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Thanks. My fingers are crossed for a quick sale. Now that the decision is set in stone we are eager to move on.

Actually I just 'filled' my phone last night and ran out of storage taking some pics. I don't think I've ever deleted a pic and I won't buy into 'the cloud'. Here's one that shows the gist of it. Place goes live on the market tomorrow.

Ha I'll try to get a fresh shot today. But essentially this without the junk. Never did anything to the hayshed and it's still standing and sheltering hay.

Thanks Gary. Yes I am very good at 'groundy' type work, I was designed for lifting things. By the end of today it should be wiped out. Because I never got the last vertical wall section yesterday, to my wife and daughter it looked like I didn't do much. :whine:

Yah I'll burn everything I don't re-use.

Well. The cleanup is going strongly. I worked at it Friday and then on Monday. Had a stellar weekend of family events and visiting whatnot. So not bad for two days. Today a buddy of mine is coming out and I hope to have it mostly all tidied up. Now a bunch of 'big' chunks I've managed to lift...

That nice wide open scenery here is a double edged sword at times like these. Now the pressure is on to cleanup this mess. Lol.

I just ended up ripping a few out with a rope on the front. And then I pushed it over from the back. Easy peasy. Yup I'll have a crap ton of crappy wood by the time it's all cleaned up.

So. A long and wet spring. But finally the day has come. I took it down by myself with my 35hp kubota. Had a couple of dicey moments, broke a rope, but in the end its toppled and quite neatly so far. I was hoping my strawberries wouldn't get crushed. :D Now the real fun begins.

Definetly going to try and salvage to reuse and sell what I can. I may even craft up a few things out of the old boards and horse shoes. Lots of yuppies around here, that may pay for coat hooks and what not like that. But I basically have to melt out and dry up before getting started. It's...

I find it kinda funny that Stigs two suggestions in this thread consist of insurance fraud and environmental disaster. Lol.

I won't be looking to pollute anything once a year. But I'm not saying it doesn't work. 1. I don't like to pollute. 2. I would never remember to do that.

Yah. Interesting thought. I'll have to check their overall condition. A couple atleast are pretty bad I think.

Excellent info, I was just assuming cement would be the way to go but that makes sense. There's a fairly large utility company in my nearby city, maybe I'll approach them about used poles and what they might recommend?

Ok. Thanks for all the input so far. This is what I was hoping for a bunch of ideas and hash it out some before taking the leap. I have considered just pulling/pushing the old barn over in one fell swoop. But it seems like for almost certain the roofing tin would be doneski, which it isn't...

Thanks. Yah it'll be a bit of a project. I like the bracing ideas, seems prudent. On the hayshed part. I wonder if some companies that do power poles might do pole replacement on something like this? Seems their equipment would be ideal.

Well. If y'all are interested I got a nice bridge for sale too. ;) locally I can't find anyone that's legit that is interested in a little old barn. I'm sure if I wanted to I get get flooded with random people wanting to 'take down' my barn. No thanks. I'll be doing it myself. Recycling what...

Yah I've had no luck with anyone at all local. It's fairly untraditional and smallish barn. There is no value to me of the big loft. Atleast none I've thought of yet. Two miniature donkeys are all that use that barn. My horse setup is on the other side of the property. Different, better and...

Yah the guy who is going to help me with it for. Some of the wood is planning to re-sell it. In my area I've seen barn wood valued anywhere from $1-$15 a linear ft. So I do see the value in it. The value to me is having a rustic looking new structure by re-using a bunch.

That is what I was kind of thinking to do after I'd stripped the roof and siding. Assuming it doesn't fall down in its own first.