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Started by bull, October 13, 2011, 03:31:03 AM

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bull

October 13, 2011, 03:31:03 AM
Well this one was raised up about knee high and carried 115 feet by 350 volunteers. :o

In 1981, Herman Ostry and his wife, Donna, bought a farm a half mile outside of Bruno, Nebraska, a small community sixty miles west of Omaha. The property had a creek and came with a barn built in the 1920's. The barn floor was always wet and muddy. When the creek flooded in 1988, the barn ended up with 29 inches of water covering the floor. That was the last straw. Ostry needed to move it to higher ground.

On July 30, 1988, shortly before 11 a.m., a quick test lift was successfully made. Then, as local television cameras and 4,000 people from eleven states watched, 350 people moved the barn 115 feet south and 6 feet higher up a gentle slope and set it on its new foundation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o83W0gj_CRE

no318

#1
October 13, 2011, 06:39:33 AM
That is not far from me.  It was a pretty big deal.

PocketThunder

#2
October 13, 2011, 08:29:20 AM
Holy Cow!   :o

Now, being a Contruction Estimator by trade, i wonder how many man hours they had into preping that barn for the lift + the peoples time to move it.  VS.  The man hours to build a new one.... .??
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#3
October 13, 2011, 09:02:27 AM
Pretty cool to see a community come together like that.
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#4
October 13, 2011, 09:49:12 AM
That was cool.     :cheers:   
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Ponch ®

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October 13, 2011, 01:03:29 PM
Quote from: PocketThunder on October 13, 2011, 08:29:20 AM
Holy Cow!   :o

Now, being a Contruction Estimator by trade, i wonder how many man hours they had into preping that barn for the lift + the peoples time to move it.  VS.  The man hours to build a new one.... .??

probably besides the point for them. Kinda like how some non-car people don't understand why we spend so much time and money on old cars instead of just buying a new one...
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bull

#6
October 13, 2011, 04:25:59 PM
Quote from: Ponch ® on October 13, 2011, 01:03:29 PM
Quote from: PocketThunder on October 13, 2011, 08:29:20 AM
Holy Cow!   :o

Now, being a Contruction Estimator by trade, i wonder how many man hours they had into preping that barn for the lift + the peoples time to move it.  VS.  The man hours to build a new one.... .??

probably besides the point for them. Kinda like how some non-car people don't understand why we spend so much time and money on old cars instead of just buying a new one...

Whatever it cost it was evidentally a lot less than hiring a company to move it, according to some other info I read on it.

Tilar

#7
October 13, 2011, 05:31:21 PM
That's pretty cool.

Roughly 50 lbs per person. Hell if they could move that barn they could probably move Rosie O'Fatass.  :lol:
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1969chargerrtse

#8
October 13, 2011, 06:55:39 PM
Pretty cool.  Some people were just walking along, not really lifting.  :slap:
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sunfire69

#9
October 14, 2011, 07:35:31 AM
Plus...the labor was free.....and no materiels needed for a new barn..and a perfectly usable barn...( just in the wrong place) was reused...and wasn't simply wasted.....
Quote from: PocketThunder on October 13, 2011, 08:29:20 AM
Holy Cow!   :o

Now, being a Contruction Estimator by trade, i wonder how many man hours they had into preping that barn for the lift + the peoples time to move it.  VS.  The man hours to build a new one.... .??

Musicman

#10
October 14, 2011, 08:01:27 AM
That's great Bull! Old fashioned American Ingenuity and Community at it's best... Thanks for posting :2thumbs:

stripedelete

#11
October 14, 2011, 08:14:20 AM
It also illustrates that most barns are deceivingly light. (minus the slate roof)
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