Barn Razing

We bought our house in 2001. On the property was a 12' x 20', dilapidated two story barn. I always had plans of rebuilding the barn but the original woodwork was almost to the point of no return and lack of funding prohibited any major work on it at the time.


This winter the roof finally gave way and started taking some of the floor with it.

It was now truly unsafe, especially when a 2 year old thinks it's a great place to play around.

So what do you do when a structure is too unsafe to systematically dismantle?
You hook an old pick up truck to it an pull!

But sometimes things don't go as planned. On the first pull, I ripped a hole clear through the middle of the barn but left the sides and roof intact. To think I was worried about them falling down on their own?


The second tug proved more dramatic but I forgot to get some pictures of it, oops! Once again, things went a little wrong. The floor dropped and I basically pulled it through the brickwork on the back of the barn.




Not bad for one day of work! I still have to clean out the junk inside the brickwork but that can wait for another day.

And a special shout out to C.B.! Thanks for your help!!!
And with any luck gangrene won't set into your foot.... ;-)

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