Post Uplift Protection

Foundation Type	Soil Backfilled		Concrete Backfilled
Replication	1	2	1	2	3
Date placed	5/31/2001	5/31/2001	5/31/2001	5/31/2001	5/31/2001
Date pulled	7/5/2001	7/9/2001	7/9/2001	7/10/2001	7/10/2001
Days in ground	35	39	39	40	40
Actual post depth, inches	49.00	53.50	-51.00	-51.00	-51.00
Maximum load, lbs.	2102	2099	12059	7253	10310
Disp.@ max load, inches	2.242	0.874	6.796	1.337	3.144
Displacement inches	Load, lbs.
0.001 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008	41 82 159 212 255	55 110 218 275 345	216 446 1194 1804 2095	117 234 468 702 936	440 1073 1857 2245 2671
0.012 0.016 0.020 0.030 0.040	326 380 425 518 585	420 480 531 649 743	2544 2864 3047 3463 3758	1404 1871 2339 3509 4217	3082 3558 3826 4472 4893
0.060 0.080 0.100 0.120 0.160	697 768 879 956 1199	882 989 1070 1147 1285	4229 4573 4861 5092 5469	4818 5018 5227 5318 5499	5534 5933 6146 6482 6872
0.200 0.240 0.300 0.400 0.500	1280 1355 1461 1617 1729	1401 1500 1617 1766 1885	5754 5963 6236 6601 6897	5616 5703 5798 5993 6170	7089 7259 7433 7611 7778
0.600 0.800 1.00 1.50 2.00	1787 1855 1923 2025 2079	1954 2084 2089 2066 2058	7148 7516 7780 8225 8729	6443 6849 7134 6228 5514	8008 8484 8987 9826 9429
2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50	2039 1877 1744 1652 1587	2052 2030 2030 2018 1965	9298 9777 10342 10265 10854	5203 5875 4980 4356 4062	9310 10070 10027 9851 9385
5.00 6.00	1518 1500	1920 1789	11316 11969	3959 3517	9470 9605

"Pole buildings" are also known as "pole barns" or "post frame buildings". They rely on wood post foundations. These posts are pressure treated solid, glue laminated, or nail laminated columns. Although they are treated, soil contact, concrete contact, moisture, insects, etc, can lead to post decay or post rot. Post Protector delivers a simple, affordable, & effective "barrier system" so that anything potentially harmful to the post, can never come in contact with the post. It allows for typical “post in the ground” post frame construction technique while achieving a far superior wood post foundation. Post Protector eliminates the most common concern with pole barn construction - post longevity.