Moving a 35x70x18 metal barn

[2manyrocks]

Great project. Way beyond the backyard shed move most of us would ever deal with.

I had a 10x16 wood shed moved via rollback recently. Too heavy to drag with my little CUT and the site sloped really badly. The driver of the rollback didn't have much trouble at all using his hydraulic bed to drop it on my piers. I was glad to pay him for saving me so much aggravation.

Will be looking for your post when you tell us what use you find for the old pad.

 

[LBrown59]

*I had a 10x16 wood shed moved via rollback recently. Too heavy to drag with my little CUT and the site sloped really badly. The driver of the rollback didn't have much trouble at all using his hydraulic bed to drop it on my piers. I was glad to pay him for saving me so much aggravation.

*Then you pretty much know what I'm getting into Monday getting an 8x10 building delivered on a rollback truck.

 

[RobS]

Impressive and fascinating project Patrick! There is an old barn down the street from me that they had up on cribbing. I thought it was going to be moved, but they just poured a new foundation under it. Interesting, none-the-less.

 

[EddieWalker]

Very impressive. Is this a different building then your metal shop that you are talking about in the other thread?

Do you sleep?

Eddie

 

[Egon]

Do you sleep?

Back when Pat was building his House??? myself and another fellow were always wondering what kind of signage he had so folks could find their way around. We finally figured out Pat himself carried a survival pack and would eat and sleep wherever he was at when hungry and tired. Every other day or so He'd stumble across the wash room and have a shower.

 

[patrick_g]

Excellent idea. Adding a little concrete should be no problem!

Adding a little concrete would be no problem but getting it so the joint didn't give balls a "funny" bounce might be another thing entirely. I suppose a little good engineering would keep the add-ons stable WRT the existing surface but getting the joint "invisiblel" to the ball stumps me so far.

Pat

 

[2manyrocks]

There are different size soccer fields for different levels of players. Does a tennis court have to be one size only? If you're just playing for fun, does it matter that much?

 

[LBrown59]

Unless the roll back truck was a free loan I think I would jack up the 8x10 and back my util trailer under it with some boards, used pallets, or ... to make cribbing and place the bld above the fenders when lowered down. Strap 'er down snug, drive carefully and reverse the process at the other end.

Of course if the truck was free and the driver helps load and unload that would beat jacking it up, supporting with cribbing, etc.
I hope your move goes as smoothly as mine did.
Pat

It almost didn't.
In fact the Building nearly failed to get here at all.
The roll back was following behind me in my Nissan pick up.
He was following me because he didn't have directions to where he was taking the building.
About 6 miles from here some woman yacking on a cell phone pulled from of A side street right out in front of me when I was practically right on top of her.
I slammed on the brakes and was almost sure I was going to get her broadside.
Fortunately I got stopped about 1 to 2 feet from the car.
She was so far out in front of me that I had to wait on her to back up to get out of my way before I could continue.
Thanks for wishing me luck getting the building here as you can see I sure needed it.
That was a close one and quite unnerving.

 

[LBrown59]

1*Great project. Way beyond the backyard shed move most of us would ever deal with.

2*I had a 10x16 wood shed moved via rollback recently. Too heavy to drag with my little CUT and the site sloped really badly. The driver of the rollback didn't have much trouble at all using his hydraulic bed to drop it on my piers. I was glad to pay him for saving me so much aggravation.

1*This can get pretty hairy too see post # 28.
2*Glad something like that didn't happen to you on the 10 x 16.

 

[patrick_g]

Very impressive. Is this a different building then your metal shop that you are talking about in the other thread?

Do you sleep?

Eddie

Yes Eddie, I sleep. I even watch TV in the evenings. I do try to be productive. You know... when I work, I works hard and then I stop for a while and then do it again.

I have just recently hired an assistant who is making a big difference, especially when handling heavy materials or doing other things that are better with an extra body. So, I work 8 hrs with my assistant and then he leaves and an hour or so later the welder shows up to work with me for 2-3 1/2 hours. The assistant takes the weekends off but the welder changes hats and comes to help me as a carpenter. Between the two of them they keep me busy.

Some weekends I have to work by myself but that is OK as I am used to it.

NAME GAME:

The building that was moved (35x70x18) used to be referred to as the red metal shop bld or variants thereof. Now it is THE RED BARN.

On the east end of my house is a 36x48 metal bld divided in half to make a 3 car garage on the east end (24x36 and a wood shop (24x36) between the garage and house. On the south side of the garage & shop and sharing a common 48 ft wall was my "tractor shed", 21x48 ft with one side open to the south. I am closing in the tractor shed and have renamed it to "metal shop" as that is my intended use.

The recently moved BARN will store the tractor, my trailers, implements, extra vehicles (dune buggy, Dakota, etc.) and the ex tractor shed will be THE METAL SHOP.

The posts are for separate projects or at least separate buildings as there is a connection between the projects. I need the barn to store the stuff currently in the shed so I have room to move around to install the drop ceiling in the metal shop.

Ahh, I see a point of potential confusion... Metal shop refers to the activity to be conducted not the material the bld is made of. The barn is an all metal bld with homebrew welded pipe trusses, purlins, and metal siding. The metal shop has factory made steel trusses and columns but otherwise is a wood structure and will be finished in vinyl siding to match the house and rest of the garage-wood shop.

Since the metal shop is wood construction I am using Hardy panel (fiber cement) in place of drywall to sheet te interior of the walls and ceilings to get good fire safety out of consideration for welding and grinding to be done.

As to Egon's humorous comments about me getting lost in the house while under construction...

The lead framer asked me one day when we were publishing maps. I said maps? What maps, I don't get it. He said maps of the house to hand out to the subs so they wouldn't get lost.

Egon's comments might make you think I had little opportunity to bathe but with 5 bathrooms (OK 4 1/2 since the one in the wood shop has only a shower and no tub), while wandering around in a daze bounding from project to project I had ample opportunity to stumble across a bathroom.

Got the wind braces finished last night in the RED BARN. Now to "polish" the dirt floor and move some stuff from the metal shop (to be) into the barn to gain room to manuever in the metal shop.

I built an accessory on the end of a HF shop crane that holds a 4x8 sheet (hardy panel) and lets you raise it up to the ceiling joists for fastening. Works like a charm but... it has to have open floor space to roll around.

Oh, in about the last 2-3 months of my activity I have lost a little weight. I was at 250-255 (260 sometimes) and now am at about 227 +/- and have to wear suspenders to keep my pants on.

Pat