Renovating a former dairy barn to horse barn?

someones trash is someone Else's treasure so either get an auction company to sell it or put it on craigslist or ebay(saves you the cost of hauling it away)

i would rent or borrow a skid loader with a cement breaker for a week and go to town but you may have to have someone to haul it away for you,nothing gets out aggression more than a cement breaker.

John r's always entertaining and full of good info.

Yep - mom attempted renovation but wasn't prepared for the work or cost.

Market for old stuff - being a classic tractor afficionado, I'd say yes depending on what it is. Determine amount and type of stuff - then visit YesterdaysTractors.com - put out a notice and see what reply you get. If you have all the same type and tractors appear to be whole but maybe not run, you never know what you've got. If you don't feel capable of doing this nor wish to take the time, do as John R says - call an auctioneer or junk man to come get. However, with the price of steel right now, you might benefit from doing the work. Dad just junked two old dump trucks here in Michigan - he had to cut them up to get the best price, but he got $200 per ton and took in a bit over 10 tons - That's a couple grand you could use for paying for the renovation if you've the time and ability to junk it yourself.....

Second - the major thing I remember about the dairy barn was the uneven floor and manure trenches. These would need to be filled in or the whole floor taken out or something to avoid safety issues in the footing. Although dirt flooring is best, unless the horses are standing on it 24/7, cement floors are OK with enough rubber mats and bedding. I think hiring it out (unless you're close to John R and he's wiling to hire) may be quite costly. I'd do it myself if it were me and I had the money. Any demolition/construction company should be able to give you estimates of cost. Surely you've considered whether you'll build stalls from scratch or purchase stall kits....

Good luck! Sounds like fun - if ya find and Allis Chalmers 303 baler (or other Allis equi[ment) and you're close to Michigan I might be interested!).

Hi I have done a few barns. It is costly.First is cleaning like the other people say place an add.Craigslist news papers Ebay and so on .If you want to do the job your self or just watch your hubby do it .Take out the floor break it up take it out side .You can ask your town if you can barry it on site.I used my old floor for driveway into the Pasteur where i had mud problems. I mix with gravel and I filled in the water erosion.In the stalls put 6" of11/4 stone then 4"of3/4 process and then rubber mates.The mates came from the corey 36" conveyor belt I used 4 rolls cut to fit each stall and middle walk way and wash stall.Depending on your barn like someone said there not much room In hit and from wall to wall .I have a 9' x12' stall.The first barn I did had 10'x12'I don't know if this helps or not but good luck.If your in connecticut I'll help out if needed

yes, my first boarding business endeavor was a converted cow barn. We gutted it, jack hammered out the concrete floor. We build 6 stalls using railroad ties as stall boarders and tongue and groove 1x 6's for the backs of the walls and pre-fab sides and fronts with sliding doors. My biggest complaint I have with converting cow barns is the low ceilings. Its a huge job to raise or vault it so you have more room....what we did was lower the floor so it was a walk down into barn.

Hi there

Have a farm auction,telling them everything must go,theres money in srcap metal so you could also get in touch with a scrap merchant make a little money.

We are also doing the same thing for winter,its a big project but it will be worth it.

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