Silo for Saturday

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[Mcrafty1]

The old barn and silo looks out of place in that sitting, the farm looks well maintained in every aspect except for the barn and silo. Nice pictures though, thanks for bring the 'Silo for Saturday' every week, I look forward to seeing the various stages of an era gone by. It does appear at some point a roof covering was installed on the barn but the rest of the building is not looking like it's been getting any love.

 

[ss55]

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Nice picture, Thank you for posting it.
Is that in central Minnesota? A marsh (mosquito factory) like the one in the upper left is very common in that area.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Well.... the roof held up ok.

Mike

 

[caterpillar guy]

That is a testament to how rugged those old barns were/are with a good roof and a decent foundation they will stand for many years even with little else done to maintain them. I kind of dred the up keep to the barn at dad's place it is 90 feet long hip roof barn with a good roof and so far been kept up on siding so is a good barn yet. Just not much use for one with all the spce designed in to them as mow instead of shed space for machinery. IT had had a few modifications like 2 big doors on the back of the barn for round bales to be stored in on the mow floor and the section west of the drive floor has been opened up so you can get a 7720 combine in without a problem just open doors and drive in. Needs more opening up for bigger equipment now days. Since there is not much of a hay market anymore with all the livestock gone around here when the hay is finally gone I think we should look into maybe getting some more open space in it for machinery less cost than building new buildings and same taxes. I've had some ideas but not acted on them yet and some of it dad is not that keen on at this time. I hate to see them set empty. With a couple big I beams I think we could open up a side with just 2 big doors so we could put the combine or grain cart even maybe a Stieger in there to house in harvest or for the winter. Mow floor would need to be taken out for this along with all the overlays holding the floor. I have considered using the mow in the west end of it for parts storage for bulky items like spare rear tires and other pieces like that .Set some parts racks over the main timbers to hold the weight with a couple extra verticals to help then with a big door on the end they could be set in and out easy. The I beam would let me make 2 doors about 25 ft wide and still have the old main beam on the outside of it with some bolts through the beam and timber not losing any head space this way.

 

[ss55]

That is a testament to how rugged those old barns were/are with a good roof and a decent foundation they will stand for many years even with little else done to maintain them. I kind of dred the up keep to the barn at dad's place it is 90 feet long hip roof barn with a good roof and so far been kept up on siding so is a good barn yet. Just not much use for one with all the spce designed in to them as mow instead of shed space for machinery. IT had had a few modifications like 2 big doors on the back of the barn for round bales to be stored in on the mow floor and the section west of the drive floor has been opened up so you can get a 7720 combine in without a problem just open doors and drive in. Needs more opening up for bigger equipment now days. Since there is not much of a hay market anymore with all the livestock gone around here when the hay is finally gone I think we should look into maybe getting some more open space in it for machinery less cost than building new buildings and same taxes. I've had some ideas but not acted on them yet and some of it dad is not that keen on at this time. I hate to see them set empty. With a couple big I beams I think we could open up a side with just 2 big doors so we could put the combine or grain cart even maybe a Stieger in there to house in harvest or for the winter. Mow floor would need to be taken out for this along with all the overlays holding the floor. I have considered using the mow in the west end of it for parts storage for bulky items like spare rear tires and other pieces like that .Set some parts racks over the main timbers to hold the weight with a couple extra verticals to help then with a big door on the end they could be set in and out easy. The I beam would let me make 2 doors about 25 ft wide and still have the old main beam on the outside of it with some bolts through the beam and timber not losing any head space this way.

A neighbor's farm was sold and the farmsite was torn down except for the cattle barn. That barn was fairly new and had a good roof as it was built in 1956 after a windstorm destroyed the previous barn. They removed the hay loft floor and opened 30 feet of the long south facing side to about 20 feet high. It now works well for combine and other equipment storage.

 

[SweetFeet]

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It was a beauty... once upon a time.