Locust tree vs shed

[ohiosam]

Last summer a wind storm came through and blew a locust tree across my shed.

 


Had a crane come in and remove the tree.


My slate guy is 78 years old. About 120 slate were damaged. 


The finished project. 

[Paul]

Wow, that's a massive tree! We have a lot of locust trees here in NJ, and their shallow roots sure make them vulnerable to falling. Great looking barn, and the slate sure gives it character. Speaking of character . .. a 78 yr old slate roofer . . . God bless him at that age. Looks like the damage could have been a lot worse. A few years ago I had a big maple split and the upper part of one trunk fell on my metal roofed garage . . . the crane operator told me just that section was over 5000 lbs. Amazing what that kind of weight can do. Your barn looks good a new, and I imagine you've got at least a year of excellent firewood!

[ohiosam]

I got lucky, the only structural damage was a broken 2x6 rafter. A little history of the building. My grandpa built a new barn in 1913, the old barn was torn down and moved to a neighboring farm and put back up. This shed was built partly on the foundation of the old barn which is why it has a bridge. It was cobbled together with a combination hewed and sawn beams, post and beam and stick built construction. I really was surprised how well it took the weight of the tree.

[tarnished]

OhSam, We should call you Mr. Lucky! Must have gone over slowly?? Can't see a metal pole barn holding up as well! Your roofing guy is great! Hope I can be doing that kind of stuff when I mature.   
What did you do for replacement slates? New or salvaged from a donor barn? Glad to see you repaired the slate. Most times arround here, they simply remove them all and install new tin roofing.   Nothing finer looking than a natural slate roof. And what wonderful designs they could do with them back then. Big $$ just to repair them now days, and replacing one is out of the question.
Are you talking about a bridge from what looks like an old "bank" into the new shed's upper level? (kinda under the limb in 1st pic?) What am I missing?
And firewood to boot! HooHoo!
John

[ohiosam]

I have bought slate at farm auctions over the years, still have 2-300 around. I have the big barn, this shed and a milkhouse with slate roofs. I did have slate on an old corn crib that I replace with steel, salvaged that slate.

Around here we call banks bridges, I think it's a German thing.

[tarnished]

Sam: Smart save. Most time see them go for painting and hanging on a wall in an antique shop. Good you were able to find someone who knows how to reinstall them. That art is disappearing also.
Thanks for learning me on the "bridges"! Had not heard them called that. Just called "bank" barn around here. Now I know! :-)
John

[BSAschields]

WOW Glad it wasnt worse Looks good again. Did they have to remove the door to replace the side ?

[ohiosam]

The door track was bent, it was the old flat track. The new track doesn't work well with the doors made with tongue and groove barn siding so a new door was made with metal siding.

[ohiosam]

Finally got a week of dry weather so we put a coat of paint on it.