Post only in ground enough suppport?

[64HemiSavoy]

I am trying to get my build started after being laid up all Spring & Summer with foot surgery. I am waiting on a quote from the guy I want to build my shop so I can aquire the funds. The build will be 36'X48'X12' and trusses for attic space, also will have a 16'X24' extension off the back for my wood shop so I can seperate from the rest of the shop.

This will be a pole barn and the quote I requested was to get post in the ground and roof finished (all eaves wrapped and complete. I want to frame up between the post after concrete is poured and side the barn in cedar to match my house later. Since I am getting such a late start I do not want to pour cement if the weather turns much colder here.

My question is will the barn be stable enough with post only and no concrete or walls with some of the high winds we get?
Thanks for any and all opinions.

 

[Torque1st]

Check your local AG college websites for farm shed designs. They will spec out economical and sturdy pole barn designs.

 

[sberry]

Yes, the building will be sturdy without the floor, there are hundreds of thousands of them with dirt floors still standing.

 

[kbs2244]

There are hundreds of thousands of them still standing with nothing but the weight of the building setting on some big rocks.

I would bet you wouldn't have to drive very far in VA to see one.

 

[Mr_fixit]

Posts will rot or get eaten by bugs. Eventually. How many years you need it to last?

 

[64HemiSavoy]

Will not have to endure long. Construction will be standard pole barn with treated lumber. Will pour concrete as soon as possible next year and then begin framing my walls so it only need to endure a few months of high winds that we experiance during winter.
Depends on how fast progress is made as to whether concrete is poured before winter sets in or not.

 

[tcianci]

I would guess that since you're in VA, you could easily pour your floor almost any time. One thing not mentioned yet is you need to be sure to wind brace the pole structure if you expect it to stand windy conditions. The poles will bear the weight of the building and any snow loading without a problem but without the poles being tied together with some sort of shear bracing system, you are looking for problems.