Old Barns

Grumpy, That place wouldn’t happen to be up for rent would it? ;^)

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Well this old barn is my own. It is our wood shed, built by my husbands grandfather in the 40’s by what we understand. I have a little garden in front of it in the summer, and throughout the years more and more “stuff” has been nailed on the front.It is in desperate need of a new door and we have decided to do that this summer, but we are looking to find an old door in halfway decent condition instead of putting a new one on such an old outbuilding.

-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!

My uncle Alvin and his barn in south Alabama ca.1968.

This is where i first learned you couldn’t use an electric fence as a rest for aiming a Daisy bb gun.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Barn at my Grandparents farm in 1985. It has since been torn down by new owner.

Their farm house in about 1944. The new owners built a new house.

Landscape of farmstead.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Not for rent Keith. up for sale. Do you want to buy it?. LOL
Allison, why rip that old barn down?. It’s a definite treasure. I like the idea of all the tools on the outside, very convenient.
Dick, thats a great old barn, too bad it no longer exists.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

The tools on the end of it iare worth more than the barn Chuck

-- Chuck, wiswood2 www.wisconsinwoodchuck.com

Riding my Bike near La Honda California, I pictured this old barn…..

-- Francisco Luna, San Francisco Bay Area.

There are some great old barns in the country where I live. I’ll have to devote some time and take a few pics and share them with you barn lovin people.
Moai: Love your signiture…...it’s one of my favorite (and most true) scriptures.

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

No Grumpy, We are not going to tear it down, just get a new door. The stuff on the outside is stuff that we found (and my husband previous to me marrying him) laying around this property and also you find this kind of stuff laying around the woods out here. Especially the axe heads, maul heads etc.

-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!

Great photo Moai.
Nice piece of history Allison.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

That’s nice, I suppose if you have plenty of axe heads lying around, and don’t want or need one…But as somebody who doesn’t have an axe, and can’t spend the money, I have to admit it bugs me to see a bunch of vintage axe heads rusting away on the side of a barn. I’m not saying this to be offensive or grating, or to suggest you should take anything off your barn. Just I wish I had a decent felling axe right now, and I wish you needed to clean and take care of all those nice ones on your wall. Or got interested in axe history, which is mildly interesting.

-- "That which has in itself the greatest use, possesses the greatest beauty." - Unknown Shaker

NORWEGIAN STYLE

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Catawba Valley, Va.

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

Great thread!

-- Still clinging to my guns and religion.

Love them barns there’s a lot up here in Oregon

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

One shot befooooore the tornado and one after…
I’m gettin’ sleepy and haven’t figured out how to embed here so if ya want to see my contribution, I put the pics in my “bench” album. Sorry for the inconvenience.

-- Professional firefighter (retired). Amateur everything else I try to do.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

This barn is about 3 miles from my house, it recently got a new roof and some paint.
Rt. 11 Verona, Va. For more fun visit http://lumberjocks.com/topics/8119

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

Shenandoah Valley barn

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Great pics Timbo & Dan.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Those are some great looking barn photos. There are a few old falling down and delapidated barns out in my area that I have been trying to convince the owners to let me take apart and haul off for the lumber. Would give me a good excuse to buy a metal detector.

-- Each and Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. Greg Little

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

This is a replica of a horse barn at the forest history center in Grand Rapids MN.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the interior.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Great pics Dick.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

This barn is in Cades Cove in Great Smokey Mountains National Park in TN.

-- Kyle Shipp, http://battleshipp.blogspot.com

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Not a barn, just a small glimpse of the patchwork of farms in the Mennonite community a few miles west of where I live. Location: Dayton Va. Allegheny Mountains in the background.

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

GREAT PIC TIMBO. NICE PART OF THE WORLD.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Tobacco Barn of Yesterday by =SpunkOnAStick on deviantART

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Ye Ole Farmstead 11 by *KSPhotographic on deviantART

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

These old barns can be salvaged as well. Some of the old barns above look to be in the same condition as ones I have salvaged. My workshop was made from recycled barns. It about twice the work to build since you have to remove the barn. But its worth it to get the lumber. I have lumber from at least 5 buildings in my workshop. I Put the wood siding from the outside of the barns on the inside. Then I put the lesser quality tin on the outside walls. I used the best tin for the roof. After you get the tin on and then caulk,coat the roof its a good quality roof. I have had mine up for over 10 years and the roof doesn’t leak. But I have coated it twice in those years. But I would do that to any older building anyway. I have a total cost of about 2200 bucks in it with concrete floor,electric ,water at about 30×55 feet. You can’t even think of one at that cost new where I live.I haven’t figured out how to insert the picture but its below on the link. The brown stuff on the roof is leaves not rust.

TOO BAD ABOUT THE PICTURE NOT COMING OUT WILLY. IF YOU NEED ANY HELP WITH POSTING THEM LET ME KNOW.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

You can see it at
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2220602500101948653NKcNVe?vhost=good-times

Or you can click my preveous post above and click on shop. I clicked on the icon and inserted the link that webshots had it listed as. A funny note on the next to last building I took down. It was a old house a widow woman owned. It was on some land she had and she rented the land out to farmer for income. My wife and I look in from time to time on her since her husband and son are dead. Anyway she wanted it removed to keep drug users from setting up a meth lab and also to get it out of the way. I took it apart and let it fall down in sections. The last section I was able to have it to cave in from its own weight. I got the roof off and the part that was just below the tin roof had a old matress tossed in it. I went over to it and it had a lump in it. It looked like a dead body someone had dumped. I went over to it and used a board to flip the matress off. It was the biggest snake I had ever seen in the wild.It was so huge it would fill up a 5 gallon bucket and still have some of the snake out of the bucket. It was what is called here a chicken snake. Normally they will slither off and leave you alone. This snake started to come at me at tried to strike at me. It was all I could do to bat at it and push it off of what was left of the house. It just confirmed to me that I only like to tear them down in the winter.

As I looked out the back door this morning, May 29 2009 Fort Defiance, Va.

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

You aren’t fooling ME, Grumpy!

Your scouting for reclaimed wood and duping everyone into thinking your just a sensitive ArtEEST! ;-)

Great pixs, grump!

-- Beer, Beer, Thank God for Beer. It's my way of keeping my mind fresh and clear...

I see a lot of Extreme Birdhouses !

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

Look out Milo, I’m coming after the wood in your barn, LOL.
Sounds like a great topic John, why don’t you start a blog on Birdhouses?. I bet Dick & Barb would be interested.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Hey Grumpy, that barn is MINE, my neighbor SAID SO!

(just ‘cause I haven’t had time to tear it down…..)

I see dead reclaimed lumber…..

;-)

-- Beer, Beer, Thank God for Beer. It's my way of keeping my mind fresh and clear...

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

that is a beautiful field …looks like daffodils

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

RIGHT ON DAN, RIGHT ON. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE. NO LONGER GAME TO SHOW IT???. LOL

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

just being silly ... as usual

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

These are great pictures….I love old barns! Lots of them ‘round these parts!

Grumpy..in that last picture is that your BMW bike?

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

Good one Timbo. I wish Brad, I wish.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I’ll wonder how many trips to the local creek for rocks to build that one, Grumpy.

These clothes can’t smell good!

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

Yes you bring up a good point Tim…whenever I look at these tremendous structures, I cant help but think how labor intensive it was for them to build it…hauling and stacking hundreds of rocks…hand milling large timbers…assembling huge structures with no modern conveniences (electricity, power tools, cranes). And look at how long they have lasted? Even in dilapidated condition they still are a testament to a time of “build to last” and “pride in craftsmanship”.

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

One sad occasion.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Ahh the old barn i remember it like yesterdays BBQ!
That is a 2006 JD tractor BTW!!only had about 200 hours on it
Along with about 30 round bales of hay.the Hay burned for about a month! We put sprinklers on it 24 hrs a day to keep the fire from spreading.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_PiSHpgPa484/SoiXoK8RbVI/AAAAAAAAAWE/UUY-cwWhxa4/s640/burnttractor3.JPG
So not really an old barn but an old used to be barn! lol.here’s the story. I woke around midnight to an ambulance across the street with the lights flashing. I walked out the back door to find # fire trucks and a barn too far gone to save.They said that they knocked on the door for 10 min.but no one answered…guess i’m not a light sleeper, but my wife and kids didn’t hear them either.Anyway this is my old barn pic. I’ve got one more barn across the street i need to photo and post but it’s in better condition than this one.

A sad event Bluchz. Has that made you a light sleeper?.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Hello Grumpy,

I have followed this thread with great interest.
Below is a barn that I see every day on my way to work and I’ve slowly watched it fall apart…............it’s a real shame to watch someone’s hard work fall apart.

All the best
Gord

-- A woodworker’s character is what he really is. His reputation is merely what others perceive him as…www.canadianwoodshopnewsandreview.com

Very true Gord, very true.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Yo Grumpy, thought you might like a tour of Kentucky. Took these pics today, just for you. LOL Typical KY cattle ranch barn. This is one of the dirt farmers barns, look close and you can see it is filled with this years Tobaco crop. These are the typical Thourobred race horse barns in KY, you can see where priorities lie. Oh and…........ Even our old Hippies have barns. Enjoy!

-- Dan-- Info for all @ http://www.hoistman.com

I don’t have any pics, but for a good look at a lot of old barns, take a drive on the Trans-Canada through Saskatchewan.

A little farm joke: A buddy of mine took a round bale out to sit in the pasture for feed, but forgot his knife. Being lazy, he started looking around to see what he had on hand to cut the twine. After searching a little bit, found a blow torch that used to light a heater. Thought “If I’m careful, I can burn off the twine but not the bale.” So he tried, and failed. The bail burnt through the night, and then smoldered for a few days.

-- Finding satisfaction in creation

Great pics Papadan.
Those Saskatchewan barns sound great Ahock.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Heres one from the Nullabor Plain in Aussie. It’s made out of old Kerosene tins.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python