Wood Pole Barn Trusses

I came from the prefabricated wood roof truss industry having spent nearly two decades either having built them myself been a designer managing or owning roof truss manufacturing plants.

Wood pole barn trusses.

Should i go with wood or 12 or 14 gauge steel trusses. The manufacturers of the steel roof truss plates also referred to as gussets or gang nails provide the engineering design for pre fabricated wood trusses. See some projects blog. Trusses from 8 to 80 clear spans.

Everything you need to build the perfect space. Get the strength of steel with the ease of building with wood. For example you might use a 35 spreader bar on a 70 span truss. Attic trusses are great for living space or storage space.

Large span trusses require multiple pickup points using a spreader bar on the crane. Our pole barn trusses are engineered to be placed 4 on center. Clear spans up to 80 feet. We provide angle iron steel trusses in gable lean to and header styles.

Dear pole barn guru. Beware of kits that space their pole barn trusses more than 4 on center. Trusses 2 o c trusses can also be set 4 o c for steeper roof pitch appeal but eliminating attic storage and flooring building 1 and building 2 building 3 for similar attic area pics. We can help you design pole barns to meet so many needs we supply a wide.

Truss bracing temporary truss bracing is critical to ensure safety and to protect the integrity of the truss structure until permanent bracing is in place. These pole barn trusses are much harder to set in place and the greater spacing can displace the load causing the trusses to fail. Each do it yourself pole barn kit sold by diy pole barns includes wood pole barn trusses ranging anywhere from 12 feet to 40 feet wide depending on the structure. They are spaced every four feet.

Steel trusses offer increased strength faster installation and a longer life compared to wood frame pole barn trusses.