Moving a Pole Barn
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jjcc246
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HERDFAN,That barn is going to topple as soon as you start moving it. Best thing to do it scrap it, salvage what you can and build a new one. I'm doing a 28' X 32' on a floating slab for myself right now and I'm figuring about $2500 for the concrete and stick built with metal roof and sides, 18' x 8' door and a 3' man door is about $6000 for all the material including roof trusses. If you salvage from your old barn you'll knock your price down quite a bit. But moving that one, by the time you buy the material to shore it up so it doesn't cave in you'll be half the cost of a new one. And then add labor to that. As said other posts, the process of building and materials has changed quite a bit. so if you build new you'll get a product that will last a lifetime with no rot. Do not put your poles, if you use them, in concrete. Just put stone in the bottom of the hole, drop your poles and fill around with dirt. Did that on my last barn (4' post holes) and had no problems. I compared prices to a Pole Barn and Stick Built and there's not a lot of difference in price. The advantage to the Stick Built is if you want it's easier to insulate and finish the inside. With a Pole Barn you can get away without concrete and just stone the inside if all your going to do is park your tractor in there. Like I said I'm in the process right now and just thought I'd offer my opinion.
It's simply not so. Listen, these old pole barns were well built by any standards. Granted every building can and will have it's issues but overall they're pretty solid. I'm moving a 26x32 right now for a guy. His truck and trailer, and his but, and I'm charging $25/hour for my labor plus expenses. This includes shoring it up, jacking it up to put it on his trailer, attaching it to the trailer, being present for the actual move, and setting it down at his place. This is an actual pole type building. With just the right amount of bracing it can be done very easily. I almost laughed when you said you were only going 100'. This one's going 6 miles. You might ask how I got it off it's current posts? I simply got everything rigged inside and jacked it up a bit. The posts slipped right up out of the ground a good 6". When they got that far I simply cut them off with a chain saw. Any questions?
