Unreal, so you were monitoring and repairing as you saw it needed and it still came down. The same barn in the photo, the part that did not collapse, and was in much worse shape, I repaired the trusses, which mind you were beyond saving in my mind, held with an awful snow load in '11, when so many barns came down, new and old. I was in there, rushing to stabilize it, get help to get the snow off above and I could hear noises. I just hoped it did not come down on top of me. There was a sag, I was able to shore it up, and that repair was improved. Its still holding too, but the darned thing has outlived its useful life in a sense. At least the front 2/3rds should hold, one thing is for sure, if I ever have to deal with another one like ours, its coming down. The work and the risk of injury or worse to make these kinds of repairs, its like polishing the proverbial t_rd. I used to think some of these kinds were always worth repairing, not always the case. We can be thankful that this one was made whole again, but that back 3rd is going to come back on us someday for sure. Few more of the rebuild, darned miserable work and this barn bites, I gouged my leg open like a chainsaw would, then had to go work my 2nd job before I could get stitched up, I really needed to do that first, but the farmer I was driving for, early morning, evenings, he was not well and I was committed to make sure I got his work done too, bleeding or not, it meant a lot to me, never regretted helping him over the years for one second. Just makes for long days and hard work.
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