[ckelly78z]

I am currently getting my 40x60 barn ready for a 2 post lift. I figure the biggest vehicle I have is a an F250 supercab, shortbed which measures out to 18' long bumper to bumper. I also measured it with the doors opened to the first detent in the door hinge (open enough to climb in easily). I ended up with 9' wide. The top lift support makes the two posts 8'8.5" away from each other, and the truck is exactly half way on the lift with the post at the rear of the front doors (so I can open up the doors all the way with no impedance). I positioned the posts 12' from the front wall and 18" from the one side wall. I have plenty of room all the way around the truck, and can walk in between the post, and side wall.


In mounting the posts, I didn't want to trust the old concrete, so I rented a concrete saw and cut 2 pre-positioned pads 3' wide, and 6' long and then dug 12" deep. We will fill both holes with 5000# + Sakrete HD concrete 80# bags that we will mix ourselves in a mixer and let it set for two weeks. We have had alot of rain here lately, and just waiting on the dug holes to dry out on the bottom. We have also both been working 50-60 hours a week lately, ao we will get to it when we can (hopefully cooler weather).