Moving 16x12 shed on car trailer.

[2manyrocks]

There were some young guys who were intentionally messing things up for the video camera and evidently making some money at it with some discussion whether it was worth it given the damage to their bodies.

Hopefully, it will go with no real problems.

 

[Ryan03]

The move is done, and the barn is in my back yard now. It is still on the trailer, as I am pretty spent from a hard day of lugging oak 8x8's, jacks, logs, chains, etc. I took lots of pics, and my wife shot a 5 or so minute video of it going down the road, and me placing it in the backyard. The damage to the building was limited to a couple of shingles from tree branches.

The hardest part was lifting the building the final foot in the air, as once you have say 24 inches of blocking under it, a strong breeze could nock it over, and one actualy did once. Luckily nobody was injured, and the building and equipment were unharmed from the fall. The second attemp we were successful at raising the building to 34 inches all the way around.

I would say my guess on the building weight being around 2 to 3k was pretty low, as the suspension on the trailer was squatted pretty low as were the tires. Towing it, it felt more like 4 to 5k.

Pics and video to come in next day or two. Right now I am going to relax with a couple cold adult beverages.

 

[beenthere]

Good to hear of your success. Look forward to the pics and vid. :cool2:

 

[Bedlam]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: I am glad it went without any real bad times....:thumbsup:

 

[Scotty370]

Well, as usual, late to "the dance"! Congrats! My concerns were also, overhead wires, but apparently you "dun the deal........! ~Scotty

 

[2manyrocks]

Judging by your post and after having done this work, would it be fair to say that if you had the choice between paying a couple hundred for a rollback to winch it up and move it versus you doing it, you'd use the rollback?

I understand you didn't have a choice in this instance. Just trying to get your opinion on the amount of labor it takes to actually move one of these things.

 

[Ryan03]

Here are some pics as promised. In order from the begining

 

[Ryan03]

And some more.

 

[Ryan03]

A couple more. The last one is the supervisor giving her wave of approval.

 

[Ryan03]

Here are a few more random pics I snapped with my phone.