Just so you know, a tractor and 8' auger still take a considerable amount of time and energy to dig thirty 12" X 6' holes in the clay....thanks again Brad. Of course the wearing out of his little tractor spurred him to create a quick attach system for his bale spike and bucket on the other tractor, and of course, led to us spending some time putting together one half of one tractor with the other half of another tractor...that was cool. So thirty holes...and then they had to be filled with 8' railway ties....those are heavy.... well at least the foundation for the barn is below frost line and solid.
We decided on a 20' X 50' steel arch barn. once we got the first three panels up with the help of our wonderful niece Rachel and her beau Andrew, Amanda and I are putting it together one arch at a time after work. It takes us 1-1.5 hours each arch and easily a third of that time is spent together in the bucket of the tractor 10-14 feet in the air! Tractors make great scaffolding....sort of. Steel barns are quite simple to put together and I am thankful because I am a simple guy.
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