Barn Down!

The demolition crew began work on Monday of this week.  The first order of business was to remove the barn siding, much of which will be recycled into siding and flooring for the cabin.  By the end of the day on Tuesday, the siding was nearly all gone:

On Wednesday morning the guys cut out a few of the cross members.  By midday the barn was ready to come down.  They looped a cable around a couple of studs, hooked the cable to my tractor, and I pulled.  Without much effort at all, everything came crashing down.  (Sorry, no video--I was on the tractor!) All that was left was a flat pile of lumber and roofing:

Over the next couple of days he crew will remove the roofing material and begin sorting out the lumber.  When everything that can be recovered has been, the remainder will be burned.  THAT should be pretty spectacular!  Then the recovered wood will be hauled off to be dried and milled.