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What I meant by my comment is that is what the local builders supply kit provides. All of their buildings with plans are at 12 foot pole spacing with pre-engineered steel trusses every 12 feet. Purlins are 2x6 at 24" OC. The plan doesn't account for girts, because it is designed as an open...

Thank you both. I am going with 12' spacing on the long sides because that is what the engineered trusses are designed for. It seems that both of you went more spread out on the short sides (compared to your long sides), and I know that is common since it isn't load bearing.

Thank you for the response. Correct, 10 ft spacing on the end. I am shooting for around 12 foot total wall height. I will choose final wall height after I figure out exactly what height I get from the Permacolumns, which should be around 3 ft in the ground and two feet out.

For gable end poles on a 30' wide building,what would be the ideal spacing? The eave side poles will be at 12' spacing. On the front gable end, I plan on one large roll up door and will space two poles evenly, one on either side of the door as needed. For the back side, I am contemplating...

Alright, new question: I plan on going with steel trusses and possibly using the 30x48 "kit" available for a non-enclosed structure. I will obviously have to add poles on both gable ends, but since there isn't a load bearing trust there, it will basically just be a free standing wall that I...

Thanks Ironhorse. What is all of the "extra stuff" around your poles?

Perfect, thanks larry.

Thanks Larry, I am not talking about vertical spacing. Basically, if you build with traditional girts they go on the outside of the post and you just buy whatever length you need... 8' OC, 10' OC, 12' OC, etc. And they will fall on the center of the post. With commercial girts, you will have...

Thanks! No doubt that there are elements that are expensive. I plan to do as much of the work as I can, just bought a new Topcon RL-H4C rotary laser level for this and a bunch of other projects and a 3 pt post hole digger for my tractor. I already have the space cleared and have to do some minor...

So, I have decided on building a 30x48 pole barn. I will use 6x6 posts, with either a post protector or Permacolumn. I will utilize steel trusses. I am going to do commercial/bookshelf girts to allow for insulation at some point. I know posts are usually done at 8', 10', 12' OC... but how does...

Not the same deal. With Craftsman you expect there to be mistakes and horrible quality control. If they got that wrong, I am surprised it didn't fall to dust on the first use. This is likely the only Snap-on that was ever allowed to leave the factory that way. They may desire it for their...

Thank you very much for your example.

Any thoughts from anyone that owns one? And/or that considered other building options and went with this type of building?

I do agree with you on most accounts, I usually go by the "buy once, cry once" mentality. But for the same reason I don't buy new cars or $1000 suits, there may be other options out there that do the same job for less money but might not have all of the bells and whistles. This thread is for...

Thanks for the response. There are two companies that are in my area that do wonderful work for "what they are." As in, they have many happy customers. They are small local companies that sell and build their own structures, one even does their own concrete. They have done larger commercial...