cstocks
Platinum Member
My neighbor has two portable buildings on a lot that he has just sold and he needs to get them moved right away. He has two buildings, one 12x16 and the other 10x20. He wants to store one building on my three acre lot for about six months and he is giving me the other building for free. He and I have arranged to have them hauled over to my lot so transporting them is not the problem. The buildings are supposed to be off the lot by the end of next week and the ground has just dried out enough over the past few days to get the truck onto his lot to pick them up. The problem might be the weather. A front is supposed to be moving through and if it rains very much I am afraid the ground will be too wet for the truck to get to the buildings to pick them up. The truck is scheduled for Wed. or Thurs. so there is plenty of time for it to rain enough to complicate matters.
If it rains and the truck cannot drive onto the lot I am thinking about hooking up some chains or cables to my TC33D and dragging the buildings approx. 75-85 yds. to the front of the lot to where the truck can get to them.
So, here is my question. Can a portable building be dragged without damaging it? Both buildings are on skids and the skids run from end to end, so the game plan would be to hook up to the end of each building and pull it with my tractor. The ground is flat but not level so I don't know how much of a factor that will be. I don't have a clue how much either building weighs but I don't think weight will be a problem. I am just worried that I won't do it right or that I will tear the buildings up by dragging them.
Anyone have any experiences to relate or advice to offer?
If it rains and the truck cannot drive onto the lot I am thinking about hooking up some chains or cables to my TC33D and dragging the buildings approx. 75-85 yds. to the front of the lot to where the truck can get to them.
So, here is my question. Can a portable building be dragged without damaging it? Both buildings are on skids and the skids run from end to end, so the game plan would be to hook up to the end of each building and pull it with my tractor. The ground is flat but not level so I don't know how much of a factor that will be. I don't have a clue how much either building weighs but I don't think weight will be a problem. I am just worried that I won't do it right or that I will tear the buildings up by dragging them.
Anyone have any experiences to relate or advice to offer?