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.

 

[MossRoad]

I'd pay to have it done. Make sure the building mover has insurance. $1800 is a small price to pay for that job.

 

[JPRambo]

$1800 is not bad if in good shape. I just built a 16' x 16' very simple shed. It cost me $2500. No windows or inside wall coverings.

 

[sunandsand]

I'd let him do it . . .

Presumably he has the equipment, the experience and the INSURANCE so if anything unexpected happens, you aren't on the hook and don't get to explain it to the local gendarmes or the judge.

He'll also place it exactly where you want it, you won't have to wrestle it around or risk damaging it or hurting yourself or anyone helping you.

I paid $5K to move a house about two miles through a town some years back, it was worth it.

Best Regards,

Mike/Florida

 

[Jstpssng]

$1800 is not bad if in good shape. I just built a 16' x 16' very simple shed. It cost me $2500. No windows or inside wall coverings.

That's just to move it. He also apparently needs to buy the building.

 

[fishdrivel]

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?

Roughly 30 tons!

Hey Y'all, watch this!

 

[4570Man]

Roughly 30 tons!

Hey Y'all, watch this!

A shed that size isn’t even close to 30 tons.

 

[fishdrivel]

A shed that size isn’t even close to 30 tons.

Maybe. I used previous posters 120 pounds per square foot and did the math.

 

[4570Man]

Maybe. I used previous posters 120 pounds per square foot and did the math.

His math is wrong. They deliver those buildings on 14k 16k and occasionally 20k trailers.

 

[3Ts]

I have a 24' x 36' house shell that calculated out to be 21,120# not including the slab. That means no floor, no interior drywall, cabinetry, etc. Whether your building is 10 tons or 30 tons, it is way over what your trailer is rated for and way bigger than your trailer. How are you going to hold it up and balance it on your trailer? I assume you'll have to get some I-beams to do that, so how much is that going to cost? I think you'll end up spending the $1800 whether you do it or you have someone else do it.

Can you dismantle it to move it?

 

[4570Man]

Are you sure the shed is one piece? That building might have started life as a 14x18.