Relocating a 36 x 48 Pole Barn

[tarious]

I will certainly bring the digital camera and take some pics for all of you. As for permits or High Way Patrol...nope, early Sunday morning = no permit and with any luck no cops! While that approach may sound a little backwards, it is quite common here. In fact, our Mayor will come in a chase car... I will double check the route, but I do not believe we will have any power line or obstructions at all.

Moving the larger building on sections isn't a bad idea. I will take some pics of the buildings in their current locations and strong consider moving it in sections.


Thanks again,

 

[radman1]

TARIOUS
I don't know how he tied down the building. You could tie new short posts to the existing building posts with bolts and then set the new posts in the ground 4 ft or so. The other way would be as mentioned earlier using metal straps or angle iron bolted to the cement if there is a cement foundation or floor.
Personally I would at least try to get a professional mover to move at least the big shed. If you take it apart it will takes a long time to take down and put back up and it will not be as good as it is now. You will always bend some tin, break some boards etc. My shed has a lot of ring shank nails which don't come out easy. Very hard to use the same holes in the tin as the original shed if have it taken down. $5000 is relatively cheap for the aggravation and large amount of time. Look at it this way, you paid $5600 for a shed that size which is a bargain. Unless you have the right equipment the height factor is also a big problem. You will probably have to hire help unless you have really good friends.

 

[EddieWalker]

Sorry for being so negative on this, it's realy outside my comfort zone, so I'm trying not to be too bad.

If the tin was put on with nails, it's probably just about worthless already. If not, it will be with the move. Nails don't do real good with movement. The only thing you can hope for it small leaks all over. I'm guessing you will have massive leaks when it rains.

Just pull off the tin, maybe find a place that wants it for a rustic look, and buy all new stuff. I know it's expensive, but you will will have a roof that will last a lifetime if you do it right.

Once you get the metal off, then take down the truss's. Cut the perlins if you have to, or push them off with the excavator. Save the trusses as individual units. This is what's worth any money in the building!!!!

Then you can deal with cuting up the walls in sections, or taking them apart. The basic building should be fairly straight forward and simple now. If you can pull off the purlins, you might be able to pull the poles out of the ground and have everything you need to rebuild it just the way it was, except better with new metal.

Most pole barns can be built in a few days to a week. You should be able to pull it apart in twice that time real easy.

Good luck,
Eddie

 

[randy41]

can you post a picture?
i think i would remove the roof in one piece and move it on a flatbed trailer using a crane to load it. i would then move each wall seperately on a flatbed trailer...maybe you could pile them up on the trailer so it can be done in one trip.
so you got four walls piled up laying flat and the roof on top. so remove the roof and set aside and then pile the walls up and then the roof on top. then the crane can be at the destination to unload. keep the poles attached to the walls.

 

[Paddy]

Eddie,

I'm with you on this one. The nails will woller hole the size of the heads before it's said and done. I'd take it down by pc, salvage what you can. The perlins will smack off with a three lb slegd. the roof steel will work for siding something.

At 36', you will be buying alot of mail boxes. Also, can't imagine there will be no power line in that distance

 

[WhyNot]

If you are set on moving it yourself and have some extra jinggle in your pocket's check this out http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=75892 It is from the History Channel's series Mega Mover's. It took this crew a few day's just to rig and brace this 60x80 metal polebarn. Then took a lot more cribbing and hydraulic jacks all lifting at the same time to get it on the flat bed. I know your's is not as large but it is still the same operation just a little bigger. I tried to find a free link but couldn't if some one can please post it. It was very interesting

 

[radman1]

I would think you could move the buildings without any significant damage by a professional mover. People around here move houses with brick exterior, chimney etc without loosing a brick. In my city, a historical stone house was moved out of the city to the country about 30 miles. Walls were a foot thick and housed was estimated at 70 tons. If I remember right, the new owners said the cost was about $35,000.

 

[EddieWalker]

Nobody is saying it's not possible, the problem is if it's a do it your selfer project. I'm of the opinion that it's not. Sometimes a project is just too big for the first time. If it was a quarter the size, then maybe he'd have a chance, but this is just too big to be learning on.

Eddie

 

[sandman2234]

If you do decide to take it apart, get a good majic marker and start at one corner, and mark each sheet of tin, on each side of it. 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, and on untill you get all the way around the building.
Good Luck, be carefull and may God Bless,
David from jax

 

[bx23barry]

Man, I say go for it. Brace it up good, jack it out of the ground and load it up. Really if it falls apart you still got all the pieces to put back together without having to take it apart. But really I think it can be done if ya plan it out good, take your time and are careful. Housemovers do it all the time.