bball":3c5jjisd said:Hoping so BF.
Dun, I was thinking the same thing. I may just rebuild it pole barn style. Wasn't impressed with how the welds broke on some of the frame.
wbvs58":2op6hj3i said:It doesn't seem to have had any real footings.
Ken
M-5":1bsjwjtu said:You could Build gates out of the tubing
We salvaged a bunch of the metal and lumber. Used it for odds and ends projects, sold some to others that had odds and ends projects. Hauled the mangled stuff to the recycler, didn;t get squat but it was gone. Still have about 16 sheets of 16 foot metal. The insurance company gave us money to pay for the clean up. I couldn;t even get the Amish to do it. Wife and I spent a couple of months doing it ourselves. NO, I didn;t give the insurance company the money back for clean up.bball":ybpln34x said:Wow dun, there wasnt much left of the first one. Guess I can't complain too much. Going to 'recycle' the metal sheeting in the corral and working chute. Was half thinking about leaving both ends wide open, would only hurt a small percentage of the hay
bball":3dz51q9t said:
Just proves that even a blind hog finds an acorn once in whileJMJ Farms":3q1yg38g said:I can tell you from experience that Dun is 100% right.
Caustic Burno":2oimuwmp said:bball":2oimuwmp said:
My barns,house, and sheds are all steel buildings rode out Rita and Ike without a scratch.
Mom and dad's old place didn't fair as well.
Must have been a heck of a wind or some thin steel as 90% of the places around here have went
to steel.
JMJ Farms":1dicogvi said:I can tell you from experience that Dun is 100% right. (Can't believe I said that :lol2: ) I've seen people leave the ends open and wall up the back side of a pole barn. If the wind comes under the barn and hits the back wall it then goes UP. And no matter what type of footer or hurricane straps or anchors or whatever you have, the structure at this point is only as strong as the weakest link. I've rebuilt numerous barns where the posts and trusses were still as good as the day they were put up but the entire top was gone. Leave a gap for the wind to escape and you will most likely get by with minimal to no damage. Sometimes it doesn't matter how it's built, Mother Nature is just too much for it. Good luck with your project bball.