moving a building

[woody]

okay this might end up in Hauling or Towing Something Wrong thread, but I was told about a deal on a 14 x 36 building, it's only 5.2 miles from my house and only 2 miles on a main highway the rest is a back road. The building mover wants 1800 dollars to move the building but I have a 14K 20 foot trailer and it sounds like a terrible idea for me to even consider but at 1800 dollar savings I am tempted. I could put an escort front and rear and would only be on main road 10 minutes at most, but would my rear tires even be on the ground?

 

[4570Man]

You could load cement bags in the front of the building to get suitable weight distribution.

 

[Have tractor did travel]

Figure 120 lbs per s.f. for a one story, framed, wood siding, building. This from forums on Journal of Light Construction website.

 

[WM75Guy]

How much do you want to spend on repairs to the building? Let the mover do it. You don't have the right equipment or permits.

 

[Jstpssng]

How tall is the building, and how much experience do you have moving something like that? Was it built to be moved, or something made on site which now needs to go? $1800 seems like a lot to me. I was given a price of $1000 to move my 12x32 foot building 15 miles, by somebody who does it for a living.

 

[Citydude]

The real question is what is the building made out of? Pole barn? Stick built?....

 

[BravoXray]

If you get it on a state highway, you're going to need O.D. permits and meet all the requirements that go with it.
Let the pro do it, it could end up costing you way more than $1800.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

You can load it more to the front over your tongue a little. Just see if you can center the building over trailer axles. You can always cut in half cross ways and haul as a two piece special.

Find someone with a longer gooseneck trailer.

Move it on a Sunday afternoon.

I've moved things like this. I wouldn't worry about permits. I've only bought permits to move my D 7 Cat. Pull it with a tractor and no permits required. Moved a few 14 x 80 trailer houses that way.

Rail road jacks work great, I have 6. You'll need every block and Jack you can find to raise it high enough in increments.

A bumper pull equipment trailer works. A trailer made to haul pipe will work.

 

[woody]

How tall is the building, and how much experience do you have moving something like that? Was it built to be moved, or something made on site which now needs to go? $1800 seems like a lot to me. I was given a price of $1000 to move my 12x32 foot building 15 miles, by somebody who does it for a living.

Not sure how tall it is but it is a single height, I have moved a few smaller buildings and gazebos, yes it is a portable Graceland building, I think for a $1000 I would let someone else move it.

The real question is what is the building made out of? Pole barn? Stick built?....

portable Graceland building

 

[woody]

I think I agree with WM75Guy I don't have the right equipment.