Gabel - don't mind at all, I posted it for folks to see.

I missed this initial call to arms. I must admit, sometimes I don't wade through all the chatter.

And as you suggest snowload is a huge factor in these calcs, I live about an exact hour southwest of Fox Maple Land and the GSL in my town (assigned town by town here - highly variable with differences in proximity to the coast and elevation - This years huge accumulation may have the powers that be re-accessing those assignments as was done after the last such winter which saw collapses) is 95 lbs psf

Brad - you suggest "Steve showed us how this was possible so that you didn't need really long tie beam timbers"

Would you elaborate please.

I'm asking for two reasons - I'm curious to learn as to how...

But perhaps foremost, I'm also concerned that someone could view this thread, and attempt to build a clear span King Post in the configuration pictured and that IMO, holds the potential for disaster.