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Your on the right track. I've pulled down several and the sawsall is the handiest tool you'll have on site. A flat 18" pry bar, and big hammer is just about the only other tools needed. You didn't say but if metal siding nailed on, get one of those "cats claws". Its a short (6-8") nail puller bent 90 deg on the end. Start the nails by lightly hammering the claw, on then pull with hammer. Don't pry on the nails, it will only distoret the metal. If its a T&G wood siding use the flat prybar to seperate it from the stringers and cut nails. I did one like this and found it was best to go the whole lenght of the wall on the base, stringers and top rail, then go back and cut them loose, base, stringers, top and let my helper grabe them as the last nail was cut on the top run. Saved 90+ percent. Pounding on them will do noithin but break the T&G part. Another tip, work from the top down. The first one we did we took all the siding off first and that made for one wobbly job up top. Next (and every other) we took the roof off, droped the trusses, then the walls. Much, much eaiser. If you plan to save post, you'll need a rig capible of pullin them. We used a case teratrack loader. If there set in concret, plan on doin some digin. PS - your goin need a bunch of blades for that sawsall if they used harden nails, which, I bet they did.
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