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larry@stinescorner

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I enjoyed the post about old barns the other day. This old barn is in brachburg NJ Most of the property around it has been sold some to development . There is 2 brothers still farming down the road from this old barn. They remember when this was an active dairy barn and farm. They said the top of the barn held 5000 bales of hay. IT is soon going to be torn down.
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The post on the old barns was a good one.

Here's a photo of my granddaddy Howell's barn.

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He built his small barn back in the early 1930's.

His brother, J. Frank Howell, was the county tax collector and provided the circa 1950's black license plates above and covering the barn door.

Oh yeah, to keep this tractor related, the tractor shown is <a href"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LH-QroJV9Y">"Uncle Earl"</a> our 1939 JD B.


Thanks for sharing your photos with us.
 
I think it needs more than that.....lol. It's really sad to see these old buildings go, though. They have so much character.
 
This are our old barn. Don't know how many bales it could hold in the top. Keeping a good roof and paint on them makes a world of difference. I belive this was built in 1912.

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JHowell,
That is a hand-cranked B, isn't it? I wore the hide off the heel of my right hand when I was a kid, cranking the old D's.
 
More than we need, but less than we want.

1939 B “Uncle Earl”
1940 B “Lazarus”
1943 B “John B”
1946 A “Easy”
1948 A “Old John”
1951 M “Sparky”
1951 MT “Sam”
1951 MT “Rusty”
1952 A “52”
1953 70 gas “15”
1953 70 gas “1011”
1955 70 diesel “Big John”
1956 70 gas “Vernon”

Thanks for the compliment on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIjNH2ghdTA">"Uncle Earl"</a>
 
That is a great list I just looked at your youtube site thought it was fantastic! I am very slow with learning the computer I am in awe of what you have done Thanks for making it available for us to enjoy.
 
Yes, it's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIjNH2ghdTA">hand crank</a> tractor.

It's the only hand crank/start tractor we have in the fleet.
 
Reminds of an old grey horse my neighbor had when I was very young on the ranch in Loomis, CA

This is my old barn needs some repair and paint.
She will hold over 40 ton of hay in the center.

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Here is our old barn after a snow storm in 2006. Main structure built in 1904 remodeled in 1996.
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Sure wish we could have saved my grandpas old barn...near Sterling Ill...60X80 built with NO nails ...my younger brother was goint to take it down for him and use the lumber to build his house in Nashville TN...2 weeks before they got there to take it down some...SOB ..burned it !! Ins co gave Grandpa a check for 5000 and said too bad!! What a waste...Charles
 
I have one similar to that, larger. Built in early 1950's. Arched roof, hand laminated rafters, carefully designed internal bracing. Most all built of native lumber cut right here on farm. Concrete walls are a foot thick, and made with sand and gravel from here on farm. My dad did it all single handedly. If I could post pictures, I would show it off. Still in first class shape, may last another 50 years!

Key word is MAINTENANCE! Once you let roofing go, and siding, it's only a matter of time before it is in failure mode, and falling down. Mine has a first class roof, and after a failure of painting, we went back and put Vinyl siding. Structurally, it is as good as it was when new. Unfortunately such barns no longer serve the needs of farming as it is done today.
 
Kinda was the Fate of Great Granpas Barn above post , After removing all leantos around it , they were in process of taking it down to be rebuilt in Oldham Co. ..And then it mysteriously caught fire and burned around 1979 ..total Loss ?mid $$$$$ ... well it was insured . rumored moving Contractor bit off more than he could chew ... terrible SHAME ...
 
Here is the barn me and my dad are almost finished restoring.There a dying breed and i hate o see them go. We have replaced pretty much everything in ours, it will be full of tractors by the time were done.
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Here's the barn on our place.I think it's over a hundred years old.Grandpa says it used to be a homestead had more out buildings ,but they pulled them to the home place on logs with the Cats .Keep with the tractor forum there's a Crawler in the back ground rolling peas.

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Shoot picture post is giving me a hard time today.Here's the other picture that was suppose to post last time.I hope

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i love those old barns, i grew up around grandpa's ''new'' barn [ built in 1905] his pop bought the place in the 1870's it was old when i was young, but the history in it, things that haqppened in it, ect shoot thats HOME!, its a shame to see any of them torn down, but its especially bad to see them go just to put up some developers overpriced junk houses
 
Gawd folks I love old barns probably as much as old tractors. I remember helping build a barn like the hipper in Larry's initial post I was 13yrs old we anchored the first double T to the silo which was there from the original burned out barn. I was the designated aligner so that meant climbing to the peak and nailing premeasured 2bys as each truss was hoisted in place by pulleys and a tractor. The top centerline was 60' from the floor it was a monster at over 150' long it held a bazillion bales of hay and I know because I loaded behind the baler for most of it the following year. It had a Jamesway gutter cleaner in it with tie stalls and water fountains. It was all worth it in the dead of winter because you could milk the cows and do chores without wearing heavy clothes and the windows would be frosted over. Sorry for the flashback. Sometimes the simpliest of things are the best and the smells I'll never forget. Oh I forgot to mention the hay mow made an excellent basketball court when partially emptied because the owner was a BBall player from his college days so the floor was tongue and groove with reg basket and bank board with lines even marked. LOL
 
I can kick myself now. For 25 years hauled fuel to farmers. Was young at the time and never thought of it, but should of taken pictures of barns around over the county. I bet half have fell down and half of what is left are in bad shape.
 
Here's the 30x40 from the family farm... I painted it a few times, but it needs more TLC.

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