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Oct 21, 2021 15:24:31 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 21, 2021 15:24:31 GMT
Here is a round one for you, Buckskin. I bet a lot of head scratching went in to getting the rafters and sheeting figured out on that roof. |
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Post by whippet on Oct 21, 2021 15:43:17 GMT
The carpenter was showing out on this barn as it is Gambrel Roof in both directions; you don't see many like it around here.  There is an old housing estate a couple of miles from where I live. They were known as Dutch barn houses, as the roofs were the same as this, as are the barns in Holland. |
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Post by hmca on Oct 21, 2021 16:21:45 GMT
Nice job removing the electric pole and wires especially like this one.  |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 21, 2021 17:06:00 GMT
The carpenter was showing out on this barn as it is Gambrel Roof in both directions; you don't see many like it around here. There is an old housing estate a couple of miles from where I live. They were known as Dutch barn houses, as the roofs were the same as this, as are the barns in Holland. I have already been puzzling over this and after what you said, I am fairly sure I am puzzling in the right direction. This may very well be a Gambrel Roof; however, on closer examination, there are distinct style differences between this style roof and the more common Gambrel style. This style of roof sort of "peaks up" at the top and then more or less "rounds over" all the way down to "flare" at the bottom. Most Gambrel roofs lack that peaking of the crest, lack the curvature, breaking at an angle instead, and also lack the flare at the bottom. Thank you so much for your comment as it confirms my suspicions that this either is not a Gambrel Roof, or it is and the others are not and are something else. I was going to do some outside chores, but that will have to wait as I get to the bottom of this roof business. |
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Oct 22, 2021 18:06:09 GMT
Post by BuckSkin on Oct 22, 2021 18:06:09 GMT
This farm is located on the North (East) side of Ky Hwy 100, in the NorthEast corner of Hwy 100 and Grinstaff Road, near the Freetown community.(Google it) Photo Taken from a Moving Vehicle Westbound KY Hwy 100 Gamaliel - Monroe County Cumberland River Ferry Roadtrip Wednesday_10-June-2020 This photo is a good example of the "record player" effect, caused when the camera is in a 40-mph vehicle and the focus is on a subject at some distance; the shutter speed was a bit slow as well. The white blur in the foreground is a huge plastic sock full of rolled hay. I have had occasion to help in creating these long tubes of hay and will soon post some photos showing the process. Unlike what one would first assume, the continuous tube is created as the machine moves along. The only limits to the length of these tubes are fences and property lines; one could actually begin at the Atlantic and create a hay-filled tube that would reach to the Pacific. Inside these tubes, the hay goes through a fermenting process and becomes "haylage" There are actually two silos; one has managed to completely hide itself behind the other.  |
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Post by whippet on Oct 22, 2021 19:32:32 GMT
Your hay filled tube, immediately brought to my mind, the making of sausages. This was the machine they used in the 1800's. The skin was stretched over the tube, and when the machine was activated, the meat travelled down, and into the skin. So that length could go on and on. If there was a long enough skin.  Sausage machine on left.  |
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Oct 23, 2021 1:24:47 GMT
Post by BuckSkin on Oct 23, 2021 1:24:47 GMT
This vine-covered barn is located on the North side of Ky Hwy 100, just East of Combs Road, near the Freetown community. Satellite view shows the field adjacent to the barn to be covered in a grid pattern of numerous tiny white squares. Two things come to mind to explain the white squares, fighting rooster hutches or bee hives; there are more rooster fighters in Kentucky than bee keepers, so they are most likely rooster hutches. I bet there are snakes in that barn old enough to be on canes. Photo Taken from a Moving Vehicle Westbound KY Hwy 100 Gamaliel - Monroe County Cumberland River Ferry Roadtrip Wednesday_10-June-2020 I wish these had turned out better; I had been out of the vehicle in a dark shadowy wooded graveyard, lowered the shutter speed, and forgot to raise it back until a few miles down the road.   |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 23, 2021 1:45:39 GMT
This is the same barn, from a different angle, as pictured here: photoshopelementsandmore.com/post/88143 Hall Brother's Farm Just North of Green River Bridge on the West side of KY Hwy 55, adjacent to Tebb's Bend Battlefield. Taylor County, Kentucky 08-September-2018  |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 23, 2021 2:07:22 GMT
West side of KY Hwy 619 Russell County 16-November-2016 Photos taken from the cab of a Massey Ferguson 4243     |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 28, 2021 5:46:32 GMT
This barn is on the South side of Merrimac Road, in the East corner of the Raikes Hill Road intersection. 2018 Merrimac Mule Day Merrimac, Kentucky North-Eastern Taylor County At the confluence of Taylor, Marion, and Casey Counties 05-August-2018  Next three photos are the same barn from different sides and different vantage points. These three photos were taken from a wagon behind a team of mules, Jenn and Jude, from Sonora.    |
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Oct 29, 2021 7:24:37 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 29, 2021 7:24:37 GMT
Raikes Hill Road This barn is at the summit of Raikes Hill, across the road from Raikes Hill Baptist Church. Photo taken from a wagon behind a team of mules, Jenn and Jude, who hail from Sonora. 2018 Merrimac Mule Day Merrimac, Kentucky North-Eastern Taylor County At the confluence of Taylor, Marion, and Casey Counties 05-August-2018 I hope you like it.    |
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Nov 2, 2021 0:48:25 GMT
Post by BuckSkin on Nov 2, 2021 0:48:25 GMT
Across the forks of the road from Raikes Hill Baptist Church, at the four-mile marker on KY Hwy 659. This is the summit of Raikes Hill; it is downhill any way you go from here. Take note of the R-model Mack. Although for some unknown reason I didn't get a photo, this same place one year later was abandoned; not a thing you see here in 2018 was still there in 2019; it's as if it all just vanquished into thin air. This photo was taken from a team-wagon behind mule team Jenn and Jude; they hail from Sonora, Kentucky. 2018 Merrimac Mule Day Raikes Hill Road North-Eastern Taylor County At the confluence of Taylor, Marion, and Casey Counties 05-August-2018  |
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Nov 6, 2021 10:25:41 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 6, 2021 10:25:41 GMT
Outbuilding on Merrimac Hill Merrimac Hill North-Eastern Taylor County At the confluence of Taylor, Marion, and Casey Counties 05-August-2018  |
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Post by hmca on Nov 6, 2021 14:23:28 GMT
Like the winding road with the person and that red truck at the end. Nice one!
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Nov 6, 2021 17:36:13 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 6, 2021 17:36:13 GMT
Like the winding road with the person and that red truck at the end. Nice one! If you look closely, there is a horse-drawn (mule-drawn) walking plow laying against the building. A walking plow as opposed to a riding plow; a riding plow has a seat and you sit and ride; a walking plow is just that; you hold the handles to guide it and must walk behind it. A bit about plowing: you must plow in the same direction with each pass; unless you want to carry the plow back to the other end of the field with each pass, you start either in the middle and work your way outside; or, start at the outside edge, then walk to the opposite edge for your return pass, and work you way toward the center. In great big huge fields, you would do this in smaller sections, called "lands"; old experienced daddy would "lay off the lands", then hand the mule(s) over to son while he goes off to the store to get drunk and tell tales with all the rest of the loafers. (or go keep company with the neighbor whose husband won't get off from the sawmill 'til after dark and has a two hour walk home) As you throw the dirt over, depending on how deep you are plowing, you must leave from two to six inches of uncut dirt connected between each furrow, so that it will lay over nicely and not just be a loose mess; this is not nearly so easy as it sounds; especially when you must stop every few feet and dig out big rocks and toss them aside, and take the chopping axe and cut big roots out of the way. (the mule gets to rest while you are doing this; you don't) A good mule will help in this endeavor by always following the line cut by the previous pass. |
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