then put roof trusses on top. No need for a complicated foundation, either. Even in regions with cold, frost-prone winters, pole barns endure well with nothing more than the simplest connections ...

To raise a pole barn, I was used to sinking a few tree trunks in the ground to act as both foundation and roof-and-wall supports and then nailing up rough board stringers and rafters for fastening ...

On Saturday all the men and boys came to help set the trusses on ... barn due to the roof leaking too much. The foundation isn’t the best, so we decided to put up a pole barn for storage.