I was watching Youtube and one of the car guys was buying an old Dodge that at some point had had a barn fall on it. My brother bought a '66 Chevy pickup that had suffered the same fate. Is this just coincidence or is there a conspiracy at work? Keep an eye on barns. Sheds too. Just in case.
I was watching Youtube and one of the car guys was buying an old Dodge that at some point had had a barn fall on it. My brother bought a '66 Chevy pickup that had suffered the same fate. Is this just coincidence or is there a conspiracy at work? Keep an eye on barns. Sheds too. Just in case.
I know how that happens, because it is happening to me. When we are middle aged we build barns to keep our toys in. Forty years later we are too old to get up on the roof and fix that pesky leak. (I have a sheet of tin that needs replaced right now if anyone wants to come fix it) After a while, we learn to ignore it, knowing that it will probably outlast us, leak and all. Then when we die, and no one else is interested in fixing it either. Mine will end up crashing on a lot of nice woodworking tools.
We have an old barn that appeared to be in some small danger of falling. I appealed to local officials to enact an ordinance banning assault barns, and so far it seems to be doing the job.
Yesterday at the VFW was talking to 2 guys and one just bought a house and wants to build a " barn" using something like EMT. He wants s 20'x40' and was asking questions. We told him just look up companies that build them. Not sure the cost but seems a warranty would be good idea and those experienced would be better than " do it yourself".
I would say if the barn feels neglected it just wants to fall on whatever is inside.................... I have seen a couple barns that had slowly settled down on farm equipment, one old barn that was being held up by a truck and had 3 cars in it as well. My grandpas old barn partially collapsed due to ground hog tunnels weakening the ground under it (grandpa had passed several years before and the cousin that had it was just using it to park some wagons)............. I guess the moral is "take care of your barn or it will fall on you or your stuff sooner or later"!
My wife’s family had a barn fall down and get overgrown. A few decades later I went in and recovered some old family photos and tools. The most interesting bit was the wooden box that dupont used to sell dynamite in. It was full of something, couldn’t tell what without getting it out and prying it open. Still have that box.
