So I wanted to make this shed about 4 years ago. With the price of wood during the Corona freak out I put those plans on hold. During the plague I did get some cedar logs that I was going to cut down to 6x6 where they were buried to get rid of the sap wood that rots in that first year and loosens them in the hole but also to make the hole needed smaller. I was still going to use dimensional lumber for headers and rafters. But being cheap I still didn't want to pay that for a shed I didn't have to have really . So here this Christmas break I decided wood is probably at the new normal cost. And I had decided to use cedar logs as beams up top as well and got a few more. Some pictures of the build are attached. I also have enough metal laying around to only need to buy one 12ft piece. So this kept the roof material costs low. The beams were pinned to the posts with 1/2" rebar spikes I made with pilot holes drilled. The only bit I had that long was a concrete bit so that's what I used in the hammer drill. Yes I know Harbor Freight has 18" drill bits for $12 a set again I'm cheap and that's $12 that I don't have to spend on something I may never use again. Yes it took longer but I only had to drill four holes and I cooled the bit every 30 seconds or so in water.
Yes. The original ones I had were dry and been laying in the yard for a few years still heavy but not like the ones I got that were just cut. They were heavy!
That looks great! I have a few cedar logs I'm planning on doing something very similar with this spring, to store my splitter and garden tractor under. Seeing yours makes me almost wish it was spring already.
I can get as many of these as I want...I know a guy. But these are better than the treated wood you get these days.
