I am planning a tractor shed for my riding mower. The design is a post frame lean-to similar to an enlarged woodshed with a dirt floor. I live in the South with zero snow load. The inside dimensions are roughly 9’6” by 13’6”. I am thinking four 4×4 posts, 2×8 headers with 2×4 corbels, and 2×4 or 2×6 rafters 24” oc. This thing doesn’t have to support anything but itself—it would be far from fancy but I don’t want it collapsing in the middle of the night, either. Is this enough to hold a simple metal roof?
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I'd go to 2x6 rafters, and double the 2x8s, but it sounds adequate.