pole shed progress (link to pics)

Someone from Wisconsin was recently asking about pole sheds I believe. Here are some pics from the construction of ours. Up here the most durable woods we have for poles are Eastern white cedar and tamarack - I went with tamarack for the added strength. 2x8's for beams; 2x8's for rafters; 2x6's and 2x4's for vertical sheet strapping; 2x4's for roof strapping.
I skidded them out with our '51 Case VA. I tried using the 3pth post hole digger to dig the holes, but my auger wasn't big enough for the butt end of the logs. I went with 16ft poles sunk 4ft, and the shorter side was sunk 5ft and 10ft left above. I got a friend to bring over his backhoe for the holes, but still had trouble with the sides caving in when lifting the poles into place. We ended up using the hoe to lift them into place, but that ended up giving me far from perfect dimensions - making the roofing a bit of a challenge. The Case helped me get the roofing up to the top strapping.
All I need to finish it up is to side the south end, get some tin flashing up on exposed wood, cut off exposed roof strapping, and hang some barn doors on gate hinges. Footprint ended up being 25ft long and 12ft wide. I figure if I get really creative with my bale stacking, it will hold 500 small square bales for the hay burners. Along with our other small hay storage, we'll be able to stockpile almost 800 bales before the snow flies next year = no scary driving during the worst that winter has to offer.
If there's a better way for me to post these pics to the forum without the link, don't be afraid to tell me.

Jason
pole shed pics so far

Looks very nice. Good job

You did a good job on your pole shed; liked the "durable wood poles" you chose.

Interesting information on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarack_Larch">tamarack</a> that you used for poles.

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

Excellent shed and pics. Great job.

Looks nice. It's great to have a friend with a backhoe when you need him.
Zach

I am dissappointed the pictures won't load for me. I want to do the same thing as I just bought 35 acres an hour from my house and need to get a shed put up for my tractor and implements I intend to leave out there. Its got tons of eastern red cedar I intend to use. I may get a bandsaw mill out there to make me some siding. I have a chainsaw mill but am not stubborn enough or have enough time to use that to mill siding.

good lookin' hay in there Jason and nice lookin' barn