New barn

[Rod]

This progress photo is of our new barn rising on the foundation of the coverall barn that collapsed last winter.

[Robert MoonShadow]

Sweet! 😎

[near horse]

Hi Rod,

I’d be interested in seeing a few more pics of your barn’s “skeleton” if you can post them. I assume your loft is a hay mow? What’s the width etc? Looks pretty nice.

[Big Horses]

Very nice!! I’d like to see more pics and get more details too!
John

[Rod]

Thanks, I will get some more photos today. The total barn footprint is 26×40 with the loft portion being 18×40. The loft is for square hay bales which will be loaded through a door in the front of the loft. The lower area has a drive through 10′ isle with a door on the driveway end and a 10′ opening into the dry lot on the back. The bays along the sides are 10 wide x 8′ deep and will have feeders along the isles for the ewes to eat from. The first bay on the left has a stair case to the loft and will be used for grain, medications etc. The one across will be for a ram pen or sick bay or both. The roofing is going to be brown metal and the siding will be rough cut vertical pine as will the loft floor. We are cutting this and some of the framing on-site with my sawmill from eastern white pine logs.

I am building it extra strong like the old way of building not just enough to stand up like some of the modern designs. I am getting sick of barns falling down around here, especially mine. The two I lost were both modern pre-fab types which could not take our Vermont winters. I will show some of the joints in the new photos.

[FELLMAN]

Very nice Rod, im building a new barn as well also due to snow bringing down the old one , here is the new one

[Rod]

Here are some more photos per request. A lot of the roof joints are gusseted with 1/2″ CDX, ring shank nails and Tightbond glue (like boat ribs). My wife says it looks like a boat upside down.

[Michael Colby]

Wow. Nice work. But now I’ve got a serious case of barn envy.

[Big Horses]

Very nice! Glad to see someone “overbuilds” like I do! Glue and ringshanks are our friends! (along with screws!)
John

[OldKat]

@FELLMAN 27460 wrote:

Very nice Rod, im building a new barn as well also due to snow bringing down the old one , here is the new one

Wow, both of you guys have nice projects going. A barn is a fun thing to put together isn’t it? I always enjoy building them, even if I am just helping someone else build theirs.

What are the specifics on yours, FELLMAN? i.e. dimensions, construction method, materials used, intended layout and use, etc.

[Rod]

I like it especially the size, looks like a serious barn to me. What is the use going to be?

[FELLMAN]

Hi the barn is 180` long and 60` wide 25`to the eaves with a 40` lean to, it is made from steel frame with timber purlins and clad in slate blue box profile steel sheets it will be used to store straw, machinery also stables and dog kennels, the lean to covers my cattle handling facilities as it snows and rains a lot here, i will post some more pics if you like, Rod i like your barn there is nothing like that here yours looks as if it will be very strong something specail about building in wood ,what type of wood is it ???.

[Rod]

Boy that is a BARN! Mine would look like a doghouse inside that structure. The woods are a mix of spruce and white pine.

[Big Horses]

Must be the year for new barns… Last Fall, we took an old cabin that was built in the 50’s and that’s been sitting for years, drug it about a mile and a half over here, then pulled the floors and made a barn out of it.

Hardest part of that was crossing the small creek and going up the bank in front of our house… it was about all the poor old 966 wanted!

http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh69/bighorses2007/barn%20move/?action=view&current=PA270061.mp4

It’s not finished yet, but it did yield a couple 12×21′ stalls for the mares, and a 12/14′ harness/feed room.The wall between the stalls comes out so that you can have more space if needed.

All the materials for the stalls, except the tubing, came from the floors. Beautiful stuff!! Lots of vertical grain Doug Fir and Larch…..the 18′ long 2×8 floor joists didn’t have a bit of twist in them… you just can’t find lumber like that anymore! Sure was fun to work with!
John

[OldKat]

Wow John! Beautiful work. I really admire a person that can take something that is going to waste and restore it to a vital, functional asset. Talking about barn envy … I’ve got a serious case looking at what all of you guys are doing.

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