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Ozarks Heritage, Barns and More - Chapter #2

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09/15/2024

Could everyone please share this photo (let it go viral) with the question, Was this done on purpose? (please see the attached photo of President Trump). I saw this on a news feed the other day and I came to the realization that maybe it was posted like this on purpose. A kind of subliminal suggestion, a way for someone to say, Trump is unclean, Trump is unfit. Just another way to make him look bad? I know for a fact that all news stations are always filtering through all of there live feeds, pictures posted online etc. to make sure they do not post something they should not post. I suppose it is possible that this photo was from a still of a live feed, but even so, who would post it? and yes, you see it now. That is a picture of a fly that has landed on President Trumps face and it is posted right along side Kamala Harris picture. Why in the world would they post this photo at all? If it was a still shot taken from a live feed, maybe, OK, I could possible see it. No way to take that out. But with today's AI and all the work that goes into producing the news now a days, making it look a certain way I cannot help but say I think someone did this on purpose. Saw the photo and let it out anyway, what is your vote? On purpose or not?

10/02/2022

With the weather getting cooler we are able to get out and work on the barns, Trying hard to get several more down before it turns off cold. We have the majority of the siding removed except for the gable ends up high. We decided to pull the barn down (drop it) first. It is faster and safer when you do it that way. Anyway, we are starting on the flooring and the floor joist joist, after that we will look into pulling the barn down.

09/12/2022

Now that the weather (temperature) has gotten better we have been able to go out to the barn several times over the last week. Attached are some recent photos of the large barn we are working on. The barn was built around 1890 to 1900, we can tell this due to its construction design. There are a few wood pegs here and there in the barn at the main beams holding it together. But there is also some nails holding it together also. Wooden pegs was mainly used before 1880 to 1890, nails are from about the year 1900 and forward. So, it is a guess but I would say the barn is about 130 years old and yes, she is a beauty. About half of the inside material is red oak and the other half is short leaf (old growth) pine, very common for barns of this age. Enjoy the photos, will post more soon.

08/24/2022

Well, its been a while. Have not had the time to go out to the barns (and it has been way to hot)! But, I did get some help from some Amish friends on Saturday. I had about half the metal off the barn already but they needed some for a project so I worked out a deal with them in regards to the metal. Always nice to be in a situation where someone can help you and you help them at the same time. Anyway, it is starting to cool down a little so we should be able to get out to the barns again. Some of the photos are from the metal being removed but some are from the inside (lot of holes in that roof!). The way the light comes through into the barn attic is pretty cool looking, anyway, will be posting more photos soon. Jim

04/26/2022

We are getting into the frame of the barn right now. The main frame is red oak 6x6s, The barn itself is a peg barn but it also has some nails. The transition over to nails only took about 20 years (changing over from peg barn only to mainly nails only). So this barn is half and half. That dates the barn to around 1890 to maybe 1905 (educated guess). The floor joist are 2x8 red oak, 10 and 12 foot pieces mainly (some real nice material). The rest of the frame is 4x6s and 4x4s with the flooring being pine or one by oak also. Next time we will post a video of the barn being pulled down, these photos are mainly of the stripped down structure.

04/24/2022

Well, been real busy with work and we did get the (5 barns - demo project started in Billings). I am just slow at posting the info, anyway, I have a lot of photos I will post over the next few days. We have taken down the small smoke house (10x10 in size) and the feed barn (about 25x40 in size). And we are now working on taking down the first of the large barns (2 stories and around 40x50 in size). So, enjoy the photos, for some reason I really enjoy these old barns. I just have a appreciation for what our forefathers went through just to get them built. Lot of hard work and time it took to build these. In all reality I hate to take them down (would love to just leave them) but as you can see in the photos there is (at this point in time) a lot of damage (moisture, rot, termites, wind damage etc.) on the barns so it is best to take them down and salvage what we can before they fall down and basically go by the wayside so to speak. (Salvage what we can is our motto).

02/26/2022

Here are a few more photos of some of the barns we are working on. I love the old sign above the pig corral, (Purina Pig Parlor) it does not get any better than that. There is also a few old foundations on the farm, left over from times past and a old basement foundation area. Did the house burn down at one time, maybe, All that is left is a overgrown foundation from a long time ago. There is another very large barn (only a couple of pictures posted here, for now). It is located at the far end of the farm, which is a long way from where we are working right now. I will post some photos of that one at a later date.

02/04/2022

One of the main reasons I love these old barns is because (if you will listen) they speak to you, yes, silly, I know. But there is always so much history in every single barn we work on. The barn itself, any old barn has usually outlived its intended purpose but we have the ability to dismantle all the pieces, all the history in the barn and reuse it. What is there, if you look closely is so much better than what we have nowadays, sad but true. The material in these old barns are old growth lumber. It is not unusual for most of the lumber to be (when it was first put into use in the barn) at least 120 years old. heck, we find material (2x6s, 6x6s etc.) in the barns that are cut out of 200 year old + lumber all the time, very normal. Anyway, that is one of the great things in these old barns, just the material they are made out of. It is second to none.

01/29/2022

Here are some more pictures of the barns in Billings. We are just now getting started on these so it will be awhile before we are done (5 buildings total). I kind of went crazy on taking the photos of the hay loft in one of the barns. I just loved the 6x6 beams / framing on this barn. What is really nice is the wood siding inside the structure, and there is a lot of it, so, anyway, more photos to come later.

01/24/2022

These are the first photos of some barns we will be taking down in Billings Missouri. There is 5 (what I will call barns) we will be taking down. The first one is real small, it is more like a shed, smoke house etc. But, it has some pretty wood in it. The second one is a feed barn with some lean-to added to it. It has more size to it (about 12 x 24) plus the lean-to.

The third barn you see in the photos is a lot bigger and in reality pretty good size, close to large. It has a very large loft also. I have seen bigger barns but this one is still a large barn, probably 36 x 50 plus the large two story loft.

These old barns (like always) are past there usefulness, but it is a great thing to be able to take them down and repurpose the wood instead of just knocking them down. I will post more photos later as the work progresses.

01/06/2022

This is a old barn we took down in 2020. I never had a chance to post any of the photos from it so I thought I would start with it. I do this on the side (taking the old barns down, salvaging and repurposing the materials). I do not even know how I have time to do this but they say when you enjoy something or if something is really important to you, you will find time for it, so....... I guess this is important to me. I have seen the old barns bulldozed in, left to rot, burnt down. I prefer none of that. If a old barn is past its prime, so to speak. Then, it is. But being able to repurpose the material, salvage it ? That is a very good goal. I get some personal satisfaction when someone gets a beam from a barn and uses it for a fireplace mantle. Or uses some old floor joist to make a beautiful old table. That, is worth a lot, not the value (although that is important to) but the value of taking something old and making something new out of it, that is the true value.

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