Up here at Lake St. Peter, the locals tell us snow loads can be quite troublesome for trailers. You could get more than 7 feet of snow. We were concerned for our trailer so we decided to build a snow shed. Well given that we just cleared/leveled the land and snow maybe upon us soon, this will probably be our last endeavor on the land - sigh - the build hasn't even started and we will have to head back to Toronto to make more money for next Spring.
Anyways we decided to build a pole barn with a truss roof, because we had some nice tree poles from clearing our build site and we had some used 2x6x8 lumber donated to us from a friend.
At a party we mentioned to some friends about our pole barn and they offered up some of their used galvanized roofing! Woo-hoo recycled shed!
Dash in a precarious position! Yikes!
This was a scary moment. To see that two can of those trusses we built on the ground could actually stand close to square and straight was a relieve! Phew!
I had to show proof that I was actually helping on the ground! :) !
Thanks Greg! This was a three man job and we were glad we had a burly great (in more ways than one) Dane with us!
Half the roof up! Woo-hoo!
Finito!
We did end up buying the hardware (screws and nails), plywood joins for the trusses, and the strapping wood that the roof is nailed to. Total cost for shed was about $300 - thanks to all our friends who shared their leftover used materials and labour!
