grade. Take 60' in your case of clear vinyl tube and attach each end to a pole above the top of it and fill it with water until it reaches the mark you put on the pole that determines height above grade. Now walk over to the pole where the other end of the tube is and make a mark at the water line. Water always finds level. Now keep moving only one end of the tube from post to post, transfer the water line to the posts. Now just cut off the tops of the posts and forget the concrete pads being on the same plane underground.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate the compliments and the tip you shared. I think that will be helpful to viewers. But, if you watch Part 3 - Setting Posts, I think you will see that I did something way cooler than that. Although it's a similar concept, because of how I dug the holes, I was able to determine grade before I ever set the first post. Now here's the coolest part. This allowed me to cut and notch the posts before I even stood them up in the hole. The most variation I ended up with in any post was 1/8" inch! Pretty cool, huh? That was my goal because I did not want to have to cut and notch them off a ladder. Sounds like you have had to do that so you know what a pain it is. Anyway, check out Pt 5 and lemme know what you think. Thanks again for watching.
This probably the most professional method but, I prefer to dig and set all my post and cut off the excess at the top using a string line level. Then I can fill in with gravel or rock and level out the ground to the highest elevated post. Just quicker that way to me and since I would back fill with gravel or rock anyway, it gives me more opportunity to play on the tractor.
I've been watching/reviewing this series (absolutely awesome) for a good 3 weeks as I have been getting my layout setup. Mine is 20'x32' and all the lumber will be arriving in a couple of days.Your recap episode certainly changed mine mind as far as mixing fifty some bags of concrete - going with the truck. Quick question though - why didn't you just build your own trusses?
Hey I got a question for ya? What kind of lazer lever did you use for the pole barn build. I know I'll probably have to get one but I don't think I'd have another use for one so I don't wanna spend a lot of money on one.
Post in concrete = bad idea and a very big headache when that wood starts to rot away. Instead do the same except use wet set brackets made by either Midwest Permacolumn or Strong Way System which is an adjustable footing and set them into a concrete (minimum 4,000 psi set) pier/pile base, those keep the wood foot of the post off the concrete and out of the ground for less chance of rotting and such, instead of burring the post in the ground or worse in or on the concrete. If you think I am wrong, then look up "post frame rot issues" and check out the many 'horror' stories.
Great video! Needing some tips for this summer. Working for a guy who is starting his business back up building pole barns, sounds like you must be from Oklahoma or something with all that wind lol.
Great video Feddy!!! I have a question for ya tho. What if your barn was in the middle of a field with no structure around to reference? Luckily in your case you had a smaller barn already there. Would you still be able to use Pythagorean Theory? If so, how? You're the best bro!!!!
Hi, Is your name Fetty? or Freddie? Can't understand you. Anyways my question is how did you know the depth in which to dig your holes before you determined grade? I may have missed you explaining this and if so I do apologize. I am about to start building a 20x40 but I am on a much bigger slope than you and I am guestimating a 3-4 ft drop from left to right. Also it would be awesome if you could do a video on how to use the laser level in detail. I am going to have to rent this tool. Thanks-Daniel
I appreciate your videos very much. I am in western Oregon -- between the Cascade Range and the Coast Range. It is rain country. I want to build a pole building in the next couple years. I have one concern - If I put the poles in concrete pits, won't the posts just be sitting in water all winter and cause them to rot?
yes they will rot much in concrete as in dirt alone, hope you found alternatives such as precast concrete posts with brackets, or wet or dry/drill set brackets for diy pier/piling such as this which offer a longer post life with much less maintenance and issues
Great series! Thanks for teaching us awesome man knowledge. My question is about that laser level... how the heck do you use that?? What is it referencing? Keep your powder dry.
Thanks for watching and for the kind words. The laser spins and shoots a precise straight and level line. Since you can't see the laser beam, the receiver detects it and lets you see exactly where it is hitting. The reference line just determines if you are level on all your posts. If that line is the same distance from a known point (i.e. the top of the post) on all your posts, then you know you are level and on the same plane at the top. Hope that makes sense.
Blazingnailgun, I'm still having trouble understanding how to get the concrete planned. Is your lazer measuring off a fixed point? Thank you for your time.
Laser levels use a base emitting or in this case transmitting the laser to the receiver you see on the measuring stick (its really not that complicated to figure out), but yes the base is the fixed point and can be placed offside or in the middle of the build, offside is best where it will be out of the way the entire time but not blocked, the receiver is simply readjusted or as he showed kept in the same place, but readjusting is wiser
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People that take the time to make a quality video like you have done are what makes UA-cam the valuable resource it is today. Thank you for posting!
I wholeheartedly agree! I gotta build a 'pole barn'/hangar for my small sport plane. Local airport hangar fees are for "rich people"...they are the only ones that can afford 'em! My little bird (Sonerai 2L) has folding wings and can be trailered to the airport on flying days! Economical and fast!
I love how people think trade guys like this are dumb. I am great with mechanics, small engines, complex problems etc, but I SUCK at this and feel like it's so hard. This video has helped a lot!
Another good tip for bedding the holes and getting all of them on the same plane would be to drive in a short piece of rebar in each hole and shoot the tops of all the rebar pieces (tapping the down with a sledge hammer) til they are all level to one another. Then just pour the concrete flush with the tops of the rebar. Works like a champ. Awesome video series! Hope you do another showing metal instalation on the sides.
That's a great tip. Thanks for sharing! I appreciate you watching and contributing to the discussion!
Thats a great tip Rodney, I will be setting posts this winter. I'm in Mississippi so no frost/snow for us.
When the concrete is poured in the bottom of the holes, it is not self leveling as we all know. How do you make sure you have a good, level bed of concrete inside the hole, to ensure there is not a high spot in the concrete, or that the top of the bed of concrete is not out of level, which will make any post sit up farther than the others.
Mr Bit, I was thinking exactly the same thing. I suppose one could always use the "TLAR Method" with the Mark I Eyeball. (TLAR = "that looks about right")
Got It Made
Really like the vid can you explain the pole bedding have never done that don’t quit understand the process
I’ve watch A LOT of diy youtube and YOU sir are GOLD.
Appreciate your kind words, Nick. I started making the videos, among other reasons, because I felt like there was a real deficit in good, thorough, and COMPLETE content on the Tube. Some folks try to make things have more mystery than it needs to have. Sure, there are some important concepts, but most of the time even those are pretty obvious. I'd do a TV show if the opportunity ever came along but they probably don't let old, fat, and ugly guys have those spots. Ha! I will admit though, there is some "magic of Hollywood" in my videos. For example, you can watch me build a pole barn over the course of and hour or two. The truth is I've been on this project for almost five months! Thanks again for the nice words.
I've been researching into constructing sheds and discovered a great resource at Wilfs Shed Formula (google it if you are interested)
Very helpful videos man! Thank you! I’m working my way through them all. What are you using to determine level? Grade rod? I have several I need to build so looking to buy one…
You really do need a syndicated television show. I'm self-taught on pretty much anything I do and am pretty picky about who I feel is "real" and who is bs-ing. You explain things so normally that things I've struggled with kind of click and I'm grateful for that. Most of the TV "builders" seem too Hollywood to be trustworthy. I think you would be a mega-hit. Too bad I'm not a producer, cause I'd be shopping your show around! Thanks again for another great installment.
This is exactly the video I’ve been looking for. Thank you. I’m following your logic but instead of making the holes on same plane, I’m cutting the posts to different lengths based on the differences of the hole depths to the theoretical grade established using a laser. I’m cutting my notches before I set the posts, just like you.
Excellent video series. Many videos are too fast but you take the time to explain your rationale of why you are about to approach the task in a certain way. This rationale really helps...especially where levels and measurements are concerned.
WOW... What a beautiful piece of property you live on!! I would love to live out there in the country! ONE OF THESE DAYS!! Thanks buddy!
Danny Herrera Thanks Danny. I appreciate the kind words.
Great video! Not too much detail, not too little, just the right amount.
loving the old barn behind you..Nothing like weathered wood!!!
It's a beauty!
I just watched the second video of this series......I'm gonna finish it, but just wanted to say, watching you work and being able to explain it the average American man, is outstanding! Keep up the good work, and the good videos brother!
Run the auger a lot slower and be gentle pulling it out and you will find it holds all the dirt. Also sit the poles on stone not concrete so they drain as sitting water will rot them out.
Buddy this is inspirational enough for me to just climb the dang ladder to top off the posts and notch em after I got em up. I like the way you done it, it just ain't for me for what I got going on. Good video brother!
Hey man, havent seen you around. Hope all is well. Watching through these again. Thank you so much for doing this series. It's a joy to watch and very detailed.
All is well here. Just been very busy in the new shop this year.
First off I'm sick and tired of of working on my truck and cars in the winter, in the wet, cold gravel lol. Thanks for these videos It really helps me get a idea of what I need to do.
I have built some lean to sheds and a run out shed (10 x 40) but starting my "real" project... a 24 x 144 Horse barn. Getting it square worried me but following your steps did the trick. I did have the pad done by a dozier guy ahead of my start and this weekend got the front wall posts in and NOT WORRIED anymore that I am square. Strings and batter boards are the way to go and lots of double checking. I am even making sure each post hits EXACTLY on the 12' center needed so as not to waste lumber and use all 12' boards. THANK YOU for the detail and common sense and hopefully I get this thing up by summer so we can ride inside NEXT winter.
Love your process on your post barn. Have given me some good advice for what my husband can do!
The first tool we bought was a tractor and post hole digger (as well as hand diggers) when I was a kid on the farm. I became a professional fence builder. We used lead filled black iron pipes for the handles on our hand diggers, and we used old truck axles for tamp rods. We got so good at it that my brother and I had a fence business by time I was 14. Nice video. I like you digger on your tractor it looks like the heyster we had. I always hated replacing those universal joints on the PHD. Good hard work here/
ChileExpatFamily Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate you watching!
If you want to remove all the dirt out of a post hole, use a bobcat with a hydraulic auger. Drill your hole just to the top of the tines, but before you lift the auger bit out of the ground, stop it from rotating. When you lift the auger out without the auger rotating, it will bring the dirt with it in the tines of the auger. Then just move the bobcat off to the side, and use the hydraulics to shake the dirt off of the auger. Then go back in for drilling it deeper.
I'm looking to build a garage just about exactly like you are building and I just found these videos. Not only are these informative, they are really well done. You must have spent almost as much time editing the video as building the garage. I plan to watch the rest of the series and see how it comes out.
You are as friendlier version of my mentor, MSGT Jack Cantrell. Great videos.
Great videos, and your accent. I did not know what a pole barn was until I watched your video. I will never build one but I enjoyed learning about how it is done.
Thanks for watching and for your great compliments. I appreciate it!
best ,most informative video series I've seen on you tube,by far.
thanks
jerry
jerrylynnhicks Thanks for watching. I really appreciate the kind words.
Thank yo for your videos. Over the last year I think I've watched the series at least theee times. I am starting mine now, and I am constantly thinking , "What Did Fedie Do".
Those pillars on the same grade underground was an excellent idea Feddie.
Thanks so much for doing these videos! I'm in the brainstorming phase of my pole barn project and these videos are just what I needed.
Outstanding! Thanks for the great feedback. I'm glad it's helping you get some of your own ideas. Stay tuned. I'm working on the next segment about roofing it and closing it in. After that I think I might do a quick video about costs, materials, and "I wide I'd done that" stuff.
I have been wanting to start a pole barn and really appreciate the time that you have spent to make these videos!
Thank you so much for all your insight. I have been doing custom carpentry projects for twenty years. Recently took on a huge job building 19 horse stalls on the side of a riding arena. I am little worried about setting the posts, your video helped me so much. Thank you.
Thanks a ton for these videos!!! Helps a lot. Hubby tries to build all kinds of things and these videos are easy to understand and follow. Keep em' coming!!
Thanks for watching, Sharon. I appreciate your kind words.
Thanks bud.....really enjoying your instruction and appreciate you sharing the expertise.
Lord don’t watch this around your sleeping pups 🤣. Uniquely entertaining educating style- I could watch you all day. I was today years old when I realized how the Pythagorean theorem applied to real life. 🤦♀️ Thanks, man.
Wow, you have great soul to work with
I just can't thank you enough for taking the time to video your process for this pending barn!! You come across easy but determined = Hubby and I might actually be able to get one up ourselves!! :)
nice barn in the back too. many thanks for your videos. you are an excellent teacher
+Re Silc You're welcome!
Really good set videos! Explained really well. Thank you for helping me with my pole barn that I am building next month.
Just started work building pole barns. These are like my “school” shit helps a lot
Thought I would mentioned you folks in Tennessee are terrific. I like your music your shining and now your construction eh.
r1bourg Thanks! TN is a great place.
Thank you for videos brother. And good job. You've taught a CPA how to do his own pole barn, I'm putting trusses on now!
YO !! ONCE AGAIN ...A GREAT SERVICE I AM ADVISED. KEEP IT UP !! AAA+++ THUMBS UP
Hey Man,
Awesome videos. I'm learning some great stuff. I know you put a lot of extra time in to make these videos, especially with how quality they are. I am in the process of building one right now! Thanks again, God Bless.
Thanks for watching and for the compliments. I'm glad you got something out of the videos. Good luck on your project and lemme know how it turns out!
Wow that soil is just fantastic. Im hopeful that my new land is better than my parents place is. They have more rocks and bolders than dirt.
Great video. Whish my ground was as soft and clean as yours!
You are going to inspire me to build a poll barn. Good instruction.
you can use the auger to clean the holes out even if the dirt is turned into powder, its called WATER, pour in some water and run the auger in real slow then lift it up and everything comes out, you don't want concrete on your posts either, it will just make them rot out faster, most pole barn posts are just back filled with dirt
Love your Southern Accent... keep on trucking. Have a Great Day All Ye All..lol
For anyone that doesn't want to purchase an expensive laser level, the same job can be accomplished with a water level for about $30. Heck you can make one for next to nothing, just need a long enough piece of clear plastic tubing. Great vidoes sir!
you can use a water hose and just add about 3 feet clear tubing on each end
'Cheaper' to rent such laser levels or fumbling with a water level.
6:33 "Get ready emotionally." I laughed out loud at that one. Sinking that bit 3 feet just to realize you still have a foot of powder to get out of that hole has a way of tarnishing the new post hole digger experience.
Thank you for this series!!!! It has helped me so much and I have only just broken ground on my project.
Seeing you wear a white shirt while digging your holes. The most misleading video. My dig so different so many rocks it took so long and was much harder then I thought. Very difficult to get the holes deep enough. bragging rights though its done!!!
again thank you great Job!!!!!!!
John Tomlinson Outstanding. I'm glad the series helped out. Lemme know how your project goes. I'd like to see some updates along the way. Good luck!
it is really great job. Thank you so much. i m going to build a thing like barn for outdoor cooking myself north of Thailand.
Great job 👏 👍
Great videos!
Thanks for posting this series! I look forward to using your tips in my project!
Best info. for the project I'm building in Northern Ontario. You explain things clear and exact...nice. Frost and ice in the ground lifts our posts...can hit minus 30 F or more. I'm only going to pour maybe a foot of cement with spikes or nails around the post then backfill with gravel. My thought is if the ice grabs the post the cement and the nails below frost will anchor the post from lifting. Any thoughts on my plan. I will also mention I have removed 20 year old 4 by 4 treated fence posts out of wet clay...looked just like new...can't say the same about the cedar as they were half rotted away.
r1bourg I don't have any experience with building where the cold is so extreme. You really ought to ask some folks in your area and get some local advice. I get a lot of "experts" talking about posts rotting. You prove my retort that a treat post is made for ground contact. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Feddie ... really enjoyed Part 2 of your Pole Barn series ... that new auger really came in handy on those post holes ... Keep up the good work and I'm anxiously awaiting as to how you by yourself are gonna set those 14" poles ... God's blessings.
Denny Grimes
Phenix City, Alabama
Thanks for watching, Denny. I really like that auger. It worked great. Broke a couple of shear bolts in some hard roots but that's what it's supposed to do. Yeah, those posts were tough. After manhandling a couple of them I decided I better get my boy to help me with the rest. It was still pretty tough though! Right now my challenge is getting those heavy 2X12 pine top bands up. Those things are heavy and hard to maneuver by myself. Gonna have to rig up something to make it easier and safer. Stay tuned!
Your channel is awesome.
Thanks!
Awesome video
You have really made me think about the same project I want to do in the future but I'm 68 and don't feel very confident I can do it.
Where I live in North Central Arkansas there is a lot of rock so I just don't know if I can do this.
nice!! like the lay out of your land
Andrew Bellah Thanks, Andrew. I appreciate you watching!
really appreciate you explaining everything
Many thanks for watching.
Awesome video! Thanks so much
I’m building a pole garage behind the Bee Store. (Honey Bee Supply Store). Anyways, we had everything set until digging the holes with my Kabota. When I hit a rock and I started taking it out and the bloody thing came out to fast and hit the batter board and took it out. I finished the hole as my son in law held on to the batter board but didn’t replace it in the holes and they were lost. It was a very hot day and I did the remain two corner holes. When getting back to that mess we’re having problems getting it to measure out. Got 32 front and back, 24 and 40 but the messed up corner is 25 and 40. Going to recheck it with someone other than one of my workers. But I may have to put the corner post up and check it from there.
The other way I can check it differently from you way is measure 3 feet up from the front and 4 feet across the front line and the diagonal should be 5 feet. Which gives me a right angle.
Any suggestions?
Man you cracking me up Go ahead and get prepared emotionally and then the joke about Jimmy Hoffa I heard that one a hundred times
Excellent
thanks for sharing your knowledge, great series!
Seth Gagle Your welcome. Thanks for the compliment!
So informative.... keeps it simple
Dude, you F-ING RULE!!!!!!. You do one great video.
Ha! Thanks Stan. I appreciate you watching!
thanks man! im gonna be building a pole barn just like this for my tractor too.
Another good video! Thanks
Thanks Travis!
Great videos! I have to ask though, why bother to pour the correct amount of concrete in the holes to get the top of the poles even across a sloped hill? seems like too much work. Here is something I learned from my Grandfather. Dig your holes pour a rough amount of concrete in each hole, ie: if you want a 3" pad then pour about 3" in the hole. After it sets, place your poles in, plumb them up and back fill with concrete. Now here is the cool part. Mark any one of the poles at the height you want above grade. Take 60' in your case of clear vinyl tube and attach each end to a pole above the top of it and fill it with water until it reaches the mark you put on the pole that determines height above grade. Now walk over to the pole where the other end of the tube is and make a mark at the water line. Water always finds level. Now keep moving only one end of the tube from post to post, transfer the water line to the posts. Now just cut off the tops of the posts and forget the concrete pads being on the same plane underground.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I appreciate the compliments and the tip you shared. I think that will be helpful to viewers. But, if you watch Part 3 - Setting Posts, I think you will see that I did something way cooler than that. Although it's a similar concept, because of how I dug the holes, I was able to determine grade before I ever set the first post. Now here's the coolest part. This allowed me to cut and notch the posts before I even stood them up in the hole. The most variation I ended up with in any post was 1/8" inch! Pretty cool, huh? That was my goal because I did not want to have to cut and notch them off a ladder. Sounds like you have had to do that so you know what a pain it is. Anyway, check out Pt 5 and lemme know what you think. Thanks again for watching.
This probably the most professional method but, I prefer to dig and set all my post and cut off the excess at the top using a string line level. Then I can fill in with gravel or rock and level out the ground to the highest elevated post. Just quicker that way to me and since I would back fill with gravel or rock anyway, it gives me more opportunity to play on the tractor.
Really enjoyed these videos Feddie,. Any more progress with this as far as back filling with rock?
I've been watching/reviewing this series (absolutely awesome) for a good 3 weeks as I have been getting my layout setup. Mine is 20'x32' and all the lumber will be arriving in a couple of days.Your recap episode certainly changed mine mind as far as mixing fifty some bags of concrete - going with the truck. Quick question though - why didn't you just build your own trusses?
Great series of videos that really helped me as I consider whether I want to take on a project of building a pole building to store my Moomtana toys
Just discovered your channel and I love it. Chock- full of good info!. About where are you located? I'm in Southwest Virginia
Brilliant well done
Pilgrims Hell! I do the posthole diggers NOW! LOL! Thank for the Videos!
Nice high qual vid. Great job explaining concepts. You are a wonderful teacher. Now, if I could just get me one of them augers... :-)
+redlense4 Ha! Tractor Supply. :-) Thanks for watching.
Excellent video Feddie! I watched it 4 times. What kind of laser level is that how doe sit work? Bill
Beautiful place BTW!
Thanks!
Hey I got a question for ya?
What kind of lazer lever did you use for the pole barn build. I know I'll probably have to get one but I don't think I'd have another use for one so I don't wanna spend a lot of money on one.
Great info....Do have one question, not sure if if missed it in the video but what is the tool you are using that shows the measurement of the grade?
great videos.
i learned something , thanks buddy
So many nice toys.
Eric Jurgens Never enough of em though...... Thanks for watching.
***** Keep making videos! They are really great and you do them very well! I especially liked this series.
Post in concrete = bad idea and a very big headache when that wood starts to rot away.
Instead do the same except use wet set brackets made by either Midwest Permacolumn or Strong Way System which is an adjustable footing and set them into a concrete (minimum 4,000 psi set) pier/pile base, those keep the wood foot of the post off the concrete and out of the ground for less chance of rotting and such, instead of burring the post in the ground or worse in or on the concrete. If you think I am wrong, then look up "post frame rot issues" and check out the many 'horror' stories.
Great video! Needing some tips for this summer. Working for a guy who is starting his business back up building pole barns, sounds like you must be from Oklahoma or something with all that wind lol.
***** Thanks for the compliments, Tanner. I really appreciate it. Glad the vids helped out. I'm in East Tennessee.
Can please tell me what kind of laser did you use (brand and model number)?Thanks
Hah... that pole digger makes digging the holes as smooth as silk :-)
What kind of laser level do you have and do you have a vid. on setting that up?
Great video Feddy!!! I have a question for ya tho. What if your barn was in the middle of a field with no structure around to reference? Luckily in your case you had a smaller barn already there. Would you still be able to use Pythagorean Theory? If so, how? You're the best bro!!!!
NIce soil -mine grows rocks !!
Hi, Is your name Fetty? or Freddie? Can't understand you. Anyways my question is how did you know the depth in which to dig your holes before you determined grade? I may have missed you explaining this and if so I do apologize. I am about to start building a 20x40 but I am on a much bigger slope than you and I am guestimating a 3-4 ft drop from left to right. Also it would be awesome if you could do a video on how to use the laser level in detail. I am going to have to rent this tool. Thanks-Daniel
20 cokes and 5 heart attacks lol
did u make a video on.sketchup, actually building it on there.
I appreciate your videos very much. I am in western Oregon -- between the Cascade Range and the Coast Range. It is rain country. I want to build a pole building in the next couple years. I have one concern - If I put the poles in concrete pits, won't the posts just be sitting in water all winter and cause them to rot?
+Mary Valentine Thanks for watching, Mary!
yes they will rot much in concrete as in dirt alone, hope you found alternatives such as precast concrete posts with brackets, or wet or dry/drill set brackets for diy pier/piling such as this which offer a longer post life with much less maintenance and issues
most folks are bolting steel kits onto slab nowadays
Great series! Thanks for teaching us awesome man knowledge. My question is about that laser level... how the heck do you use that?? What is it referencing? Keep your powder dry.
Thanks for watching and for the kind words. The laser spins and shoots a precise straight and level line. Since you can't see the laser beam, the receiver detects it and lets you see exactly where it is hitting. The reference line just determines if you are level on all your posts. If that line is the same distance from a known point (i.e. the top of the post) on all your posts, then you know you are level and on the same plane at the top. Hope that makes sense.
Man, thanks! this is great info.
+Doug Black You're welcome!
Blazingnailgun, I'm still having trouble understanding how to get the concrete planned. Is your lazer measuring off a fixed point? Thank you for your time.
Laser levels use a base emitting or in this case transmitting the laser to the receiver you see on the measuring stick (its really not that complicated to figure out), but yes the base is the fixed point and can be placed offside or in the middle of the build, offside is best where it will be out of the way the entire time but not blocked, the receiver is simply readjusted or as he showed kept in the same place, but readjusting is wiser
Incredible stuff....that long ruler thing with the laser, what is that called, if you don't mind?
Laser LEVEL, Bosch makes one for $600 but cheaper to rent per use.