dragging a metal carport with a tractor

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Mosey

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I have a post on this subject over on the CBN web site:

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.countrybynet.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=barns&Number=1562&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1&PHPSESSID=>moving a metal carport</A>
 
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I do not know how big this carport is, but if you have access to a farm wagon you may do this: Pull wagon into carport, lay wood beams of some sort across wagon and attack to carport posts. Pull wagon to new location.
 
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If that one's like the ones they have around here for sale at the used car places and such moving it's no big thing.

They use rebar with a small cross piece driven into the ground for anchors. All you have to do is on a calm day pull the anchors. Then use cable or wire and tie the corners together. Pretend you're measuring it for square. Use that as a guide for your wire or cables. Tie them diagonally.

If you want you can get some angle, say one and a half by eighth inch and use them and self tapping screws to tie the bases together. Then you just move it and put your anchors back in.

I once made a loafing shed moving system for a farmer. The problem with having a loafing shed in one place in the pasture is the livestock make a heckuva mess.

So it's advantageous to have them movable, sorta spread the mess around if you know what I mean.

He alread had the loafing sheds. I welded up two and a half inch pipe horizontal pieces on the back side which was the heaviest about six inches up off the ground.

When he decided to move a shed he'd back up the hay forks on the three point on his big Ford tractor. Using the hayforks he'd life the back of the shed. In the two and half inch horizontals I'd put he'd place two inch pipe inserts that had a trailer hub with a tire and wheel. He'd set it back down on the temporary axle. Then he'd move around to the front and pick that up with the hay fork and move the puppy to the new location.

You don't have to be that elaborate. But you can do something just as simple and neat. It's worth it to try cause when you've tried and it worked.......well, there's this grin. It starts about here and goes all the way to there.

I don't recommend taking it apart and putting it back up. If you do make sure you go through at least three Sharpies not only numbering the panels but putting alignment tics etc. A lot of work and not near as much fun as just whupping it soundly with a little thought./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
 
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Thanks for the help everyone! I'm confident now that I can move it, and have various techniques to try. I'll start with the "brace it up some and just drag it" method and if that doesn't work I'll try another method until something works!
 

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