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   sisyphus | Oct 28, 2008 08:47pm | #1

   I think your pic is awol.

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   rez | Oct 28, 2008 08:48pm | #2

   Maybe it's the 'after' pic. 

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   mcguire | Oct 28, 2008 10:27pm | #4

   hopefully pic is found

   Edited 10/28/2008 3:28 pm ET by mcguire

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   sisyphus | Oct 29, 2008 04:18am | #10

   I don't think he could have an after pic yet. He has to pull it down first but you could be right, temporal paradoxes always confuse me.

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   rez | Oct 29, 2008 04:22am | #11

   Maybe junkhound had already showed up.

    He has a unique approach to barn dismantlemanship. 

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   DavidxDoud | Oct 28, 2008 10:13pm | #3

   I've done several similars in past years - -

   here's a pict of the specialty tools I use -

   "there's enough for everyone"
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   dovetail97128 | Oct 28, 2008 10:47pm | #5

   Like all Picts ... no where to be seen any more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picts
   They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.

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   DavidxDoud | Oct 28, 2008 11:26pm | #6

   ya - it was a poor joke - anyway - mcguire! - it comes down in reverse order of going up - start with the roof, (or pull the siding, it doesn't matter) remove remaining roofing, then sheathing, then rafters - collapse the purlins, usually you'll then lay the long sides down, then the bents - be careful, plan so you aren't working in debris, and be careful, clean stuff up as you go, and be careful - - a 2.5 pound hand sledge is good, get a large bolt to use as a drift to drive the pins out - try posting your pictures again - D"there's enough for everyone"

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   Jer | Oct 29, 2008 02:33am | #7

   Just unpeg it and carefully lift off the pieces, or after unpegging it and taking out all fastener-connectors & lateral supports, cable the two corner end post to a come-along and have at it. They just fold down to the ground like a pile of sticks. Seen it done and it was the coolest.

   Be careful when unpegging it though.

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   rez | Oct 29, 2008 04:01am | #8

   Art,

   How is the easy way you recommend to remove those sheathing boards again?

    

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   sisyphus | Oct 29, 2008 04:12am | #9

   It is, of course, important to maintain the stability of the structure you are working on untill you are actually ready to topple it over.

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   peteshlagor | Oct 29, 2008 03:39pm | #13

   I just saw a piece on Renovation Nation (or sumpthing to the effect, chn 194 on Dish) with a much older Steve Thomas going over such a dissemlby with a guy that does this in the NorthEast.

   They had a whole lot of scaffolding.

   And telehandlers.

   And labor.

    

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   DavidxDoud | Oct 29, 2008 05:20am | #12

   invest in a couple of books -

   this is a great one: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=arthur&sts=t&tn=the+barn&x=0&y=0

   Eric Sloane's work is good too - this is a good one: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1189990786&searchurl=an%3Dsloane%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3Damerica%26x%3D0%26y%3D0

   "there's enough for everyone"