Moving a shed

[ovrszd]

Don’t get too anxious,

It might just be a dream at this point.

I don't know you to be a dreamer.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I don't know you to be a dreamer.

Maybe a nightmare then

Course the other side of me just wants to retire and move to a more rural area. Then I could let someone else decide what they want done with the shed. In either case, the shed will get new siding even if it stays put.

Was looking for an overhead drone picture to show where to move it to but couldn’t find a good one. Grabbed this one, maybe put it below my barn where apple tree is. It never produced and might get pruned to the ground.

 

[ovrszd]

I've taken hundreds of Drone pics for people on their properties. I always tell them upfront, everyone is gonna see the stuff you tried to hide!!!

 

[jjeff]

Here's my 22x24 move it's also 14' high. prep, bracing with scrap steel angle iron, a welder, a couple wafer cutting wheels, a floor jack, a skid steer a tractor and luck.

 

[JDZ735M]

WOW! It really turned over!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

How far (in feet) you moving it? I have an idea.

Not sure..

Got a few options:

1. Add onto right side of barn with a lean to large enough to put camper in.
The best place would be to remove the lean to from behind it, and pull it back into that place. That would leave me enough room to get into an addition on the right side of the barn. Would require some buildup after removing the lean to.
Would be nice to keep it close to the existing driveway area. And close to keep power to it.

2. Nuke the whole shed and build another pole building where it is, that the camper would fit in.

3. Leave shed as is, fix it up with new siding, remove the junk that’s in it, and keep my camper outside as it’s been.

4. Get rid of camper.

5. Status quo.

 

[Hay Dude]

Not sure..

Got a few options:

1. Add onto right side of barn with a lean to large enough to put camper in.
The best place would be to remove the lean to from behind it, and pull it back into that place. That would leave me enough room to get into an addition on the right side of the barn. Would require some buildup after removing the lean to.
Would be nice to keep it close to the existing driveway area. And close to keep power to it.

2. Nuke the whole shed and build another pole building where it is, that the camper would fit in.

3. Leave shed as is, fix it up with new siding, remove the junk that’s in it, and keep my camper outside as it’s been.

4. Get rid of camper.

5. Status quo.

Reason I ask distance is because we have a couple locals that own smaller cranes, typically a tandem axle truck with a crane for tree work. They can be had pretty cheap if you let them come when they arent busy. We have moved a couple sheds this way with great success. Also use them to set large gen sets in back yards (right up and over the roof!)
I also dragged one. It worked, but it wasnt as easy as I thought and could pull the building out of square or cause damage.

With the cost of lumber, rebuilding is expensive and will take up a lot of your time. I mean the bones are there. So what if it needs new siding? Cheaper to move it than rebuild.

So if its a short move like 200’, a crane could work very nicely

 

[Thomas]

Brace shed well try rolling shed on logs,pipe etc. while ground frozen.

 

[EddieWalker]

In my opinion, the only challenge is if you can get it up in the air high enough to slide some skids under it. Or can you tunnel under it to slide some skids under it?

Once you get the skids under it, and I'm thinking that a pair of 6x6's will work, then it's just a matter of locking it all together.

I would leave the OSB on there for now. Maybe forever. It's ugly, but it's just a shed. Wrap the OSB with house wrap and install new siding over it once it's in the new location.

I would probably screw on some diagonal bracing to the outside of the OSB at each corner, into your studs, to lock it all together.

If it works, great. If it doesn't, gather up what's salvable and build it again. Or just burn it and move on to other projects. Just don't spend a bunch of money on moving it when it's overall value isn't significant.

 

[Hay Dude]

Yeah don’t remove OSB as it will keep the structure stiff if you move it.

 

[jjeff]

I'd probably get a box of Timberloks and use them.

 

[JDZ735M]

Not sure..

Got a few options:

1. Add onto right side of barn with a lean to large enough to put camper in.
The best place would be to remove the lean to from behind it, and pull it back into that place. That would leave me enough room to get into an addition on the right side of the barn. Would require some buildup after removing the lean to.
Would be nice to keep it close to the existing driveway area. And close to keep power to it.

2. Nuke the whole shed and build another pole building where it is, that the camper would fit in.

3. Leave shed as is, fix it up with new siding, remove the junk that’s in it, and keep my camper outside as it’s been.

4. Get rid of camper.

5. Status quo.

Have you thought about skinning the exterior with metal and building another lean to for the camper?

 

[Hay Dude]

I'd probably get a box of Timberloks and use them.

Love those things. Just went through a couple boxes on a project.

 

[not2old]

Years ago, my uncle moved a double garage with his Datsun pick-up. He scrounged some old telephone poles he cut up to roll it on after bracing the walls. Moved it about 75' with no help.

 

[Snobdds]

I moved a small cabin that was next to the big cabin I built. I just had to move it back 20 feet, but the ******* was heavy. Luckily the cabin was built on skids.

I bought a 15 ton chain winch for steering. I used floor jacks to jack up the cabin to put oil pipe under it. I wrapped the place in HD tie straps to keep it al together. I then had one person use the chain winch for steering to where I wanted it to go. I had a friend use the mini ex to push it back into it's place. It barely had enough power to push it.

It was a nerve racking day, but I got it.

From where it was, to where it went to...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

In my opinion, the only challenge is if you can get it up in the air high enough to slide some skids under it. Or can you tunnel under it to slide some skids under it?

Once you get the skids under it, and I'm thinking that a pair of 6x6's will work, then it's just a matter of locking it all together.

I would leave the OSB on there for now. Maybe forever. It's ugly, but it's just a shed. Wrap the OSB with house wrap and install new siding over it once it's in the new location.

I would probably screw on some diagonal bracing to the outside of the OSB at each corner, into your studs, to lock it all together.

If it works, great. If it doesn't, gather up what's salvable and build it again. Or just burn it and move on to other projects. Just don't spend a bunch of money on moving it when it's overall value isn't significant.

In the back, no problem, floor joists sit on the 4x6, which sit on 8” blocks. Might have to Jack up the 6x6 to lag down thru the 4x4 joist.

Those are some old pics, the siding is worse than shown in a few places.
Hardest part is removing the back lean to. It’s about 9 ft from back wall of shed to outside lean to header. I had guessed 10 ft. This weekend I hope to remove some stuff.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Have you thought about skinning the exterior with metal and building another lean to for the camper?

That’s essentially option 1. Lean to off the barn for the camper to go under, but the shed needs moved to get the camper into that area.

I used to fill rain barrels from just the front of the shed, until the plastic downspout broke. Amazing how much water came off that little area.
Once downspout broke, and lack of repair, the water did a number on the siding on that corner. That’s the worse part of the siding.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I moved a small cabin that was next to the big cabin I built. I just had to move it back 20 feet, but the ******* was heavy. Luckily the cabin was built on skids.

That looks heavy.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Behind the lean to I had added firewood storage area. It had roll roofing that blew off years ago and that roof rotted. Some of that firewood’s been there 24 yrs.
I used some this fall camping, most is still good.

Hope to get this cleaned out this weekend.

 

[Jstpssng]

I have a shed the same size which I've been thinking about moving, which looks very much like yours right down to the rotting OSB. The only difference is that I built it up high enough so that I can crawl underneath; and it's setting on 6x6 beams.
I built it for a temporary home in 2003, and haven't decided just what to do with it yet. It's all wired and would make a good shed if I get it on a more solid footing. I will probably take the OSB off to make sure that the frame beneath it is solid, then brace it to keep things from moving until I get it into place.