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James Craft

James Craft

General Manager of Backwoods Buildings & Truss LLC, a Florida-based pole barn manufacturer specializing in steel trusses and custom metal buildings.

Jun 29, 2026

13:28
So if somebody does want to convert a pole barn into a cabin later, what needs to be done differently from the start?
13:36
Absolutely.
13:36
That's the great question.
13:37
So a lot of misconceptions that people have is there's tons of resellers of pole barn kits A lot of your hardware stores are selling these kits because they're buying trusses from manufacturers like us and other companies.
13:50
And they're putting together what most would call an agricultural barn kit, which is meant to cover over tractors and equipment and then hay.
14:01
General things, what we would call a risk one category building, which is a non-livable structure where human life is not going to be under it for very long periods of time.
14:11
And the misconception is people will see a good deal on a barn kit like this, have the idea that you do.

8 MINS LATER

22:24
Does that matter? Can you come back after the fact if you've got your posts in the ground and pour a slab around it? Or would you recommend getting those posts above ground on a slab?

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