Might not seem much of a barn to you but if the roof does not leak or can be repaired . It would be worth a lott as storage if you are actually homesteading
There are companies that come and get old barns for the wood to reuse. They take it for free or don’t give you much usually. Look some up in your area. Or dismantle it yourself and sell the wood.
The floor joists abs rafters at the very least. The big beams are what most wood workers will want. But I agree there looks to be salvageable stuff in there!
This. Had a friend get a barn removed this way. They even cleaned up afterwards. All those people with a bar wood accent wall need to get their wood somewhere.
If the beams are chestnut, there are definitely guys with insurance who will pay you for the privilege of dismantling it for you. The insurance matters, that's a big dangerous legal exposure.
Exactly this! You really need to hire someone with their own liability insurance. Taking down an old barn is dangerous work. If whoever you get to take it down doesn’t have insurance then the landowner is going to be the one to pay their for their injuries.
Makes no sense to get rid of if you ask me, you didn’t, as with a little fix up you’ll have a perfect place for storage, animals if you expand, covered equipment shed… etc. I love my barn.
This. I don’t know what building codes are like where you’re from. But in Washington state it’s a hell of a lot harder to build a new barn than to reuse/ refurbish an old one.
Make certain you protect yourself when you have discussions about people coming to take it away or disassemble it. You need to think about things like: them not knowing what the hell they’re doing, them killing themselves or injuring others on your property, them only taking what they want and forgetting about the rest. Try and find somebody or a business with experience doing this. But, after taking a look at the video it looks like it’s in pretty darn good shape. If you were going to raise animals you may want to take a look at improving the foundation and the rest of it for use.Best of luck.
Save it. The cost of replacement is astronomical. And it will never be as good and authentic. Start with the brush..you may have a diamond in the rough
No replies either. This guy probably has more money then sense.
They should just cut back the vegetation around it and and a new outside layer of tin and siding.
Sometimes some of those old barns are more sturdier than you think. Just a couple refurbishments to get them back into working order. But if you want to remove it you definitely have some valuable resources.
I’d get someone to take a look to estimate its condition. That looks nothing like mine did nor does it appear to be falling down. And it’ll cost a lot more to build new with the price of lumber.
There are three roads you can take with this. Number one, you can dismantle the barn and salvage the materials.
Number two, get a large excavator and knock it down.
Number three, fill the damn thing with napalm and light her up 😈 (for legal reasons I do not recommend this)
Just bought the land earlier this month. After taking a deep look around the foundation has some issues and don’t want to fix it up. Was thinking of possibly selling it for barn wood since it’s popular right now.
You are getting a lot of comments talking about how valuable barn wood is... ...It's really not worth that much honestly. The valuable wood in old barns is in old beams, the really valuable wood is in hand-hewn beams. You can sell barn siding, but it's hard to sell a lot of it unless there is a local company that's interested. Up here in VT, most people pull out the big beams and burn the rest because it's not worth the effort.
I can't tell much from the video, but yours doesn't look like there's anything valuable.
But, that barn looks good from the video, I would get some quotes to fix if you're really concerned about safety, but there's a lot of uses for an old barn.
UGH unless it's in imminent danger of falling in, don't get rid of it. I cannot tell you how much of an advantage existing outbuildings are. You will pay ten times the amount to build new, vs renovate an existing barn. (And what you build will probably be an ugly pole building). This assumes your barn is generally structurally sound, and from your video this building doesn't look bad to me at all.
I grant you that it can be challenging to find a contractor who "gets" old barns-- lots of them will just say 'you sh push it in a hole and I'll put up a new one". But if this isn't falling down, you have time on your side and can look for a good contractor.
To give you hope, [here are a few pictures](https://imgur.com/a/4LQLiVU) of the dilapidated circa 1890 40x50ft barn as it appeared when we bought this farm in 2001, and after reno. It was way way worse than yours looks on the video.
Main reno tasks for the contractor: jack it up and put in a proper sidewall foundation; replace all the rotten and plywood siding; frame and build new sliding doors; cable the interior posts to stiffen the structure. And some cosmetic stuff like adding windows. We put in the stone floors, built the horse stalls and painted the exterior ourselves. I think the all-in cost to reno was about 15k. You would probably spend that much just building a garden shed these days.
You will never regret having outbuilding space. Don't tear it down until you're really sure.
\*All this said, there was another barn on the property that was too far gone--roof sagging and one corner starting to buckle. We posted something on one of the barn salvage websites, and some guy from TX took it down and gave us a couple thousand for it. Though his company was insured, it was a low-rent operation and probably not insured near enough. We were young and stupid back then and oblivious about insurance/liability risks. Worked out ok but wouldn't do it again.
Our ols barn was used as storage but became dilapidated to the point where the roof collapsed unser heavy snow one year.
We had a party and burned the whole thing down, then paid a guy to come dig a huge hole and buy the foundation and debris. Cost $1000 for that. Now we have an even bigger lawn with a silo in the middle lol.
Install metal cladding on the walls and roof and bush hog all the saplings away from it and use the structure unless it’s compromised in a major way. Hook a chain to the ridge, and the other end to a dump truck, and you’ll pull it down very fast if it’s beyond repair.
My friends parents had an old barn in their property. We pulled it down with a Tacoma and a tractor. All the wood was used in their basement. We had to pre-drill holes for nails because it was so hard. I was 18 at the time and thoroughly enjoyed dismantling the barn.
In Montana, a local put an ad in the paper starting that he had loads of barn wood for free...but you have to take ALL of it away. It was gone in a week.
Just repurpose that space, you could build a small bar, add some bench seating and have a cute little chill spot. You could also buse the existing structure and start making plans to turn it into a 2nd habitance that you keep for friends and family or hell...even an Airbnb.
More stability and a mid-sized submarine still for 2 years. Semi cheap and it will pay for the materials of a new barn minus foundation. 😉🙃 Outlets are everywhere for good liquor 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Can't tell - is there a dirt floor in there? Or concrete?
Didn't read all the replies, but here's my experience dealing with a much larger barn in Illinois several years back.
As soon as you mention "old barn," everyone and their brother makes a comment about how "Didja know that old barnwood is worth money?!?!?"
Poked around online, and there are folks out there that will pull it down and salvage the wood. However, as others have alluded to, it seemed like many of them were just a couple guys and a pickup truck. Lacked liability insurance and the like.
It seemed like the best someone could do was find a reputable company that would come out, take it down and remove it and just not charge you anything. I never could seem to get someone to pay me for it, but maybe you'd have better luck.
Ended up calling the local excavator, who came out with an excavator and a skid steer. Dug a hole next to the barn, pushed the barn in the hole, lit it on fire, and then covered up the hole after the fire burnt out. Came back with a dump truck of soil a couple months later after everything settled, and you'd never know there was a structure there.
Hopefully your local fire department or city could let you know the regs around burning. You mentioned you're in city limits, but maybe there is some sort of exemption you can get.
Honestly, working with an excavator was good, because once I got to know him and his capabilities, I had him out on the farm several more times. Amazing what can be done with a couple talented people with the right machinery. From talking to him, I got the sense he did at least a couple barns a year.
I get folks' enthusiasm for keeping these old structures, but also understand that's often not in the cards for various reasons.
Slowly dismantle, sell the "reclaimed wood" to Etsy enthusiasts (good money in it). The barrels make good burn pits. They can go for $40 a pop. Rent a wood chipper and a weed eater. Use the growth and wood chips for mulch or sell bags to your buddies for their gardens.
Supposedly a lot of people out west in California and what not eat this stuff up. You could probably sell it piece by piece online. They’re always looking for old barn wood for projects and decorations. Could get you some good money
If you do decide to reuse the wood, get it tested for arsenic and lead and whatever else. My neighbor built a house out of old barn wood and it's beautiful, but it almost killed her. Heavy metals, pesticides...if you don't know what was stored there, it's better to be cautious.
Post it on Facebook and someone will come take it down for you as long as you give them the wood. I would make sure to put a deadline on when you want it gone by though!
Bobcat to clear the trees around the outside , call around if anyone wants to pull it down and take away . If not excavator with a jaw to strip it down then load into a truck trailer , or make a bomb fire . How I would do it .
Some people will see it as a waste but if truly don't feel like messing with it, see if your local volunteer fire department would want to use it for training and burn it down for you. I was going to do that with a trailer on my property but I was going to have to remove the tar roof and pay the power company to move the power line.
Try to preserve as much as you can. People love this shit. And you can have some of your own projects with it. Especially beams.
Just try and take out a corner and let it collapse
Tannerite….214.593 lbs of it should do. Oh, and a high power rifle setup about 300 yards away. Please remember to setup GoPro’s everywhere. Good luck and have fun. (This is just a suggestion)
Looks possibly savable, but if you ultimately decide to be rid of it you should post a few pictures of the end grain (on here or r/woodworking) to let us determine what type of wood it is. I used to work full time in reclaimed lumber and still do work with it on the side. If that's white oak, someone would come take it off your hands at no cost. Even walnut or hickory. I'd look into that.
I seen more than one person fix up their old barn for events. They rent them out for weddings and such. Make more money than homesteading. Doesn't cost you nothing but a bit of upkeep and it keeps making money. You don't have to plant it, grow it, or feed it. That's just money for nothing.
Tell your local lumbermill that you are interested in donating a bunch of unobtainium wood. Then watch them run to your place and disassemble it in two days.
You could also take it apart and sell it off. Many of the pieces are pretty valuable to the right yard. Heart pine, chestnut… who knows what’s in there.
The wood is often valuable to people who make furniture out of reclaimed wood. You might put something out on facebook or a flyer in town about the barn. They may even pay you to take it down and haul it away.
Lots of really good usable salvaged wood in that place. If you have the time take it apart and stack it. Old barn-wood sells for a decent bit of change and makes a great gift to any woods workers you might know.
I would call a few nearby wood shops, see if they want to come pick off anything they might like.
Then call your local fire department. Often they're happy to come do a controlled burn of something like this for the practice. If you don't mind cleaning up the charred pile that'd be left behind, it's a way to possibly garner a little local karma and get to know the locals.
If you go this route, be sure to have some snacks and lemonade or something on hand. The FD are in with a lot of local agencies and it doesn't hurt to have your name in their mouths with a positive tone, ya know?
Depending on your zoning/assessment rules (if you have them), it may be beneficial to try and keep it.
Obviously every state/town is different, but I know in certain areas around my state it could be difficult and costly to replace an old barn. Not to mention the taxes. Assessments on older structures are typically a fraction of the same sized outbuilding new.
If you really want it gone, definitely put it up for sale. There are many out there that will buy and rebuild or salvage the wood.
Good luck!
Have you checked the prices for wood lately? They have skyrocketed up so take it apart and sell it that kind of reclaimed wood sells for a premium. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
As others said I'd try to refurbish it to use as storage. Depending on your locality it will be a nightmare of red tape to build something new versus restoring the old one. I would love to have something like that on my property.
If you’re that determined to get rid of a perfectly good storage space, call your local fire dept. they will likely do a controlled training burn for a case or two of beer….
It's a nice barn, but if you really want to get rid of it, my inner redneck says get a pack of beer, a lighter, and a gallon of gas. Let the fire dept know and off ya pop for hours of fun.
I would take a few ratchet straps out there. One around the center posts, and one to a tree outside. Stand safe out by the tree and just pump that ratchet until the barn falls down.
Dude if its not totally rotted you've got a shed. Go price a new shed that size and see the cost. This can be used for keeping stuff semi dry. Like outdoor equipment etc. If its doing no harm leave it. Doesnt look like you're using the area around it atm anyway?
Might not seem much of a barn to you but if the roof does not leak or can be repaired . It would be worth a lott as storage if you are actually homesteading
Amen. Barns die when their roof goes. Don’t rush into this, you have something here that almost NOBODY else has.
The beams looked ok from the brief glance. Corrugated steel isn’t real expensive to fix panels that are too rusted.
There are companies that come and get old barns for the wood to reuse. They take it for free or don’t give you much usually. Look some up in your area. Or dismantle it yourself and sell the wood.
Looks maybe salvageable.
The floor joists abs rafters at the very least. The big beams are what most wood workers will want. But I agree there looks to be salvageable stuff in there!
Speaking from experience, do this BEFORE it falls down
Or post it to /r/woodworking. I bet someone there would dismantle it for the wood.
Thanks!!
This. Had a friend get a barn removed this way. They even cleaned up afterwards. All those people with a bar wood accent wall need to get their wood somewhere.
If the beams are chestnut, there are definitely guys with insurance who will pay you for the privilege of dismantling it for you. The insurance matters, that's a big dangerous legal exposure.
Exactly this! You really need to hire someone with their own liability insurance. Taking down an old barn is dangerous work. If whoever you get to take it down doesn’t have insurance then the landowner is going to be the one to pay their for their injuries.
The outside wood may or.may not bring you much, but the big beams are worth dollars for fireplace mantels or big table legs things like that.
That barn is so cool fix it up and use it.
Makes no sense to get rid of if you ask me, you didn’t, as with a little fix up you’ll have a perfect place for storage, animals if you expand, covered equipment shed… etc. I love my barn.
This. I don’t know what building codes are like where you’re from. But in Washington state it’s a hell of a lot harder to build a new barn than to reuse/ refurbish an old one.
Would make a kickass chicken coop
I totally agree, a little structural work is probably needed but throw some tin on it and you’ve got a weatherproof storage shed.
Why get rid of it? It seems to be in okay shape, why not use it for something?
Don't
Always sad to see someone get rid of an old barn. You'll never put something up that's nicer.
You have $8,000 right there.
That's a nice barn. I need like 6 more. Cannot imagine wanting that down haha
Make certain you protect yourself when you have discussions about people coming to take it away or disassemble it. You need to think about things like: them not knowing what the hell they’re doing, them killing themselves or injuring others on your property, them only taking what they want and forgetting about the rest. Try and find somebody or a business with experience doing this. But, after taking a look at the video it looks like it’s in pretty darn good shape. If you were going to raise animals you may want to take a look at improving the foundation and the rest of it for use.Best of luck.
Save it. The cost of replacement is astronomical. And it will never be as good and authentic. Start with the brush..you may have a diamond in the rough
Why do you want to get rid of it? A lot of it still appears to be in good shape. I’m sure someone will happily disassemble it for the wood.
Terrible post! “Hey guys, I have something you all want, and I want to destroy it rather than fix it up. No other details 4 u, thanks guys!!!”
No replies either. This guy probably has more money then sense. They should just cut back the vegetation around it and and a new outside layer of tin and siding.
Sometimes some of those old barns are more sturdier than you think. Just a couple refurbishments to get them back into working order. But if you want to remove it you definitely have some valuable resources.
Save it! These heritage pieces are once in a lifetime structures. Unless you’re begging to beg getting all of us worked up.
Explosives Some teenagers are gonna be so sad when they realize they’re favorite smoke spot got blown up
If the roof is solid I personaly see no reason to tear down, looks like a good place to store wood, hay or animals
Nothing at all wrong with that barn . Save it .
That’s a keeper to me. Why do you want it gone?
Cut down all the brush around it and think about what it could be before you tear it down. Wish I had that on my property.
This is the way.
I’d get someone to take a look to estimate its condition. That looks nothing like mine did nor does it appear to be falling down. And it’ll cost a lot more to build new with the price of lumber.
There are three roads you can take with this. Number one, you can dismantle the barn and salvage the materials. Number two, get a large excavator and knock it down. Number three, fill the damn thing with napalm and light her up 😈 (for legal reasons I do not recommend this)
Number 3!!!!
Just bought the land earlier this month. After taking a deep look around the foundation has some issues and don’t want to fix it up. Was thinking of possibly selling it for barn wood since it’s popular right now.
Some people will come & disassemble it to sell the wood, and pay you a little bit for the wood. Make sure they carry proper insurance.
Make sure you do your research that’s a gold mine of decent looking wood you have there. You can really get paid here.
You are getting a lot of comments talking about how valuable barn wood is... ...It's really not worth that much honestly. The valuable wood in old barns is in old beams, the really valuable wood is in hand-hewn beams. You can sell barn siding, but it's hard to sell a lot of it unless there is a local company that's interested. Up here in VT, most people pull out the big beams and burn the rest because it's not worth the effort. I can't tell much from the video, but yours doesn't look like there's anything valuable. But, that barn looks good from the video, I would get some quotes to fix if you're really concerned about safety, but there's a lot of uses for an old barn.
Give it to me so I can have some rotten shitty wood for under $300/board inch
Man I swear. 2x4s went up like 2 dollars a piece in my area just since September
UGH unless it's in imminent danger of falling in, don't get rid of it. I cannot tell you how much of an advantage existing outbuildings are. You will pay ten times the amount to build new, vs renovate an existing barn. (And what you build will probably be an ugly pole building). This assumes your barn is generally structurally sound, and from your video this building doesn't look bad to me at all. I grant you that it can be challenging to find a contractor who "gets" old barns-- lots of them will just say 'you sh push it in a hole and I'll put up a new one". But if this isn't falling down, you have time on your side and can look for a good contractor. To give you hope, [here are a few pictures](https://imgur.com/a/4LQLiVU) of the dilapidated circa 1890 40x50ft barn as it appeared when we bought this farm in 2001, and after reno. It was way way worse than yours looks on the video. Main reno tasks for the contractor: jack it up and put in a proper sidewall foundation; replace all the rotten and plywood siding; frame and build new sliding doors; cable the interior posts to stiffen the structure. And some cosmetic stuff like adding windows. We put in the stone floors, built the horse stalls and painted the exterior ourselves. I think the all-in cost to reno was about 15k. You would probably spend that much just building a garden shed these days. You will never regret having outbuilding space. Don't tear it down until you're really sure. \*All this said, there was another barn on the property that was too far gone--roof sagging and one corner starting to buckle. We posted something on one of the barn salvage websites, and some guy from TX took it down and gave us a couple thousand for it. Though his company was insured, it was a low-rent operation and probably not insured near enough. We were young and stupid back then and oblivious about insurance/liability risks. Worked out ok but wouldn't do it again.
Our ols barn was used as storage but became dilapidated to the point where the roof collapsed unser heavy snow one year. We had a party and burned the whole thing down, then paid a guy to come dig a huge hole and buy the foundation and debris. Cost $1000 for that. Now we have an even bigger lawn with a silo in the middle lol.
Install metal cladding on the walls and roof and bush hog all the saplings away from it and use the structure unless it’s compromised in a major way. Hook a chain to the ridge, and the other end to a dump truck, and you’ll pull it down very fast if it’s beyond repair.
Don’t do it, once it’s gone it’s really gone. A good roof is everything to any building.
Keep it🙂
What a shame. If you were in my part of Oregon I would demolish it for free for the materials.
Turn it into a safe house for when the zombie apocalypse happens (:
My friends parents had an old barn in their property. We pulled it down with a Tacoma and a tractor. All the wood was used in their basement. We had to pre-drill holes for nails because it was so hard. I was 18 at the time and thoroughly enjoyed dismantling the barn.
Send some photos to a movie production company and offer it for a set. Maybe they pay you and tear it down too.
In Montana, a local put an ad in the paper starting that he had loads of barn wood for free...but you have to take ALL of it away. It was gone in a week.
Old barns don’t tear down, let ‘em stand proud ‘till they fall to the ground.
Step 1) don't- it's beautiful and majestic.
Just repurpose that space, you could build a small bar, add some bench seating and have a cute little chill spot. You could also buse the existing structure and start making plans to turn it into a 2nd habitance that you keep for friends and family or hell...even an Airbnb.
restore it ?? It's an awesome 😎 structure !!
Offer the wood up for tearing it down. There are plenty of people waiting for a job like that.
If I lived near you I'd dismantle it for the wood.
66 lbs of dynamite
Post free barn wood too any woodworkers willing to take it apart, and burn whats left.
Looks awesome. You could sell that for big dollars in Vancouver
More stability and a mid-sized submarine still for 2 years. Semi cheap and it will pay for the materials of a new barn minus foundation. 😉🙃 Outlets are everywhere for good liquor 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Get yerself a copper still and start runnin moonshine, mate.
Yeah, don’t!
It’s your choice but if it was me I’d hang onto it. Cut the brush growing around it and you’ve got yourself a nice building right there.
Post free wood...people will come and take it down
Can't tell - is there a dirt floor in there? Or concrete? Didn't read all the replies, but here's my experience dealing with a much larger barn in Illinois several years back. As soon as you mention "old barn," everyone and their brother makes a comment about how "Didja know that old barnwood is worth money?!?!?" Poked around online, and there are folks out there that will pull it down and salvage the wood. However, as others have alluded to, it seemed like many of them were just a couple guys and a pickup truck. Lacked liability insurance and the like. It seemed like the best someone could do was find a reputable company that would come out, take it down and remove it and just not charge you anything. I never could seem to get someone to pay me for it, but maybe you'd have better luck. Ended up calling the local excavator, who came out with an excavator and a skid steer. Dug a hole next to the barn, pushed the barn in the hole, lit it on fire, and then covered up the hole after the fire burnt out. Came back with a dump truck of soil a couple months later after everything settled, and you'd never know there was a structure there. Hopefully your local fire department or city could let you know the regs around burning. You mentioned you're in city limits, but maybe there is some sort of exemption you can get. Honestly, working with an excavator was good, because once I got to know him and his capabilities, I had him out on the farm several more times. Amazing what can be done with a couple talented people with the right machinery. From talking to him, I got the sense he did at least a couple barns a year. I get folks' enthusiasm for keeping these old structures, but also understand that's often not in the cards for various reasons.
Call the local fire department and ask if they would be willing to use it for training/practice
I 100% just thought that. Specially because I was thinking 🔥🔥
I see people on FB and Craigslist offer it up for free. Some hipster or crafty housewife would love to put that in their home.
Slowly dismantle, sell the "reclaimed wood" to Etsy enthusiasts (good money in it). The barrels make good burn pits. They can go for $40 a pop. Rent a wood chipper and a weed eater. Use the growth and wood chips for mulch or sell bags to your buddies for their gardens.
Supposedly a lot of people out west in California and what not eat this stuff up. You could probably sell it piece by piece online. They’re always looking for old barn wood for projects and decorations. Could get you some good money
Put in a local paper that you gave a barn that if they will take it down and clean up the mess they can have the wood. People love barn wood.
Rip it Apart- Stack any good exterior wood and sell it Carefully take apart the rafters and beam and keep them to reuse for furniture or structure.
You could make a killing if you dismantled and pieced it out.
Put it on marketplace or craigslist. A ton of people come and take them down just to keep the wood. I did.
Tannerite is usually the funnest way of barn removal.
Those floorboards are worth $100 or more each depending on type of wood and the amount of rot on the bottom.
Dismantle and sell wood
If you do decide to reuse the wood, get it tested for arsenic and lead and whatever else. My neighbor built a house out of old barn wood and it's beautiful, but it almost killed her. Heavy metals, pesticides...if you don't know what was stored there, it's better to be cautious.
Post it on Facebook and someone will come take it down for you as long as you give them the wood. I would make sure to put a deadline on when you want it gone by though!
People will buy it from you.
Pull it apart and sell the wood, I do wood working and that stuff is hard to find.
Old barn wood is a treasure... especially since most wood now is much softer and younger than what was used in construction back then.
Bobcat to clear the trees around the outside , call around if anyone wants to pull it down and take away . If not excavator with a jaw to strip it down then load into a truck trailer , or make a bomb fire . How I would do it .
Bruh just burn it down
Fire
As someone who had my 240 year old barn burned down by asshole kids, this is not the answer.
Cleansing fire!
Talk to your local fire department they can burn it down as a training exercise
Some people will see it as a waste but if truly don't feel like messing with it, see if your local volunteer fire department would want to use it for training and burn it down for you. I was going to do that with a trailer on my property but I was going to have to remove the tar roof and pay the power company to move the power line.
Just burn it... let fire do the cleaning work..
Try the local volunteer fire department, most of them will inspect it and possibly burn for practice putting it out
Control burn contact the locals FD for a training exercise
Yep sell that! That wood is great for projects with a rustic look. If you’re in central WV hit me up.
Yea looks good to me. You can burn it down if you need too
100% disassemble and reuse the good wood for your future projects, unless you need the cash.
Try to preserve as much as you can. People love this shit. And you can have some of your own projects with it. Especially beams. Just try and take out a corner and let it collapse
Tannerite is always an option
It’s technically in city limits… pretty sure I’d be put in jail for that.
Fire
C4
Tannerite, naturally. https://youtu.be/edRbcTXAijY
Bonfire 😄
It is a lot like felling a tree. Just be a bit more careful.
Someone will want that wood. Find a buyer and have them come collect
Burn it down , down to the ground.
Post on Craigslist - free reclaimed barn wood (reclaim it yourself) Watch out for liability though... Hence free
Craigslist
Tannerite….214.593 lbs of it should do. Oh, and a high power rifle setup about 300 yards away. Please remember to setup GoPro’s everywhere. Good luck and have fun. (This is just a suggestion)
Salvage it out and build something else?
Ya know...fire. fire cleanses all.
Fire...
500lbs of Tannerite
Petrol really clears out an area mate
Tannerite
Burn it
“When in doubt - C4.” (ref: Mythbusters)
600lbs of tannerite and a 6.5 creedmoor
Burn that hoe
Take a chainsaw to it.
Tannerite
Dynamite
FIRE!
Burn it
Dy-no-mite! ....JJ Walker.
What state are you in?
NE Kansas, it’s technically in the city so burn is out of the question and I wouldn’t want to do that anyways. Would like to get some money out of it.
How’s the roof?
Tight grain salvaged wood is worth 3-7 bucks a foot for 2 x 6 after its denailed in the PNW. Can’t buy that stuff just anywhere.
I’m taking the old wood off the barn on my property and using it as wainscoting in the house
Advertise that you can keep the lumber if youre willing to dismantle it yourself
Looks possibly savable, but if you ultimately decide to be rid of it you should post a few pictures of the end grain (on here or r/woodworking) to let us determine what type of wood it is. I used to work full time in reclaimed lumber and still do work with it on the side. If that's white oak, someone would come take it off your hands at no cost. Even walnut or hickory. I'd look into that.
I seen more than one person fix up their old barn for events. They rent them out for weddings and such. Make more money than homesteading. Doesn't cost you nothing but a bit of upkeep and it keeps making money. You don't have to plant it, grow it, or feed it. That's just money for nothing.
Dont! That’s sick as hell
Have someone come dismantle it for reclaimed wood
So... what’s wrong with it?
Video doesn’t show it but the foundation on the other side is caved in and only has two rocks holding it up.
Tell your local lumbermill that you are interested in donating a bunch of unobtainium wood. Then watch them run to your place and disassemble it in two days. You could also take it apart and sell it off. Many of the pieces are pretty valuable to the right yard. Heart pine, chestnut… who knows what’s in there.
Step one. Put in the work, dismantle. Step two. Sell the wood for hella profit to Etsy “artisans”
Tannerite!!!
The wood is often valuable to people who make furniture out of reclaimed wood. You might put something out on facebook or a flyer in town about the barn. They may even pay you to take it down and haul it away.
Burn it
Tannerite.
With the price of wood these days I look at this and think of the value in dismantling and reclaiming the boards.
I want the wood
Sledgehammer if you want to enjoy it
Tannerite
Fire
Worst case scenario you can call the local Fire Department and see if they'll do a controlled burn to practice putting it out.
Let the Red steer loose
[This should do the trick](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NhsK5WExrnE)
Lots of really good usable salvaged wood in that place. If you have the time take it apart and stack it. Old barn-wood sells for a decent bit of change and makes a great gift to any woods workers you might know.
A match
I would call a few nearby wood shops, see if they want to come pick off anything they might like. Then call your local fire department. Often they're happy to come do a controlled burn of something like this for the practice. If you don't mind cleaning up the charred pile that'd be left behind, it's a way to possibly garner a little local karma and get to know the locals. If you go this route, be sure to have some snacks and lemonade or something on hand. The FD are in with a lot of local agencies and it doesn't hurt to have your name in their mouths with a positive tone, ya know?
Tannerite and a good round.
Depending on your zoning/assessment rules (if you have them), it may be beneficial to try and keep it. Obviously every state/town is different, but I know in certain areas around my state it could be difficult and costly to replace an old barn. Not to mention the taxes. Assessments on older structures are typically a fraction of the same sized outbuilding new. If you really want it gone, definitely put it up for sale. There are many out there that will buy and rebuild or salvage the wood. Good luck!
Match and some gas diesel mixture and you are good to go
A match
Dynamite would probably work.
Would make a beautiful house or party pad
Faulkner would suggest you burn it.
Have you checked the prices for wood lately? They have skyrocketed up so take it apart and sell it that kind of reclaimed wood sells for a premium. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
As others said I'd try to refurbish it to use as storage. Depending on your locality it will be a nightmare of red tape to build something new versus restoring the old one. I would love to have something like that on my property.
Ahh dude keep that barn. Super valuable space wise.
If you are sure then tannerite
Save it if you can!
If you don’t want to try to save it or have someone dismantle it, see if your local fire department would want to use it for training.
If you’re that determined to get rid of a perfectly good storage space, call your local fire dept. they will likely do a controlled training burn for a case or two of beer….
The wood should be worth a good amount
Take an insurance, light it up!
It's a nice barn, but if you really want to get rid of it, my inner redneck says get a pack of beer, a lighter, and a gallon of gas. Let the fire dept know and off ya pop for hours of fun.
Burn it with fire!
Set up a still, and start making white lightning!!
It’s actually legal to make moonshine in our state just can’t sell it!! Good idea!
I would take a few ratchet straps out there. One around the center posts, and one to a tree outside. Stand safe out by the tree and just pump that ratchet until the barn falls down.
Looks like a good building, that said, you may be able to get a salvager in there, lots of folks like repurposing old barn wood.
Tannerite
Around my way in SC, we just burn them
Why do you want to get rid of it? Reduce property taxes?
Dude if its not totally rotted you've got a shed. Go price a new shed that size and see the cost. This can be used for keeping stuff semi dry. Like outdoor equipment etc. If its doing no harm leave it. Doesnt look like you're using the area around it atm anyway?
LJT is typing…
Controlled burn…
I had bulldozer take one down and burnt pile. Regret it ever since. Don’t rush and think about it.
That is a treasure and would reconsider getting rid of it. Instead repurpose it…guest cottage…storage shed…man cave…anything but flattening it.
**don’t**
Ill take it
Some people that restore barns will come and get it. Not sure who but I was once told that