old barns.

[preston39]

jersey,

That one is in nice shape for repairs. Is it oak? Don't know if you folks have a lot of oak out there. Nice barn...just like the one I used to fork loose hay up in.

 

[jersey lilly]

Round here nearly everything is made outta pine. I can't say for sure, I haven't gotten that close to that barn to tell. But we do have some oak here, but not that much that's logged. Usually when a loggin company goes in, they cut all the pine and leave the hardwood.

 

[dun]

Here's a link to our old hay barn.

http://www.leblink.com/~dunmovin/barn/barn.htm

dun

 

[Chuckie]

Beefy, if your parents took the ladder off to keep you out of the hay loft, then mine must of left ours on to get rid of me! He-he. There was some old hay left in the loft and we threw it down out of the lowest front window and took turns jumping on it.
I like both of those old barns. It does look like a feed room. I like the smell of old barns. They have a different smell.
Dun, that is a fancy old barn! The ones around here were set up on concrete pillars or blocks 3 X 2. Then large beams were run from one pillar to the other.
I rented a lift one weekend to help Mom paint her house. This was a smaller one and went up 40 feet. Seems you could rent a larger one for a day and repair the roof without worrying about sliding off. I bet a larger one would be expensive, but maybe you could find some other things to do that you have been thinking of, like cutting some limbs off up high where you mow etc...

 

[Chuckie]

I meant to add that the tin on the roof was put on with nails that were covered with soft lead. The lead tops would eventually pop off and roll down the roof to the drip edges. I can think of the times I would put one of the lead covers in my mouth and chew on it since it was soft.
Years later, I realized what had happened to my brain! :lol:

 

[dun]

I rented a lift one weekend to help Mom paint her house. This was a smaller one and went up 40 feet. Seems you could rent a larger one for a day and repair the roof without worrying about sliding off. I bet a larger one would be expensive, but maybe you could find some other things to do that you have been thinking of, like cutting some limbs off up high where you mow etc...

I looked into it when we first bought this farm. The only lift local would just get me to the eave line. It may not look like it, but that sucker is high

dun

 

[CKC1586]

We are losing farmland and old barns at a rapid rate up our way. It is a shame that they don't get preserved. I love the old barns and wish I could afford to build one!
There are so many different styles. My Dad tells a story about a stretch of land that still is farm country and all the barns have the round/curved type roofs. He said that in the 30's there were many tornados and many barns were destroyed and when they rebuilt them they went to the round tops to take the wind better....

 

[Scout]

I drove up to northern Indiana to see my sister this fall, and was amazed at how different barns are in different parts of the country. Around here, old barns like the posted pictures are the norm. As I drove north, I saw more round barns (!) and different roof lines. I also took pictures of some that I saw with shingled roofs. There were designs worked into the shingles - a flag, an advertisement, a cow, whatever.

 

[Crowderfarms]

check this out:http://www.old-barn-wood.com/old_barns_for_sale.htm I've seen some old barns sell for over 200,000.00. They dismantle them, and build luxury homes out of them.

 

[cypressfarms]

Most old barns were built out of either chesnut or pine if they were in the northern part of the country.

Chesnut trees are no longer available due to a blight that killed them all. The barns made out of chesnut are worth a small fortune- no joke! Pine was also commonly used, and while these are still slavaged they are not as valuable as chesnut. The main reason people love "old" wood to build things with (I'm a woodworker myself), is that the wood is very old and stable, has very close growth rings, and is often much more beautiful than todays counterparts. If you are contemplating selling one, DONT GET TAKEN!!!! Get someone you trust to tell you what type of wood it is, and go from there. If I had a barn made of chesnut, someone would have to come up with mucho money for me to sell. Many of these people go around buying barns (that the farmers don't know how much they are worth) and make huge profits on the wood.

Down here most barns were built out of cypress. When I built my house in 1998-1999, I used cypress salvaged from my grandfathers barn built in the '20's (I think) to make the cabinets. They came out great, with nail holes and all.

This old wood is some great stuff, but I'd much rather see an old barn standing being of use, then a pile of boards.

 

[dun]

If I ever have the camara when I got by, there's an old barn with a loft and it's all rock/stone. Never paid any attention to roof, I'm too busy just looking at all of the rock work.

dun

 

[Crowderfarms]

Some Poplar (Reclaimed) barnwood around here fetches up to 1.50 a foot. Oak, and other hardwoods can sometimes bring even higher.

 

[J. T.]

I wonder if any of the old "See Rock City" barns are left? Used to see them in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and other SE states.

 

[Crowderfarms]

I wonder if any of the old "See Rock City" barns are left? Used to see them in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and other SE states.

There's one about 10 miles from here, even though nowhere near Rock City. I think most of them are found on bird houses at Cracker Barrel.

 

[CKC1586]

I drove up to northern Indiana to see my sister this fall, and was amazed at how different barns are in different parts of the country. Around here, old barns like the posted pictures are the norm. As I drove north, I saw more round barns (!) and different roof lines. I also took pictures of some that I saw with shingled roofs. There were designs worked into the shingles - a flag, an advertisement, a cow, whatever.

Very common here in Michigan for the old barns to have the farm name in the shingled roof. Over in the West Branch area there are alot of Milk Houses done in stone and block. (Stone Houses too).

 

[Beefy]

i have a chestnut tree in my yard too. but i don tthink the barns are made out of it. the poles are peeling and the round rafters are pine i think.

 

[Crowderfarms]

i have a chestnut tree in my yard too. but i don tthink the barns are made out of it. the poles are peeling and the round rafters are pine i think.

The Chestnuts now that you see are Chinese Chestnuts, the blight killed all of em' many years ago. They used them for ink and lumber.

 

[Beefy]

whatever kind it is, its been there a long time. but its diseased, its more like a really big bush. i was snooping around the barns some more earlier, and i noticed another feed trough in the first barn, on the ride side where i said sows were kept. but this one had been chewed on or cribbed on or something so i guess the mules stayed in teh middle on the right and the sows were in the back. the front was either for storage or also for a mule i guess. there are some really wide boards in that barn.

 

[Susie David]

Used to travel in rural Montana awhile ago but didn't have a digital camera. Some old homesteads still there.
Old barns would make a good gallery topic.
Whatta 'ya think Macon?
DMc

 

[Chuckie]

The old barns here, the siding is made out of Tulip Poplar. Some of the old log houses here are made out of Chestnut trees. I only remember one Chestnut tree at my Grandmothers. I always had to walk barefoot to see if I could find some of the nuts and always stepped on the quills. Ouch!

Dun, seems someone should be able to help you with repair to that barn. I can tell that it is really high.