Recent content by Lariatstang

Well just dug the holes, concrete gets here in about an hour. No turning back now. I settled on 10' in from the rear door and 10' apart. All measured center to center. Thanks for all the input!

Barn is 36' x 40' bottom of trusses are 12' off of the slab. I've got a few extra feet of room between the trusses if I place the lift toward the center. Do you know what the width of the top cross post is? I'm thinking of placing the lift 1'4" north of the last truss which will give me...

Wow I had no idea this was such a common predicament :beer: I think I'm going to put my arms on 3' pads spaced 9' from inner to inner (outer pads will be 12' apart). This seems to accommodate most of the posts I've been looking at. I may end up going a little further away from my rear door...

I'm having my concrete poured in the next couple of days in my pole barn. I would like to plan for a lift down the road. My concrete guy told me he can dig out the area where I'm going to place my lift posts to make the floor thicker for more support. I don't have a lift yet, way over budget on...

Thanks everyone, there’s some good input in here. I think I’m going to go with 100A. Looks like the total cost to upgrade isn’t a whole lot higher and i’d Rather have room to grow. Especially if I decide to add on to the building later on.

I’m in the process of building a pole barn. I’m trying to decide how much electrical power to run out to the shop. What’s everyone’s opinion on 50A vs 100A? I’m planning to run a few LED interior and exterior lights, about 12 electrical outlets, a couple of built in exhaust fans, a small air...