its a done deal.

rustred · Dec 8, 2023

100 years of history in the burn pile. just was too too rotten to save. nine o'clock this morning it was moving. i sure was surprised it stayed in one piece till it got off the yard. them dove tail corners i am sure did the trick. them old timers,... well probably they were
not old when it was built. dad told me it was built in 1930. they did a very good job on this building. hated to see it go but i cant save everything. thats the last original building to leave the family farm. them old logs were pretty hot but burnt pretty fast. not much left now and will scrape it up in the morning.

redtom · Dec 8, 2023

You're lucky you can still burn. I did an old barn and she'd both in similar shape as yours and a year later an old house in 93. Shortly after all burning of lumber was banned.

rustred · Dec 8, 2023

was was that?

rustred · Dec 8, 2023

after nov. 1st we dont need a burning permit, but i just do it . the more questions you ask the those county people the less you can do.. pretty hard to stop you once the job is done. plus today the fire was so hot they was nothing much for smoke to alert people.

Chester5731 · Dec 8, 2023

Too bad it hadn t been better cared for.

Gary Reif · Dec 8, 2023

Interesting, we've needed a permit in our area for several years. Here doing a large open burn like that without a permit would likely get you a visit from the local rural fire chief and the sheriff, but like you said what are the going to do once the fire is going full blast. We've had several burn bans here lately because of the dry conditions.

RedMF40 · Dec 8, 2023

That big CAT probably didn't know anything was in front of it. Hard to save everything, sometimes you have to clear things out.
Gerrit

RESLLS · Dec 9, 2023

In Tennessee you need a permit from Oct 15 to May 15. In the summer when it's hot and dry you can burn all you want without a permit. I can't figure that out. Fall, winter and spring it's usually more wet so fire wouldn't spread as easy.

BillinCentralMO · Dec 9, 2023

We had a nice old barn on the end of our farm. Estimated Cost of new roof was substantial. It was almost a mile from the house. No electric or water out there. It was built for horses. We had no use for it. It was surrounded by crop about six months a year. So we let it go. I wish I had saved a little more of the wood. Its hard to know what to do with them. We are saving the one right behind the house.

stevieb49829 · Dec 9, 2023

Most winter burn bans are for smoke management, and air quality, when inversions tend to keep the smoke near the ground. In other seasons, the unstable air masses rolling across the land help with venting smoke up into the atmosphere, where it mixes and disperses better. A lot of burning is now regulated as a response to people who have breathing problems and don't want to suck in someone else's smoke. People still burn painted and treated wood, pumping a lot of toxins into the air. Steve

stevieb49829 · Dec 9, 2023

Two good reasons to burn at night. Hard to see the smoke, and cooler, damper conditions. However, the large glow on the horizon usually perks a few people up.

its a done deal.

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