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hillbillyOH

12-30-2006 13:27:03




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I recently ran into this photo on the weather site that I visit.

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Is the windmill here mounted on the roof? Is it going through the roof, running some sort of pump or something?

The pic is from ND, so I thought some of your guys out west might be able to tell me what's going on!

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Jim Johnson

12-31-2006 04:04:53




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:27:03  
Not really sure it isn't a retouched photo, kind of looks like it because there isn't anything around where it goes through the roof. And it would defeat it's purpose because the wooden stick that drives it would have to be allowed room to move and there isn't any room and if there was it would have rotted the roof away because of inattention tnat you can clearly see. Just my .02cents worth. Jim

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pal

12-30-2006 19:22:48




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:27:03  
Windmill to the ground, well (typically shallow, 3 foot or so across, 30 feet or so deep hole) right under it.

Neat pic.

Wonder how they sealed around the pump shaft? There is a wooden rod running from the windmill crankshaft down to the well. It goes up & down as the crankshaft turns.

Be interesting how the inspectors that be deal with such a thing today! They get nuts about a well within 50 feet of a building, much less a livestock building, much less the well inside the barn with the animals.

--->Paul

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sammy the RED

12-30-2006 19:09:26




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:27:03  
Very Cool Picture. ;o]



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Don L C

12-30-2006 18:23:27




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:27:03  
That windmill is planted firmly on the ground inside that barn , pumping water when needed.....the well is inside to help keep it from frezzing..... ...



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John S-B

12-30-2006 16:32:04




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:27:03  
Nice pic Hillbilly. Yeah, I would say thats running a pump to water livestock. That looks like a pretty remote location so that would be a cheaper alternative to running electric out there. BTW, I have some inlaws that live in Lebanon on top of that big hill so I get out your way a few times a year. I like that farm there at the bottom of the hill.



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Ron in AR

12-30-2006 15:46:21




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:27:03  
Hey Hillbilly, even though I call Arkansas home now, I was born and raised outside of Lisbon, Ohio. Still have lots of family out there. Miss some of my family, but don't miss any of that weather!



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hillbillyOH

12-30-2006 16:32:58




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 Re: barn question in reply to Ron in AR, 12-30-2006 15:46:21  
Hey Ron -- you'd probably be pretty comfortable in OH right now. We've been at 50+ degrees for the past few days.



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Ron in AR

12-30-2006 18:31:41




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 16:32:58  
But we both know that won't last! I moved here with a brand new winter coat five years ago. I've worn it once since then. I like that. Couldn't talk me into moving back for anything. Even with the drought we've been going thru here it couldn't make me want to move back. For those that like the cold weather, it's great, but I'm not one of those.



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Gene Dotson

12-30-2006 14:37:13




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:27:03  
Great picture hillbillyOh.

How many remember the pigeon tail roof extension? How many have actually uesd it as it was designed? I grew up making loose hay and have pulled many loads into the mow with the grapple forks.

I am just a little north of you, also a small town named De Graff... Gene



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Crem

12-30-2006 15:19:17




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 Re: barn question in reply to Gene Dotson, 12-30-2006 14:37:13  
I also pulled a lot of loads of loose hay into the hay mow as a kid driving a 9N Ford. When the hay load got up to the top it would trip the carrier so that the load would run down the track inside of the barn and then the guy on the wagon would pull the trip rope to release the load from the forks. Our carrier must have been worn as sometimes when the load got up to the top to the carrier it would trip to roll inside the barn but the catch on the pulley that latched into the carrier would unhook and the whole load would fall back down on the wagon. The guy down there was in trouble if he wasn't standing off to the side.

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old

12-30-2006 13:37:31




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:27:03  
I would say its built so the windmill goes all the way to the ground and they just roofed around it.



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RayP(MI)

12-30-2006 17:01:26




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 Re: barn question in reply to old, 12-30-2006 13:37:31  
Think old is probably right - a windmill would put some extreme forces on a roof, and unless the builder did an extraordinary manner of construction, it would likely not hold up. I vote for thru the roof to the ground.



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BillD1

12-30-2006 13:35:37




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:27:03  
Sure looks like it to me Hauled a coupula (SP) home from Indiana the same size as the one on the barn this week, still on the truck, need to recruit a crew to unload it. Where are you in Ohio?



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hillbillyOH

12-30-2006 13:48:05




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 Re: barn question in reply to BillD1, 12-30-2006 13:35:37  
I'm in SW OH, just outside of a little podunk called Middletown.

Where are you at?



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BillD1

12-30-2006 14:12:40




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:48:05  
An even smaller podunk named Hamersville in Brown county



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Ryan - WI

12-30-2006 13:32:30




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 Re: barn question in reply to hillbillyOH, 12-30-2006 13:27:03  
I imagine the purpose of the windmill was to pump water. When they put the addition on the barn, they built it around the windmill. Probably gave them a nice warm area to get water to give the livestock rather than being out in the weather in -30 degree windchills.



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BarryfromIA

12-30-2006 18:10:21




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 Re: barn question in reply to Ryan - WI, 12-30-2006 13:32:30  
One of the functions of the windmill was to provide a way to pull the pipe out of the well for service. Wonder how that worked in this case?



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