moving a building

[timswi]

Pay the man. The pros have articulating trailers and mules to safely move large buildings and can place them on a bulls eye. I've had them move buildings for me many times and worth every penny.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

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?

Only $1800 to move it? Why consider doing it yourself.

 

[MossRoad]

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

Maybe he's taking the concrete slab, too.

 

[metalbender]

$1800, pay the price, have a beer when they get it to your location.

 

[woody]

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

I was told that but after doing some research I found 20 pounds per square foot to be more realistic if the inside is not finished. I figure about 11,000 pounds.

 

[bigtiller]

Another concern is the concrete slab.

If you pour the slab in preparation for the building, make sure it can handle the weight while the trailer it is delivered on rolls over it.

That's a lot of weight on 4 tiny tire patches. You will know in a couple years if the ground compaction and concrete strength is lacking.

 

[woody]

I was told by the building mover that he would have to check some data base to make sure it is paid off before he would agree to move it. Wish I could check it, I guess I'll wait till I hear from him. The building looks in good shape but it shows signs of being moved a few times when I asked him about it he said him and a buddy loaded it on a rollback but couldn't move it and the inside is partially finished.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

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.

portable Graceland building

Those look like nice buildings. Looks like about the biggest size they make.
They do a lot of rent to own, so yes, probably want to make sure it’s paid for.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

I moved my 12X16 this summer. NO WAY would I consider moving a 36' building. Especially with a trailer that much shorter than the building. Pay the man!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I want to move my 12x16 shed on my land. Unfortunately I did not build it with skids under it. I’m debating on ways to put skids under it so I can drag it.
I also need to remove a back lean-to shed from it first.

 

[MossRoad]

I want to move my 12x16 shed on my land. Unfortunately I did not build it with skids under it. I’m debating on ways to put skids under it so I can drag it.
I also need to remove a back lean-to shed from it first.

If it has a wooden floor, cut square holes in the floor for the jacks, lay in some pavers for footings for the jacks, install cross beams, and lift it up to slide skids under it. Repair the holes after the skids are installed and the jacks removed. Reuse the pavers in the garden.

 

[civilian]

If it has a wooden floor, cut square holes in the floor for the jacks, lay in some pavers for footings for the jacks, install cross beams, and lift it up to slide skids under it. Repair the holes after the skids are installed and the jacks removed. Reuse the pavers in the garden.

I did something similar to Moss's suggestion on a shed over a well pump. But there was no floor. Jon

 

[woody]

Those look like nice buildings. Looks like about the biggest size they make.
They do a lot of rent to own, so yes, probably want to make sure it’s paid for.

The building mover called me back and it seams there is over $12,000 still owed on the building. I Ran fast as I could!

 

[woody]

I want to move my 12x16 shed on my land. Unfortunately I did not build it with skids under it. I’m debating on ways to put skids under it so I can drag it.
I also need to remove a back lean-to shed from it first.

I have moved a couple of buildings that did not have skids, the smaller ones I dragged them on my trailer anyway, but the ones that were wider than my trailer I jacked up and backed the trailer under them. I have not tried it but that might be a good time to add the skids.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

I've got an old trailer made out of an old car lift. Remember the kind that had only one large cylinder in the center that pushed up from below floor? It don't have sides. Three old trailer house axles that have five hole wheels on them, 5 on 5 1/2. 14.5" wheels. Put a few buildings on it over the years.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

I'd just cut the length in half and load it up. Put it back together at my house. We moved old houses that way. Just cut it with a chain saw. Put the houses back together. Now they are several rent houses. Moved it all with an old ragly one ton and a home made trailer.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Maybe I’ll remove some flooring and pull skids under it, then can fasten to the skids. The building has blocks under to level it.

 

[MossRoad]

I'd line the interior with plastic and fill the building with spray foam. Then build an earthen dam around it, line it with plastic, fill it with water and float the building up. Slide some skids under it and drain the pond. Then use a torch to melt the spray foam.

Is it April yet?

 

[ovrszd]

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

It's gotta weigh 5 ton first.

 

[ovrszd]

As for permits. In the fine State of Missouri, if you hook a farm tractor to it no permits are needed.