How To Set Posts To Build A Pole Barn Yourself DIY

How to set posts to build a pole barn all by yourself. How to install and set 6x6 treated posts for a pole barn all by yourself DIY. This is the best way I’ve found set pole barn posts all by yourself. With a few of the right tools and the right system and a strong back it’s very doable. :)

In this video I don’t show how to lay out your pole barn and setting up your strings etc. but I do show how to set the posts. I will cover the rest in another video and link to it once it’s complete.

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[andrewpeacock]

I appreciate you not making this an hour long, well done

[TimTools]

I have built buildings my entire life ... usually by myself. i actually enjoy working by myself. You taught me a few new tricks right here. Also, I liked the way you made your video and did the voice-over. Right to the point and the focus is on the job not on you trying to be a movie star. LOL. Thanks for the great video.

[michaelsimpkins]

Clamping the level to the post is absolutely genius

[tonylatham]

Hey, I just set six posts using your techniques. It made it an easy task. THANK YOU.

[williambrown]

Thank you sir you' were very helpful. I've sat many posts as a young man but once you get to be my age you seem to lose the knowledge that you once had! I really appreciate you thank you very much!.. great! video!!

[ixgzgzf]

"Lengthy video"

*video is 6 minutes while almost all the other vidoes about the subject are more than 20*

Very informative video by the way! Thank you!

[macgyver]

You saved me with the the simple tip to clamp the levels to the post. It was still challenging to set 6x6 posts by myself, but I got it done. Thank you!!!

[Baumeister]

You are a stud-muffin... a man's man. Way to go. Like you, I really enjoy figuring out how to do things on my own, using 2-by "helpers" & reusing long screws, and some good ol-fashioned stick-to-it-ev-ness. Just ask yourself, how did grand-dad do this, and think it through. This is what built civilization. Thanks for a great video!

[carolsydney]

Thanks for the super clear comments/directions during the video. I learn visually not verbally but once I get a photo I can then follow the words. Both are amazingly clear. You speak and demonstrate to all as though they know nothing about building. That's exactly right. Some teachers speak as if you see the picture in their head. Duh! Excellent video!! I have never built a building before not from lack of experience but from lack of confidence in my ability. Now I can understand exactly what to do. Thanks again!

[etiuccf]

Good video man.. have done this several buildings myself… I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one doing it.. your 100% right tho … def works and gets better on every post every job

[mattpearce]

Good job bloke. Well spoken no rambling. Easy to follow.

[charlesrussell]

Awesome man!! 👌 very good info. I work by myself doing projects most of the time. I'm almost 53 years old and have been doin construction projects off and on for a living and as side projects and I learned a few things from watching your video!! Thank you very much and God bless from TN!

[sadsciuidae]

great work ... I have no friends either & enjoy hard work & doing it myself anyway. About to order a 12X45X50 kit from Backwoods N FLA so hope to instant-replay this videos this year!

[supremelawfirm]

You may have thought of this already: we had to build a fence with posts in very rich top soil. So, to delay deterioration, first thing we did was to soak one end of each post in a wood preservative like the Cuprinol product. We used old gallon cans and put about one inch of preservative in each can, which is "wicked" up into the core of each post overnight. Then, before setting the posts, we marked the grade level on each post, and then coated the end of the post that contacts concrete with asphalt emulsion. Asphalt emulsion is a liquid that paints on with a paint brush. Even if the bottom end of a post touches soil, the asphalt emulsion dries into an excellent water vapor. I would recommend doing this, even if you are using pressure-treated posts, in order to add extra longevity to a key point of failure.

[Ashleigh]

I love the way you filmed and narrated the video, it reminds me of "Adventures with Bill" from "The Red Green Show" brings back memories :-) only difference is you're not breaking things lol

[fergusonman]

I’m getn ready to start a tractor shed, this video is just what I needed, great job, my b’day is also in August, Thankyou for sharing, May God Bless

[jeffsmith]

This video is great. I thank you for taking the time to share. I am a a bachelor living in a rural area, and have only myself to rely on. I am educated in school of hard knocks and respect you for lessoning my hard knocks lol. subscribed!

[bruceingram]

Used it. I finally made a jig to hold the two by fours in place. Works very well. Thanks!

[steelers]

You know in a world of people who have to put their 2 cents in becauae they think they know everything i havent seem a negative comment at all that's pretty cool

[hardworkingamerican]

Well done and Happy Birthday . I am seeing this 6 years after you uploaded it but anyways Happy Birthday again .