A tour and history of a 105 year old dairy barn.

[@AmbersDaintyBush]

Our barn is about 130 years old. Saving up for a roof now. Still has wooden shingles! Old old pics show additions over the years. They put a hill up to drive into the mow…now that hill and a bad contractor left it with a partially caved stone wall. A storm that leveled other barns shook her to the core, cracked a rafter/ beam. Got it temporarily repaired until we can find people who know what they’re doing! This barn could fit 3 stories in the hay mow, she is magnificent. NW WI

[@crazydave4455]

Nice! I hope you get it repaired. Unfortunately this one is now gone to progress… Are there any Amish contractors around? Maybe a good choice for that kind of work.

[@cocky-harry1804]

Epic story . I’m redoing a 40 yr old barn RN and this one blows my small barn away . Always good to see how it should be done and not with modern methods. I want to build now thanks for the ideas

[@crazydave4455]

👍

[@dougkleinjr2679]

Sad watching the end of another small family farm. Growing up on a small family farm in upper Michigan, this video took me back to the great memories that were made playing and working with family. I especially love the craftsmanship of the old barns. If those buildings could talk. Thank you for sharing.

[@crazydave4455]

I agree. The inevitable end is why I started making these videos. Thanks Doug

[@danvincent1195]

Where in the UP?

[@jeffbrooks8288]

I grew up on a dairy farm in Utah. Five years ago a developer purchased the old farmstead and began demolition work on the barn and out buildings and my grandparents old home. It broke my heart and I couldn’t bear it so I moved away. Every year we lose a few more old barns and soon there won’t be anything left. I moved to a small town that still has some of its old barns standing in a valley that was once covered with dairy farms. Only one remains in operation where there were once many small family dairy farms. Thanks for sharing your memories.

[@crazydave4455]

This whole area is being developed rapidly. In the last 3 years, 4 old barns have been tore down (including this one) within a few mile area. Old territory roads littered with roundabouts, wall to wall high density housing erases century old land marks.

[@brentreid7031]

The way life should be... Thank you for your time to show us the barn.

[@gklug305]

Awesome video. I wish every old barn could tell their story like this one!

[@crazydave4455]

Thanks Gordy

[@FarmerC.J.]

Thanks for sharing. It’s a shame small farms are pushed out of the way.

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

Beautiful structure and great old pictures! If I won the lottery it would be fun to straighten up a couple of these barns a year!

[@crazydave4455]

They are works of art. Thanks Jon

[@ryanpockat8846]

I didn't expect to see a silo unloader in that silo very nice

[@duanebolen543]

Lot of history if them old barns could talk just like them old tractors

[@crazydave4455]

Amazing how well built they are. (Barns and old tractors!)

[@oldtruthteller2512]

As wonderful as these old barns are, they are very high maintenance on the exterior. Great historical value in this video. Reminds me a lot of the old dairy barn back home.

[@crazydave4455]

If you get the roof covered with steel, they can go a long time. North side roof of this one was in bad shape. Thanks Joseph

[@oldtruthteller2512]

I could almost smell the whitewash on the walls and ceiling

[@BillTheTractorMan]

Great tour of the barn! Brings bank memories to the barn I grew up with.

[@crazydave4455]

Thanks Bill. The days of building stuff like this are gone.

[@BillTheTractorMan]

@@crazydave4455 maybe so. If I had it my way I would build one for what I want to do. However that's a dream still. Working towards making it reality

[@pagrainfarmer]

Thanks for the tour of your barn. I love old barns and feel it's an absolute shame that this one is going to be torn down, with all it's memories. At least you have this video documentation of what it was like. It's a very cool barn and I thank you for sharing this before it's gone. Makes me appreciate our barn even more. I'll need to do a video on it.

[@crazydave4455]

They are disappearing rapidly from the landscape. I would have loved to save it but it wasn’t in the cards. We salvaged a lot of tin and wood from it. This video was shot over the last year at different times. Farmstead was leveled in June and if you were unfamiliar with the area you would have never known it existed. Looking forward to your barn video 👍

[@pinesedgefarm1155]

Thanks for the tour again. That was neat that you took the drone in there. That barn stood the test of time. Thanks for sharing!

[@crazydave4455]

It was a challenge flying the drone in there with the prop guards on. Thanks Pinesedge.

[@mudrunner66]

Very sad to watch it go down, glad it will be preserved in video.

[@crazydave4455]

Yep, it’s erased. Drove by today. Thanks

[@markmortensen4341]

So great to know and heart the history. It's your family but the teaching to generations to come are very important! Hope this video gets shared!!

[@crazydave4455]

It’s amazing how fast farming technology has come in a short time. Things were harder, not that long ago. Thanks Mark.

[@anthonycalvert524]

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[@AnglesideFarm]

Wow, what cool family history. The haymow is incredible, the stories that old barn could tell. Thanks for sharing, very interesting

[@crazydave4455]

Like art seeing how they are built. Thanks

[@TheGrumpyFarmer]

Pretty cool Dave cherish the time with him and the stories. A lot of this history is disappearing

[@crazydave4455]

Drove by the place today, only thing left is the equipment driveway. Thanks Andy

[@jaycow3154]

Thank you for making this video like seeing the inside and how other people had them set up

[@crazydave4455]

Not an ideal milking setup, but it’s how it evolved. Cows always knew where to go 😁 Thanks Jay

[@adamlarmer4598]

Thanks for the tour, wish more of these could be preserved

[@crazydave4455]

Thanks Adam, me too.

[@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156]

Lots of history there. It was interesting to see how the building techniques changed over time.

[@crazydave4455]

Thanks mr O

[@mrobsoletesvintagehomestea9156]

@@crazydave4455 Your welcome.

[@michaelsheeder148]

Thanks Dave for a tour of the barn and history of the barn. Sounds like the milking was a pretty big thing going on on the farm at one time. Years ago when I was a kid growing up we had milk cows we did not have quite a big operation of milk cows and The Barn at one time and we didn't have grade A milk. Thanks Michael

[@crazydave4455]

Thanks Micheal

[@mattutke4704]

Really interesting piece of history Dave, that Barn is is good shape for 100 years old, thanks for sharing 👍

[@crazydave4455]

Bones where good, north roof was tough shape. Thanks Matt

[@mrush8511]

Great video! Glad I got a in person tour before it was gone. I too drove by a week ago and just sad to see.

[@crazydave4455]

Yeah, it’s erased like it was never there. We were able to get a few beams after it was tore down. Thanks Mike

[@mrush8511]

@@crazydave4455 oh that’s cool they let you in to do that.

[@walterschwarz5579]

Thanks for sharing that’s way cool and in fairly good shape yet love the history I’m an old dairy fanatic myself 👍

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Used to be a lot of old barns like that, built, remodel, remodel...... Used to be quiet a few actually built for milking too.. most are gone now😪 Thank you for the tour and stories!!

[@crazydave4455]

3 of them tore down in a few mile radius of where the farm was it. Another will probably be gone by the end the year. They disappear fast. Thanks Ed

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Love the brick silo! Our neighbors had wood silos, 1x6 with stays around them. There were 2, side by side, probably 35-40 feet tall. Had a roof over them, added on the old part of barn. Really wish I could have gotten some pictures and videos!! But like most everything else... It's all bee torn down...

[@crazydave4455]

Yeah, they are past their prime and it takes money to keep them up.

[@chad9899]

Plz preserve this beautiful masterpiece barn,. There's slowly disappearing on the country side here as well in Northwest ohio,. Great video,. Imagine the price today to build one with solid beams , Wood,. They probably didn't have $500 in building it back then.... Time machine take me back to the simpler times..

[@crazydave4455]

I agree they are masterpieces and we lost 3 of them but in a few mile radius in the last year alone. Unfortunately there is a road where it used to stand. We salvaged what we could from it, the story is in the other videos.

[@OzziesOddities]

I love your channel but I can only watch in small doses makes me a little sad. Good for you for having the presence to document all this for your family's history.

[@crazydave4455]

Thanks Ozzie, I’m subbed to you as well. I’ll get back over and watch some more. You’re in SE MN?

[@RobertJLessard]

I love barns and plan to build a smaller version next summer. Chainsaw milled beams and all hand tools to fit.

[@crazydave4455]

Awesome! I would love to find a place with one, but it’s tough to find a good location with a descent house. We salvaged a bunch of wood, so at least that will live on in some capacity.

[@huntingandstuff9489]

I'm impressed how they used pegs to put the trusses together

[@crazydave4455]

No power tools !

[@igo4mako]

This barn is very repairable. I’d recommend fixing sooner rather than later as material costs are only going up every month.

[@crazydave4455]

Unfortunately a road goes through where it once stood.

[@ArmpitStudios]

Helluva barn. Love the notes on the boards and black cat just lounging up in the corner of the hay mow.

[@crazydave4455]

When I flew it in the lower level the cats chased it 🤣 Thanks Armpit

[@AgWildNebraska]

Be awesome to go back to 1967 and see it then..

[@crazydave4455]

If I went back in time I’d probably stay 🤣

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank you for the tour

[@crazydave4455]

Thanks for watching

[@grantsmith3514]

Been in California all my life. Different out here since cows can go out in winter. Oldest barn on dairy was from 1910. Did see an old milk house with a can cooler sink. I could tell sincere e the rim of the sink had a pipe cast into it.

[@shaneholst6940]

Thanks Dave for sharing!! I really like looking at old barns! They are so cool to look at!😁👍

[@crazydave4455]

Fantastic structures. There is a round barn near by, I should tour it before disappears… Thanks Shane

[@anthonylentini6278]

great history thank you

[@crazydave4455]

Thanks Anthony

[@nickkercheval2704]

I farm a farm that has a barn built in 1809 (date etched on corner stone).Large bank barn, stone construction, very good shape. Amazing how they built it with out any power equipment over 200 years ago.

[@crazydave4455]

Sure is, the one you are talking about would be hand-hewn. Amazing amount of work and craftsmanship.

[@nickkercheval2704]

@@crazydave4455 Yes it is!

[@crazydave4455]

@@nickkercheval2704 east coast ?

[@nickkercheval2704]

@@crazydave4455 Yes. Harpers Ferry Jefferson County WV. Lots of antebellum houses and buildings some dating to the 1700s here. Stone house where the barn I mentioned is 1790s. Oldest barn I know of circa 1750s

[@crazydave4455]

@@nickkercheval2704 figured it had to be, we don’t have stuff that old out here in the Midwest.

[@kevinhall3449]

Lotsa those old barns are way usable, as many do. Still a great place to store hay/straw outta the weather. Lofts are usually so high, there is enough heighth for a 3rd level. A room in a room, with a ceiling/sealed floor on top.

[@crazydave4455]

@@kevinhall3449 I have been in a lot of repurposed old barns, from wedding venues to restaurants. Basket ball courts to ones that had skateboard ramps. Sadly this one has been gone for 2 years now.

[@kevinhall3449]

@@crazydave4455 love to hear about the re-do's, too bad for this one [wasn't referring to it specifically, like a suggestion]

[@crazydave4455]

@@kevinhall3449 Wish I could have, timing, location, money etc. salvaged what we could. The story of the farm and it’s end is on this channel.

[@40yeartrucker25]

My grandfather had a sawmill and had the new barn build in the summer of 1929 and in the fall it burned down so they had to build it again. Dad was 28 at the time. They are after me about the history. Because they are talking about moving it to the pioneer grounds about 6 miles away.

[@crazydave4455]

If it saves it 👍 there is now a road where this one stood. If in MN, which show grounds?

[@40yeartrucker25]

@@crazydave4455 Its only 3 or 4 hundred feet from road. The pioneer grounds by Perham MN another barn just like was built on Dads farm about 10 years later the barns had drive in hay lofts.

[@crazydave4455]

@@40yeartrucker25 was curious if it was a show I knew, been to Dalton and Rollag but not Perham. Well you could do a walk and talk with history, if I can do you can. 👍 maybe easier than typing it 😁

[@40yeartrucker25]

@@crazydave4455 I do have pictures of both of the barns but don't know how to put them is comments. Pioneer grounds have about a week in July but it is used for other gettogethers also.

[@crazydave4455]

@@40yeartrucker25 to my knowledge you can’t put pictures in comments.

[@frankwurth5375]

Like most small farms back in my youth, we had a dairy herd, shipped milk and fed out feeder pigs. We made a living. I've kept our barn in good shape, new roof, etc. Use it now for an extra big "man cave". Keep much of my antique tractor and equipment inside. Not many of those big barns left anymore, some folks have converted them into indoor living and recreation space. Better than destroying them and then having to build new for similar use. If you intend to save yours, you had better get busy and re shingle it before it's too late! As long as the roof keeps the inside dry, these barns will last indefinitely, let it leak,and in a very few years it will be laying on the ground!

[@crazydave4455]

Unfortunately there is a road right where it used to stand, would have liked to save it but in this location it was doomed.

[@misterhipster9509]

The logs, like the basement of my house, a few years older than the barn.

[@misterhipster9509]

House is located in Germantown WI, north west of Milwaukee. The barn is where?

[@crazydave4455]

It was in Rogers MN.

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank You for sharing

[@patcoakley7980]

When this barn was built it was state of the art and now it is outdated , amazing how time and farming methods move on

[@crazydave4455]

Sure is. Cool old buildings.

[@randyvilleneuve4907]

Is the roof going to be repaired as it wont take long to loose that barn. I have a similar issue with my family dairy barn as a new roof is very expensive. In some states there are some programs available to help offset the price.

[@crazydave4455]

Unfortunately there is now a road where this barn once stood. Some of it was salvaged and lives on. The story and salvage efforts are in other videos on this channel.

[@7viewerlogic670]

Good video.

[@crazydave4455]

Thanks

[@eeengineer8851]

I've made some similar videos (not posted) of the barn on the farm I grew up on. Its still standing but is deteriorating pretty fast now and will need to come down. I stripped out anything useful or with some nostalgia. I am so glad I do have some 1990s video of the inside when there were still calves in there. I wish I had at least photos of Dad milking but it never happened. The milking machine and other stuff still exists though in another shed. My maternal grandparents place was finally leveled in 2010 when only the house was still there and about 1/2 the grove. Now, unless you know where it was, there is no evidence. I did a napkin calculation at the time, and the owners of the property were likely to get more $ raising corn on the building site than any rent income from the house (and no drama from renters).

[@crazydave4455]

Couldn’t really find any miking pictures either. Would have been cool to find some from the 40s or 50s. Who wants to deal with renters… Thanks EE

[@kurtisharrington6015]

Pretty awesome if you’d be able to preserve that family and American history

[@crazydave4455]

Preserved what we could, tin, wood, doors, windows, beams. But unfortunately it’s now gone.

[@joshuawheaton622]

I wish people appreciate these old barns enough to save them. It makes me sick seeing so many especially ones in good shape all be torn down.

[@robertbeechy6475]

Did you climb up the ladder in the haymow

[@crazydave4455]

Not the ones on the gable ends, they were a bit high for me and in unknown condition.

[@odisdenney690]

You could get a pretty penny selling those beams to home builder

[@crazydave4455]

Problem was getting them down safely. Salvaged a few after it was knocked over and cut a few as we salvaged some of the barn wood.

[@morganottlii2390]

Ceramic silo with an unloader in it? Wow. Those things are dangerous after this many years. Silage eats them from the inside, weather attacks the outside.

[@crazydave4455]

The original block was actually holding up pretty well, the later addition (upper ring) was starting fall apart on the outside. It’s gone now, road goes through where it once stood.

[@nailbender7223]

Looks similar to a ACO silo. There a utube channel MN Bricks that does videos on them

[@crazydave4455]

I am familiar with MN bricks 👍 and have saw ACO silos. More a common further south than we were.

[@nailbender7223]

@@crazydave4455 ok 👍 I thought you were east but then you are north,

[@crazydave4455]

@@nailbender7223 were on the western edge of Hennepin County.

[@nailbender7223]

@@crazydave4455 small world, I'm in carver county

[@edf7008]

What is going to happen with the farm and barn?

[@crazydave4455]

Housing, it’s right in town and surrounded by high density developments. I have videos on the why and how it ends.

[@edf7008]

@@crazydave4455 I did find a few of your videos about that after I asked, very sad to see all that history being cut up. I did notice all the housing built right up to the fields.

[@edf7008]

You showed the silo and the extension, the red/white pattern at the top, was that something your family came up with or is that a company trade mark? I've been told that silo builders have "signatures" at the tops of the silos. Thanks :)

[@crazydave4455]

@@edf7008 I’m not sure, they built it but I don’t know if it came as a kit or they copied a design.

[@edf7008]

@@crazydave4455 Well it was different for sure! :)

[@scottblodgett1536]

That barn doesn’t look like it’s in too bad of shape. Why don’t you put a roof on it and save it

[@crazydave4455]

@@scottblodgett1536 The whole area is high density housing, the house is in disrepair, city wants housing there. Family is retirement age, I do a whole series on this channel about the why.

[@scottblodgett1536]

@@crazydave4455 sadly, the same thing is happening here in Michigan.

[@crazydave4455]

@@scottblodgett1536 Yeah it’s sad to see history erased. This sat a few miles off the freeway, outside the twin cities metro area. Which makes the land value crazy, if it was in a rural location the outcome would be different.

[@dougtheviking6503]

Put some tin on that roof. One side a year. ... Save her ??????

[@crazydave4455]

Unfortunately it’s gone. A road runs right through its former location now. The story is in the videos on this channel. Salvaged what we could of it.

[@edf7008]

Sad that dairying is dying on small farms...

[@tysonwalsh8193]

Cat tunnels know

[@bakersakers953]

I'd give my left finger for that barn

[@WickedZZzY]

Nothing quite so shameful as tearing down something so no future generations get to see it...

[@crazydave4455]

The city/county wants a dense tax base and government almost always gets its way….