City Farmer
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- Joined
- Jan 3, 2013
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- 528
- Location
- Chesterfield, Mi
- Tractor
- Ford 3000, 4400 & 4500TLB Case 830 Case 350 dozer
Hi all, I need to move a barn about 300’ to a pasture sometime soon. I have a few ideas but hopefully some of you can help me out and add to them.
The building is 10’x25’x50’ truss built 4’ on center with sheet metal on the roof and sides with some thin paneling on the inside. My plan is to re-enforce 4 trusses with 2x4’s and plywood. I have a huge pile of 16’-25’ long 6”x6” stashed away from a couple years ago. I’ll strap four to the bottom of the trusses and lift the building with 2 backhoes hitting at least 8 of the trusses in the process. One backhoe has a bad transmission so I have to chain them together and pull with a different machine. Everything is high, dry and perfectly flat.
The rest is just marking and drill holes for the new location, level and bolt to new posts. Does this sound realistic or am I in for a rude awakening? My buddies think I’m crazy and it won’t work. They want me to block it up and put it on my deckover trailer. I think blocking it up off a trailer deck 7’ would make things to flimsy when moving. A new building is out of the question because this building is perfect for the few animals we plan to have.
Thanks in advance. I’ll add some pictures as this project unfolds.
Andy
The building is 10’x25’x50’ truss built 4’ on center with sheet metal on the roof and sides with some thin paneling on the inside. My plan is to re-enforce 4 trusses with 2x4’s and plywood. I have a huge pile of 16’-25’ long 6”x6” stashed away from a couple years ago. I’ll strap four to the bottom of the trusses and lift the building with 2 backhoes hitting at least 8 of the trusses in the process. One backhoe has a bad transmission so I have to chain them together and pull with a different machine. Everything is high, dry and perfectly flat.
The rest is just marking and drill holes for the new location, level and bolt to new posts. Does this sound realistic or am I in for a rude awakening? My buddies think I’m crazy and it won’t work. They want me to block it up and put it on my deckover trailer. I think blocking it up off a trailer deck 7’ would make things to flimsy when moving. A new building is out of the question because this building is perfect for the few animals we plan to have.
Thanks in advance. I’ll add some pictures as this project unfolds.
Andy