20261109 - Up in the am and dropped eBay shipments off at the shipper x as nd then on to Levi Wentland’s where we transferred my tools into his daughter’s sprinter van and headed up to the Farm. We stopped at the Farmhouse when we got there and dropped off a workbench and some lamps I got at an auction over the weekend. Then out to the barn where we made a slight dent in the bin clean out and then in to look at some rafters and how we might be able to stabilize them for the winter. We then started work on the pole barn wall. The new spark plug fired the chainsaw up and I cut out the rest of the beam while Levi dismantled the wall panels and pulled nails. In to the Farmhouse for lunch with Gma&paW. There was way too much food but it was good. At the end of lunch Ronny Elchelberger, a historic cemetery restoration expert arrived and we discussed fixing up the old family cemetery. I gave Levi a tour and took pics for future projects and Gma&paW took Ronnie up to the cemetery.
Back out to the barn and Levi and got all the old beams pulled out from the pile so we could focus on salvaging the barn siding. It was getting late so we shifted gears and got the gate rehung where the cows came out of the milking parlo and then got a tarp over it to keep out winter wind. We constructed it in such a way that the gate still opens and can be fastened from the inside.
