Looking for stuff found inside an old barn.

[mikesmowers]

  I am starting to think about what kind of stuff would be found in an old barn. I figure an arc welder, air compressor and a cutting tourch I can probley find at Walthers, what about the little things like an old harness that would be hanging from a nail in the wall for 20 or so years. A stack of small squair hay bales, maybe a chain hoist hanging from the rafters, I may try to put in an old tractor that may have one of the rear wheels removed, and cannot forget several old tires, maybe a pick-up bed trailer.  I would like some of your ideas on what elece might be found in there and how to make/where to buy them.   Use your imigination or what have you seen that would make it look like it has been used for a lot of years.       Thanks,                Mike

[Anonymous]

The stalls for animals; I take it there won't be any at the time?

A rope hanging from the ceiling with some kind of hook at the end used for lifting hay bales would be nice.

[0-6-0]

Hello how about some hand tools rack, pitchfork, shovel, saw horses, old gas cans, rope, chain, truck parts, it can be endless. Hope this helps Frank

[mikesmowers]

  great stuff so far. As for the animals, there will not be any in the barn, mostly an old barn that is now being used for a shop area and storage.   Thanks so far, keep the ideas comming.               Mike

[Cox 47]

Most old barns end up with a couple of items of cast off furniture from the farm house,I have seen old licence plates from cars and trucks nailed to the walls,a lot of farmers had a workbench with a vice mounted on it,Old barrels with ground feed in them,A feed or seed corn company calender on the wall, just about anything around the farm or at least part of it might wind up in the barn.. Most farmers wouldn't weld in the barn due to the fire hazzard.....cox 47

[ndbprr]

Dependent on era barns stored crops upstairs so a conveyer either belt for hay or screw for corn or other grains. A horse drawn wagon, tractor. old car, some 55 gallon drums, a fuel oil tank for tractor fuel, cows if a dairy farm and in that case milk storage tanks and milking area.  And last but not least definitely a cat or two to control the rodents.

[emdgp92]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned the odd car hiding under a tarp! For years, my grandfather kept his state-issued car (he was a food inspector) in one of his barns. That wasn't the only thing kept in there--all sorts of tools, fence posts...oh, and junk.

[tomnoy3]

Google Image search "barn interior" I just did and there was tons of pictures.

-Tom

[secondhandmodeler]

An old wagon wheel on the wall.  Saw horses, two person hand saw.  Possibly an old school bell?  Wood burning stove, old appliances,  animal traps, fishing poles, row boat,tractor jack, lots and lots of chains.

My Grandmother sold her farm twenty years ago.  She has quite a few of these items in her garage right now.  I just tried to picture her garage when I rattled off this list!

[AltonFan]

Lanterns.

[Anonymous]

manure

 

[loathar]

A still...

[GraniteRailroader]

How about two teenagers in some hay?

 

 

 

 

[WCfan]

Here are 2 pictures of the inside of my Grand Fathers barn. What I see in old barns, especially for old ones that have no use any more, is allot of junk. Over the years other relatives store stuff there, odd ball stuff like bikes washing machines, lumber, ect. There also might be some old hay up in the loft. Other farm equipment might be stored there too such as old buckets, leather straps or possibly some old farm equipment. Another thing that might be found could be a well dug there for water. If you would like some more pictures of the interior and possibly of other builds you can Email me.

 

[john1947]

Old furniture,toys,an old bike or tricycle,boxes of paper,old plates,bowls,glasses,bottles,a dog or two,old table cloths w/holes,watering cans

 

John

[reklein]

If there's hay and livestock in the barn you probably won't find things that burn or make fire. On the farm I was raised on,there was a shop for mechanics which had the torch and welder and blacksmiths forge Etc. Then in a separte building, in our case an old wooden granary, which had all things related to fuels including barrels of oil and grease and pesicides, The actual fuel was in a couple of tanks mounted over six feet high at the bottom,one for diesel and one for Gas. This was in the late 40,s and early 50's. I see some old barns with vehicles and a lot of old horse tack,furniture etc,but rarely fuel or welders of any kind. By the way the shop and fuel shed were over a hundred feet from the barn. Sorry no pics I can put up here.

[cowman]

As mentioned above, if it was ever used for hay storage, get rid of the welder and torches.  A stack of lumber, pipes, old milk cans, old appliances, almost anything qualifies.

Have fun,

[IRONHORSE77]

Don't forget a good supply of pigeon crap under some rafters.

CHUCK

[jacon12]

and on the outside, signs for chewing tobacco... Levi Garrett, Red Man.  See Rock City on the roof.

JaRRell

[mlehman]

A manure spreader makes a very typical barn scene...and gives you a cue to what the brown stuff is that is laying around that twomule mentioned.

 

[leighant]

A big space for model trains...

Not a barn but the service department of Wayne Implement Company.. drill press built from a Rapido N scale coupler knuckle... pieces of farm equipment.. welding equipment...etc...LOTS of etc. 

There is a piece that goes into the draft gear box of a Kadee or MicroTrains coupler that somewhat resembles a horse collar.

[wm3798]

If the barn is long forgotten, how about a Model A peering out from under the kudzu?

Lee