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kcm.MN · Apr 2, 2023

rick n ohio · Apr 2, 2023

That's a interesting barn
I'd hate to be the one to have to get up
there on top to paint that.

Richard G. · Apr 2, 2023

One heck of a crib.
Would hold a lot of bushels of corn.

caterpillar guy · Apr 2, 2023

Without fixing the roof first paint will not matter. Another era of time gone by. Sad to see but like the old hip roofed barns so much maintenance to keep them standing with so little space in them for machinery.

showcrop · Apr 2, 2023

(quoted from post at 04:34:09 04/02/23) Without fixing the roof first paint will not matter. Another era of time gone by. Sad to see but like the old hip roofed barns so much maintenance to keep them standing with so little space in them for machinery.

I don't think that I have ever seen a hipped roof barn. Where do they have them?

SweetFeet · Apr 2, 2023

Neat old crib. The crib sections seem
extra wide. The door between the cribs
seems extra small.

showcrop · Apr 2, 2023

(quoted from post at 02:10:51 04/02/23) That's a interesting barn
I'd hate to be the one to have to get up
there on top to paint that.

Probably in 2-3 years a drone will be pulling a hose from an airless sprayer up to those high hard to reach places.

fastfarmall · Apr 2, 2023

We never had many cribs in out country, so what was that pipe or tube coming from the top down ?

crooked rows · Apr 2, 2023

I think what you are seeing is half the door opening, from the looks of the door track the other door is missing. Still a wide crib compared to most I've seen.

IaLeo · Apr 2, 2023

My guess is that there is a some good sized oat or wheat bins over the cribs and that ?? is a let down pipe to fill a bunk on the concrete feeding floor. Yes those corn cribs look to be rather wided for good drying ventilation in the centers.

However, there may have been moveable drying tunnels inside.

Nice photo, I don't know who takes all these pictures for us to enjoy, but appreciate the reminders of my days on the farm -1937-1953 in northern Iowa. Thank You! Leo

SweetFeet · Apr 2, 2023

crooked rows,

You are right. I had not zoomed-in... and the pic is pretty small on my phone.

Rich'sToys · Apr 2, 2023

(quoted from post at 06:42:01 04/02/23)

(quoted from post at 04:34:09 04/02/23) Without fixing the roof first paint will not matter. Another era of time gone by. Sad to see but like the old hip roofed barns so much maintenance to keep them standing with so little space in them for machinery.

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I don't think that I have ever seen a hipped roof barn. Where do they have them?

We always referred to them as hip roof, but I think the correct term is gambrel, or something like that.

wore out · Apr 2, 2023

think the correct term is gambrel, or something like that.

It's NOT a ''gambrel roof'' and the ''doghouse'' at the top most likely encloses the ''head'' of a ''grain leg'' with a simple distributor attached to it to direct the grain into the desired bin, or to the ''down spout''.

If NO ''grain leg'' there would be no reason/explanation for the ''doghouse'' to add height at the top.

Basically, a downsized ''grain elevator'', a ''short'' version of the grain elevator diagram below. There were MANY MANY MANY such ''farm-sized'' structures on the prairie years ago.

Example of a ''gambrel''/traditional barn roof.

Rich'sToys · Apr 2, 2023

I didn't say that THIS was a gambrel roofed building. Showcrop asked what a hipped roof barn was. I was merely replying that we always referred to a gambrel roof as a hip roof.
I know that a hip roof on a house is a different animal altogether, but when applied to a barn, the term usually refers to a gambrel roof. At least around here it did.

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