Barns

[BuckSkin]

Oct 3, 2024 3:57:46 GMT pontiac1940 said:

Oct 3, 2024 0:12:14 GMT BuckSkin said:

The barn is 92-feet long; so, that should give an idea of just how tall it really is.

Wow, that's a large barn. Just for hay or animal barn as well? 

You can figure that any barn with a hay loft is a livestock barn; the cattle come in on the ground floor and the hay is tossed down from the loft above into hay mangers.

Without me driving out the long private road to get a closer look (said private road actually leaves the road I am on quite a distance ahead of where I am sitting in Powell Road taking the photos and sort of hooks back around to come at the barn from right of the photo), I highly suspect this to also be a Bank Barn with a mostly underground "basement" level.

If it truly is a Bank Barn, and I highly suspect it is, the cattle come into the lower "basement" level.

The ground level floor will be stout enough to drive a bulldozer or a loaded semi on.

There will be some hay storage on that ground level floor; but, the hay is mostly stored in the loft above.

There will be stalls and rooms on both sides of the alley on the ground floor for storing feed and gear, such as saddles and harness, and also where any horses will be stalled and any "special needs" cattle, such as a cow about to calve or a cow with a newborn calf, and probably a milk cow or two or three for kitchen milk.

When such a barn is full of cattle on the "basement" level, and several horses and other animals on the ground floor, and the loft is mostly full of hay, and the doors are shut, it can be ten below zero American outside and sixty degrees inside.

Quite often, the barn will be warmer than the house the farmer lives in.

[hmca]

Oct 3, 2024 4:32:48 GMT BuckSkin said:

When such a barn is full of cattle on the "basement" level, and several horses and other animals on the ground floor, and the loft is mostly full of hay, and the doors are shut, it can be ten below zero American outside and sixty degrees inside.

Interesting!

[pontiac1940]

Oct 3, 2024 4:32:48 GMT BuckSkin said:

You can figure that any barn with a hay loft is a livestock barn; the cattle come in on the ground floor and the hay is tossed down from the loft above into hay mangers.

Thanks. 

[BuckSkin]

Red Boiling Springs - Macon County - Tennessee
Saturday_07-September-2024

As seen from the car show parking field:

Red Boiling Springs Barn_M85-830870

Brown Metal Barn w/Corrals and Rolled Hay
On the hill sort of above and left of my viewpoint.
Barn fronts on TN52 which is  beyond the barn and not visible in the photo.

36.528137° North Parallel 85.830870° West Meridian 277.0632m 909'



3/10 of a mile(520-yards) apart and with a small lake between them, yet in the same field, is this barn.

Red Boiling Springs Barn_M85-835973

Brown Barn partially hidden by terrain and trees.
Lots of missing metal on both shed roofs.
Accessed from TN151
36.527281° North Parallel 85.835973° West Meridian 247.1928m 811'

This is a wood boxed barn that has been covered with metal siding.

[BuckSkin]

Red Boiling Springs - Macon County - Tennessee
Saturday_07-September-2024

As seen from the car show parking field:

Red Boiling Springs Barn_M85-834684

36.525062° North Parallel 85.834684° West Meridian 271.272m 890'

This is a classic wood boxed barn that has been covered with green 8-inch strips of 1970s Aluminum Siding which hasn't helped the looks of the barn at all.

It is situated in a large triangle of land that fronts on three roads; TN52, TN151, and a county road that makes the third leg of the triangle.

On this property and surrounding fields that I assume also belong to the same place are miles upon miles of white plastic "plank" fence.

[BuckSkin]

Red Boiling Springs - Macon County - Tennessee
Saturday_07-September-2024

Photo taken from the car show grounds.

Witcher Hollow Road Barn

There are several of these red and white barns along and on both sides of Witcher Hollow Road, all with the open-slatted ventilation under the eaves.

Check out Satellite View at these coordinates:
36.531225° -85.838971° 247.4976 m 812'

[pontiac1940]

Nov 14, 2024 5:48:24 GMT BuckSkin said:

Check out Satellite View at these coordinates:

Thanks for the coordinates. Fun to have a look around.

[BuckSkin]

Nov 14, 2024 17:37:03 GMT pontiac1940 said:

Thanks for the coordinates. Fun to have a look around.

I appreciate that you appreciate them.

I would burst into tears and have a nervous breakdown if something happened such that I could no longer use Google Earth Pro.

With FastStone, with a GPS stamped image, in the "Image Properties" window, under the EXIF tab, I go to the bottom and click the little blue globe; and, if it is not even Open, Google Earth Pro will instantly Open and zoom to the spot.

[pontiac1940]

Nov 14, 2024 17:50:09 GMT BuckSkin said:

With FastStone, with a GPS stamped image, in the "Image Properties" window, under the EXIF tab, I go to the bottom and click the little blue globe; and, if it is not even Open, Google Earth Pro will instantly Open and zoom to the spot.

I did not know that. My newer camera does not have GPS and I wish it did ... it's handy. My previous camera did record the coordinates  ... most of the time. 

[BuckSkin]

Nov 14, 2024 18:12:15 GMT pontiac1940 said:

My newer camera does not have GPS and I wish it did ... it's handy. My previous camera did record the coordinates

There is a work-around for cameras lacking GPS ability.

Easiest, if you still have your camera that does have GPS = set it to create a GPS Track Log when you go out to take pictures --- of course, you will need to carry the GPS-capable camera - it matters not whether there is a lens on it or not.

When you get back to the truck, turn the GPS Track Log off.

There are any number of programs that can use the Track Log to add the coordinates to the pictures from the non-GPS camera; my favorite is ExifToolGUI = a FREE Windows program that is wonderful.

If you have a "smart phone", it probably also has the capability to record a GPS Track Log and you can do the same thing.

Whether using the GPS-capable camera or a phone, all devices concerned need to have their clocks synchronized.

Also, most GPS-capable cameras have several different settings as to how often the camera communicates with the Satellites - many times, mine is seeing 27 or more Satellites - don't make the mistake of choosing a long duration = set it for the shortest duration possible --- I think my 7DMkII connects every second.

Having it connect as often as possible makes for more accurate information - and - if for whatever reason it were to temporarily lose signal, if it is connecting every second or less, you may never be aware that signal was lost.