T shed with wood trusses

[farmfromkansas]

Have an old pole building my dad built 50 years ago.  Only thing new he bought was the roofing tin.  Old power poles and used lumber.  The way it was built was to put the plates on both sides of the poles, then put 2x8's between the plates to anchor the rafters down.  The plates are all bolted onto the poles, and it has braces every way my dad could think of.

[Don P]

 

 
Lika so? For me that detail came from state college ag building plans.

[farmfromkansas]

You got it.  We had a big wind one day, and I found that nails just don't hold a building down very well, as I heard a banging going on, and discovered a rafter bouncing up and down on a building I built years ago.  Ran and found a drill and a couple bolts and 2 pieces of angle iron to make a sort of joist hanger.  Building is still there.