Moving a storage building

[Tractors4u]

The total height will not be any higher than an 18 wheeler. Once I make it around my house and clear my TV cable I should be fine.

 

[Evasive1]

When I was reading this I was thinking exactly what Jinman said.
Maybe some 1/2" rebar on the rails of the trailer would be enough to act as rollers and be easy to remove and put back in when it came time to pull the shed off.

 

[Tractors4u]

Last Sunday I ran out of time before I went to church to finish getting the shed on the trailer, plus I thought getting the tractor over to my place would make things go much quicker. We went and picked up my 4310 this afternoon and start to work on the shed. Not having the tires loaded, I thought the tractor might be too light in the rear to get the building up. The only ballast was my 5ft landscape box. To my surprise the loader picked the low end of the shed up effortlessly. We then slid a couple more 4X4s in to support the shed and we were on our way. My buddy that helped asked me if we would take my tractor back to the new shed location. I told him no because I had some things at the house I wanted to do with it. Besides, I planned on using the dozer to pull it off of the trailer.

 

[Tractors4u]

We used to large ratchet straps to secure the building down and we were on our way for a 10-12 mile trip across the county and right through town our redneck trailer trailer. Bobby was following behind me acting as a spotter and blocker when I needed to change lanes. At about mile 3 I looked and he had stopped and was running to pick something up. I stopped to see if things were falling out of the shed. Nope, the rear 4X4 had came out and slid down the road. Oops /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif . Nothing we can do at this point. We checked the straps and went on. We didn't have anymore problems the rest of the way. I am planning on building a house this year behind my grandmother's place so I decided to put this building behind her house until I get the house built. Before we unloaded we needed to level a spot.

 

[Tractors4u]

OK remember I decided to leave my tractor behind and remember that 4X4 that fell out. Now both are causing problems. I was planning on pulling the shed off the trailer with the dozer. When we loosened the straps the shed dropped at the rear of the trailer and the end of the shed is on the ground and the cross members on the bottom of the shed are dragging on the trailer frame. Just so happens that I saw a buddy of mine heading to his future home site where he has a JD 1050 with a loader. The day is saved. He takes his bucket and lifts the end of the building off of the ground. We put a long round fence post under the shed. We play connect the straps and wrap them around the shed and hook them to his loader bucket and he pulls the shed off of the trailer. As it comes off we set concrete blocks under it.

 

[Tractors4u]

Now all that is left to do is come back and level it up some.

 

[ikline]

When My dad sold his house he gave me his 18' X 10' gazebo. I had to move it from Reading PA to Harrisburg PA (approximately 40 miles). I called around and had a guy with a flatbed come and pick it up and drop it off at the new location. Took about 2 hours and $100.00. I thought it was well worth it. But then again I did not have my Tractor at the time. Nothing wrong with more seat time. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[mrcaptainbob]

My younger son moved an 8 x 10 with a tow-truck! Moved it about 8 miles, I'd bet. He said the police passed him by with a 'frown', but kept on goin'....

 

[markct]

whats so wrong with moving an 8x10, the police shouldnt have had any reason to give him a frown if it was tied down, 8ft is well within legal, 8 ft 6 inch is the max width your allowed with no permit. i assume by tow truck tho you mean a rollback truck not a wrecker and just dragging it on the road, in that case i can see there dissaproval! my father told me once about a friend of his back in the early 70s who dragged a decent sized chicken coop thru town with a big IH tractor, said it wore the skids down a decent amount but got the job done and no one had a problem with it since it caused no damage to the road or anything

 

[mrcaptainbob]

Yeah, well, it was a wrecker. H slung some chain under it and through the windows, hoisted it up and drove away. He manages to do the outrageous. And is usually successful!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif