bunyip
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Pallet forks on the FEL?
Barn loft uses... not hay
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Pallet forks on the FEL?
Fuddy1952
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Just don't goof like I did making steps over a foot tall! 
Thinking more on the electric winch raising about a 4'x4' platform up thru a trapdoor in the ceiling. Thought the old pulley and rope on the outside would work too.
Fuddy1952
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Where I grew up my Granddad built a small barn like this in 1942. I wish I was there to take a picture, I'm terrible at sketches. The main section is 2 story cinder block I'm guessing about 30'x20' deep. Either side is like a wood pole shed. Bottom double doors and upper have windows, each bay window in back , windows in front and back of middle section, so plenty of light.
Roof overhangs about 6ft. so even with doors open no rain/snow.
Top roof where loft doors are that section you walk out, almost level. There's a 8x8 post out about 8ft with pulley and rope.
Bays for tractor, equipment, 2 cars.
Roof overhangs about 6ft. so even with doors open no rain/snow.
Top roof where loft doors are that section you walk out, almost level. There's a 8x8 post out about 8ft with pulley and rope.
Bays for tractor, equipment, 2 cars.
oosik
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When we moved down here from Alaska there was an old two story barn - from the original homesteader. Sold that old barn to a contractor who used the wood in some fancy-dan rec room in an uber expensive house in Spokane. Wish, now, that I had that old barn. I live so far out in the stick here - the upper floor would have been a good place for my still.
KYErik
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I have an old 36' x 36' barn with a full hay loft. I place all sorts of spare parts, lumber, tin and misc things up there that I seldomly need. About once a month I will climb that ladder and retrieve some "treasure" for a project or repair. I even have a car engine, a 275 gallon tote and a "spare" riding lawnmower up there (the loft door is 44" wide and I use my tractor loader and front forks to lift big items up there).
bigtiller
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My Dr. turned his unused haymow into a party barn. He has a bar, several tables, pool table, air hockey, pinball machines, etc. He even has a porta-potty just outside the door a few feet.
Now, there's a thought! Father-in-Law had his woodshop in his. All his equipment could be bolted down instead of being moved and in the way when they were in his garage.
Larry Caldwell
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Lofts are cute, but expensive and useless. Build a building you can drive into, for hay, equipment, parts, or shop use.
