LONG Shelter

[ncsawyer]

 

 

Stopped by one of my customer's today.  I sawed around 4000 feet of pine and a little sweet gum for him back in February and he indicated that he was going to put up an equipment shelter.  He was done except for the metal and it is one long building.  Those posts on the front of the building are 20 feet apart!  He put everything up green and some of it was sweet gum.  Most of it looked like it stayed pretty straight.  The only money he will have in the building is my sawing fee, nails and metal.  For the price I think he's got a pretty good shed!

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Would make a nice Flea Market shed.  ;D

[Magicman]

OK, what kind of "equipment" is he planning to shed? 

[ncsawyer]

OK, what kind of "equipment" is he planning to shed?

He's a produce farmer, so he will be parking tractors, planters and various farm equipment under the shelter.

[fishfighter]

Could stack a lot of green lumber under there. ;D

[47sawdust]

Great looking shed,lot's of possibilities.Would have been better to turn his beams on edge.It would develop quite a smile in snow country.

[Ga Mtn Man]

Looks like they're on edge to me  ???.

[YellowHammer]

Looks like he just "liked" framing, and couldn't put the hammer and nails down :D :D
Reminded me of a fishing pier. 
Nice looking shed, I'd like to have one like that. 

[joejeep]

I am in the process of building a similar shelter for my camper. Was wondering the dimensions of the beams between the posts. I will only be spanning 15',,but I am worried about snowload. Thanks

[Chuck White]

Nice looking storage shed.

Likely it doesn't matter in NC, put up here in snow country I would laminate the beams with some 5/8" plywood to eliminate any sag.

Who knows, he may even have enough room to use part of it for a sawshed and lumber storage someday.

[ncsawyer]

I am in the process of building a similar shelter for my camper. Was wondering the dimensions of the beams between the posts. I will only be spanning 15',,but I am worried about snowload. Thanks

He used 16 foot 2x6's to build a 4x6 beam.  Then ran a 2×6 flat on top of the beam.  I would not have built a shelter for myself the exact same way.  I would have used at least 2x8's and put plywood between them to keep them from sagging.  If you've got access to some flat steel you can bolt two 2×8's together with a piece of 8 inch wide flat steel sandwiched between them and you for sure won't have any sag.

[beenthere]

The 2x6 flat on top does very little to add strength. Would have added some of on the bottom tension side of the pair of 2x6 on edge.
Also, not the best for strength if the beam joint is over the posts. Can't tell if that is the case.

But if it holds the roof up, that is mainly what counts.