Barn II
February 9th

Progress is great so far. 8 truckloads, one worn-out pair of gloves, and lots of goodies like some shown below. Good weather has helped a lot, too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The standard method for the first few walls has been to pull the wall down from a safe distance with a 3/8" cable, then disassemble it with crowbars, sledges and a chainsaw.

So far the Dodge hasn't been challenged very much.
Here's a typical load of beams. The longest ones are 17 feet, with the entire load weighing about a ton, maybe a bit more.
This is the hay fork trolley. (It's upside down in order to sit on the workbench, so imagine it turned over, with the wheels riding on a track hung along the peak of the barn.) It's in perfect shape with no cracks or missing pieces. Some WD40 and Marvel Mystery Oil along with some wire brushing and paint should make it look like new.

This is pretty a valuable find -- some collectors and antique dealers would pay nicely for it. I also have some of the track. Once I get is all cleaned up, I'll probably hang it on the track somewhere along with a hay fork my neighbor gave me so that it's fully operational.

 

 
The whole barn is built with mortise and tenon construction, then fastened with wooden pegs. The tenons on these 4" x 4" braces fit inside mortises in the larger beams. A wooden peg is then driven through the hole.

Here are some of the pieces with tenon ends. These are going to make great furniture features!

If you look closely at the upper left corner of this photo you can see a small pile of the pegs. So far I've collected about 50 of them.

These pictures were taken Feb. 9th and posted Feb. 22nd after a 10-day vacation. I had more but the camera didn't produce 'em for some reason. More soon.!