Shaun,

I began my full-time business restoring and moving barns a little over a year ago. I'm far from an expert, however I'll pass on some of my experience. My first dissassembly project was a barn 24'x36' 2 level, 4 bent. The roof was already removed. With 3 people and the assistance of a Lull forklift we had the structure down in a long weekend (3 days). A few more weekends and we had the bents disassembly and shipped off site. On a grander scale, we also moved a 42x76 Pennsylvania bank barn, 2 level, 6 bent, 2 granary outshots, and all the original stone. From start to finish 2 months with 6 day weeks. Same 3 people, same forklift. I spent 3 weeks of this time completely documenting and tagging every piece, about 350 in all. I would strongly recommend spending the time to document before any disassembly starts. Draw & tag every piece, even the rafters and their exact location.