old corn crib

[kcm.MN]

Puzzle: https://jigex.com/T5m8J

 

[Brown Dirt Cowboy]

on my camping trip to the Smokies last fall we saw a couple of old barns built like this.

 

[Stroby]

I've been missing seeing these, thanks for bringing the old cribs back.

 

[Richard G.]

That is GREAT.
Used to be a big barn near here that was built like that.
Another big barn had some 50 foot hand hewed beams at the top of the first floor and had top plates above the second story that were also 50 foot hewed beams.

 

[560Dennis]

Thats a conversation

 

[Steve@Advance]

Interesting design.

Surprised the long beam hasn't sagged.

 

[john in la]

[b:654c4848f0]Surprised the long beam hasn't sagged[/b:654c4848f0]

By using long beams in the roof the large horizontal beam is only carrying one third of the weight of the roof.
The one third between the vertical walls cancels out one third of the overhang.
And with proper fastening the triangle is basically the same as a modern truss holding up on the horizontal beam.
The entire roof would have to come down for the horizontal beam to sag.

 

[Richard G.]

That is Cades Cove Visitors Center.

 

[Richard G.]

Son just told me that 90% of cantilevered barns in the US are in Blount and Sevier Counties in TN.
And my son is an expert on American History.
2 degrees in it.

 

[dpendzic]

I don't know how you can say that--it is a statically indeterminate structure and without knowing the l/r ratios for each element-it would be impossible to determine the loads

 

[Brown Dirt Cowboy]

(quoted from post at 10:36:02 01/08/23) That is Cades Cove Visitors Center.

e stayed at Cades Cove for 4 days. made the loop several times.

 

[Angle Iron]

(quoted from post at 10:36:02 01/08/23) That is Cades Cove Visitors Center.

Cades Cove is a wonderful place to visit. Very beautiful vista as you drive thru the area. We liked the drive as much as the center and the old structures. Had a great working grist mill, mule powered if I recall cane mill/press and boiling pan. many other building to see. Well worth the time if you are near.

 

[Leroy]

And where is it?

 

[Pete in MD]

10 miles SW of Townsend, TN in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

 

[Olyj1947]

Pass the popcorn!

 

[Leroy]

To far for me. I have been in TN a few times and not on plesant trip but to see 23 month old grandson die in hospital in Nashville

 

[Angle Iron]

(quoted from post at 16:34:27 01/09/23) To far for me. I have been in TN a few times and not on plesant trip but to see 23 month old grandson die in hospital in Nashville

I have no idea how hard that trip must have been. You have my deepest sympathy and a belief that the Child is in the arms of the Lord.

 

[Leroy]

Thanks, He was in the hospital at least half or more of his life, Born with
only a part of his heart.

 

[K Effective]

Gotta wonder what the neighbors' reactions were to the first crib of that design when it was built.