Our barn burnt down

[Honda400exrox]

Last night at 5:30 lightning struck our barn setting it on fire, we had 4 german shepard pups in there and 10 doberman pups and a mother and 2 horses, we got all the shepards, the horses but we could only get to the mother and the one pup it was too smokey to see anything in there so we couldnt do anything to save the other nine dobermans. In the top of the barn was my dads friends boats my uncles snowmobile and a go cart.

There were also 2 full BBQ tanks up there, the one blew up and blew the big front doors off the barn, the other went off at 10:30 at night and we cant even find it. When the first tank blew it sent a fireball at our house which is a good 50feet. The fire department was sprayin water on the garage and the house, while they were doing so the house roof and garage roof were sizziling.

The fire almost caught our garage on fire, but thankfully the out side of our shed is metal and concrete, but it still did some bad stuff to the garage. It messed up the door, melted the windows and cracked some, it warped the roof. We managed to get the dirtbikes out, because there is no insurance on them.

It was a crappy night:(

[Pappy]

thats sucks:(

when i was 14, i did not listen to my dad and i used a truck instead of a tractor to pull a hay wagon in the barn to unload it. the exhaust set the hay on the floor on fire and cooked the whole place. 2 40x80 bank barns with 30,000+ bales of hay and straw, 1 truck, the tack barn with all the tack and a small shed used to store hand tools, not too mention the tractor shed that had a restored 1957 chevy and 2 model B john deere tractors.

so i learned the hard way to listen and not elaborate on what i was told to do or why:p it would have been much easier to handle if it were an act of nature for me:p

Originally posted by Honda400exrox
Last night at 5:30 lightning struck our barn setting it on fire, we had 4 german shepard pups in there and 10 doberman pups and a mother and 2 horses, we got all the shepards, the horses but we could only get to the mother and the one pup it was too smokey to see anything in there so we couldnt do anything to save the other nine dobermans. In the top of the barn was my dads friends boats my uncles snowmobile and a go cart.

There were also 2 full BBQ tanks up there, the one blew up and blew the big front doors off the barn, the other went off at 10:30 at night and we cant even find it. When the first tank blew it sent a fireball at our house which is a good 50feet. The fire department was sprayin water on the garage and the house, while they were doing so the house roof and garage roof were sizziling.

The fire almost caught our garage on fire, but thankfully the out side of our shed is metal and concrete, but it still did some bad stuff to the garage. It messed up the door, melted the windows and cracked some, it warped the roof. We managed to get the dirtbikes out, because there is no insurance on them.

It was a crappy night:(

damn dude that really sucks, sorry to hear, maybe the insurance will give you a ton of money

[ShiftFMX]

I sorry to hear about you losses bro,

And someones gotta say it...Post some pics of the aftermath

[400exchick]

Jackson that's horrible!!! :eek2:

Hope everyone's alright.. sorry to hear about that!

[jrd426]

Originally posted by dvx400rider
damn dude that really sucks, sorry to hear, maybe the insurance will give you a ton of money thats sucks bro! you probably wont recieve any money from insurance because insurance companies dont cover acts of mother nature.besides,you cant put a price tag on the poor little puppys.

[Pappy]

Originally posted by jrd426
thats sucks bro! you probably wont recieve any money from insurance because insurance companies dont cover acts of mother nature.

:huh ummm yes they do

[Hon300ex]

wow that really sucks man..... sorry that you lost all that stuff

[JR3]

Originally posted by Pappy
:huh ummm yes they do

Pappy what is a tack barn

[watts16]

that sucks man




Originally posted by Pappy
:huh ummm yes they do


LOL thats what I wAs thinking.

[JRP]

sorry to hear about that man.:( :grr:

[440racer66]

man that must have sucked srry to hear that

[CDALEMX301]

Its called an act of god and yes they do cover it in a lot of cases you dont have to even pay a deductable....I hit a telephone pole with my truck in a snowstorm and it was considered an act of god

[300exQuadracer]

sorry to hear that bro we had the same thing happen about 5 years ago, electrical started the tool shed on fire, got the dog out but the john deere and 2 trailers and all of our tools burned up. The firemen had the fire allmost out when the pump they where using to pump out of our pond with tied up, and then we lost the whole barn till they got it going again
the worst part is not remebering everything that you have when you do your insurance. Imagine walking in and where everything should have been and write it down, i forgot to claim my chainsaw, small 4 drawer toolbox, and many other misc hand tools
you will go to use someting a year later and be like o i used to have that
good luck on the clean up and sorry to hear that

[bulkdriverlp]

tack is horse accesories, im clueless with the names of the stuff but like the leather stuff you put on horses to ride them. wow, let me keep goin on the stupidity, like bridals, bits, saddles, reins. i dunno. lmao

[Pappy]

yep, a tack barn is where all the horse "gear" is kept. we boarded 30 horses, 17 of which were in the barn (i got them out)


the only upside is that one of the horses i got out belonged to a pretty hot chic, and she rewarded me for saving the horse:devil:

I was the second in after my dad, i was not sure what to do, so i decided to go up stairs and try to open the big doors to the barn to let the smoke out, i burnt my hands trying that so i coudent, i alomost passed out from the smoke. After i realized if i got the 2 bug slideing doors open i would have killed my dad and the horses. I went out, got fresh air and came in, my mom was trying to find the puppies but my dad tourqued her out of there, as soon as my dad opend one of the doors the flames just went nuts.

[moto04racing]

Originally posted by Pappy
yep, a tack barn is where all the horse "gear" is kept. we boarded 30 horses, 17 of which were in the barn (i got them out)


the only upside is that one of the horses i got out belonged to a pretty hot chic, and she rewarded me for saving the horse:devil:

how was the "reward"

that really sucks dude

[Honda400exrox]

heres the 1st pic

[Honda400exrox]

inside

[Honda400exrox]

ill post more later

I think nacsracer027 had his barn or garage burn down a year ago or so...he had some crazy pictures I think

[Honda400exrox]

other side

[Honda400exrox]

heres the garage

[Punk'd]

WOW man.. Sorry for your loss:(

[Honda400exrox]

heres the on of the house, it almost caught fire

[MR.BIG]

Sorry dude that really sucks!

[Mean250r]

wow that sucks dude, sorry to hear you didnt get all the pups out, at least you got the horses tho. im very sorry for your loss

[Mxjunkie]

Are any of the dobermans ok? maybe they got out free

My dad opend the door then focused on the horses first, only one pup and the mom survied, we found the remains:( , they were only shy of 5 weeks old.

[MOFO]

Originally posted by banshee91
My dad opend the door then focused on the horses first, only one pup and the mom survied, we found the remains:( , they were only shy of 5 weeks old.

so is there a reason you have 2 user names? Just curious.

Originally posted by MOFO
so is there a reason you have 2 user names? Just curious.


Thats my bother ( Honda400exrox)

[MOFO]

Originally posted by banshee91
Thats my bother ( Honda400exrox)


No problem... had to ask. :cool:


BTW, sorry about your barn!

Originally posted by MOFO
No problem... had to ask. :cool:


BTW, sorry about your barn!

Thanks.

[LTZ400rider]

damn thats has to be real tough man, sorry about your animals. do you have any pics of the barn before it went down?

[Mxjunkie]

Originally posted by banshee91
My dad opend the door then focused on the horses first, only one pup and the mom survied, we found the remains:( , they were only shy of 5 weeks old.

Thats awful man :( poor pups

Ya, they were cute little guys.

Im sure we did but our normal laptop is being fixed, i should be able to get some when it comes back.

[fatkid400]

Sorry to hear about your loss.