Friday, September 14, 2012

sweater weather

Cloudy and cool all day today...that doesn't happen very often out here and is always welcome.  Worked a bit on the plan for Ben's future home then fetched the last three poles.  They were bears to load into the bed of the pickup.  Did 3 trips.  Went back through the archives to relive the last pole barn I built with 3 friends on my property in NY.  This one was a monster - 24' x 72'...and 16' from ground to trusses.  I ended up throwing away 2/3 of the stuff stored in that space before I moved out here.  Ben's barn will be just big enough for him to be comfortable with just a few bells and whistles.  66,78,63,0,B,0
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Anonymous said...

Ben's lucky day was the day you found him!

September 14, 2012 at 9:29 PM
Ron/Debbie said...

We built a version of a pole barn using a flat slanted by about 2 feet from a high of 14 to a low of 12. Just used joist hangers and 2x12's. We made it 14 feet wide. Worked really well and was easy for us to build. Since you don't have a whole lot of snow there LOL, you don't need much of a pitch on your roof. I love the Barn you built in NY. Now that is a barn.

September 14, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Al said...

Looks like you will have plenty left over for corner fence posts. Got to love the sharing community in the desert!

September 14, 2012 at 11:49 PM
Dani said...

Your previous barn looks very like our shadecloth veggie tunnel (pics on my blog), but without the fancy strut work / storage area in the roof area.

Was wondering - can you drink Longhorn milk? If so, are you going to get Ben a wife in the future?

You could end up with your own nativity scene :)

September 15, 2012 at 12:43 AM
Rev.jimmyleebob said...

2,5,4 posts....everyone must be pacing themselves for the new after sunday sermon knockdown dragout ..LMAO... hallelujah !

September 15, 2012 at 6:20 PM
Allen Hare said...

Quite a different landscape up there in NY. Nice looking barn you built there. I guess that's the danger with creating more space, that your 'needs' will just grow to fill them. I guess we all could stand to jettison some excess 'stuff'.

September 16, 2012 at 7:13 PM

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