Another Shed Move 😎
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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Move went almost perfectly.
Had some weights that needed unloaded before backing the trailer/building into the driveway while parked in the road. Ditches / mailbox/ power pole all in the way and I got too close to my brother in laws truck with the forks.
The building move itself went flawlessly. 17 miles met 5 vehicles and one tractor and 30 mins.
She’s sitting on her own legs and ready for the transformation into a usable wood shop.
Added the extra height / sister studs with timber screws, needs the blocking under the original studs yet.
Top plate is all within a 1/4”, open / door end still needs racked back square - but it’s closer now than where it was standing.
Plus my tractor has an indoor spot for awhile
Had some weights that needed unloaded before backing the trailer/building into the driveway while parked in the road. Ditches / mailbox/ power pole all in the way and I got too close to my brother in laws truck with the forks.
The building move itself went flawlessly. 17 miles met 5 vehicles and one tractor and 30 mins.
She’s sitting on her own legs and ready for the transformation into a usable wood shop.
Added the extra height / sister studs with timber screws, needs the blocking under the original studs yet.
Top plate is all within a 1/4”, open / door end still needs racked back square - but it’s closer now than where it was standing.
Plus my tractor has an indoor spot for awhile
Snapped-off
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Did you actually permit the load, or was it just for show?
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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From my research, I couldn’t meet the permit requirements. So done without.
Plus Michigan uses some online service and you have to set up an account blah blah blah……
Plus Michigan uses some online service and you have to set up an account blah blah blah……
Ultradog MN
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It takes some foresight but it is not complicated to do.
Humble Shop in the North
Well the time has finally come to start a thread for my new shop. My wife and I have been in our house for 5 years come June. When we were shopping she had a long list of musts for our new house; I had one - at least a useable shop space. Shocker: she got all her wants and I got this 16 ft. x...
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Rural living for the win.
Who pays the repair bill on the new door ? Looks like a fairly new truck.Move went almost perfectly.
Had some weights that needed unloaded before backing the trailer/building into the driveway while parked in the road. Ditches / mailbox/ power pole all in the way and I got too close to my brother in laws truck with the forks.
Plus my tractor has an indoor spot for awhile
Spot for the tractor, awesome. I would love to have a place solely for the JD and it's attachments.
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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My F'up I will pay for the repairs. I think it's a 2016, not new by a long shot, but in great shape.
The hope is we can find a salvage door the same color and swap it out.
I know some people have had luck with LQK.
OccupantRJ
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It is always easier to find a reason NOT to do something.
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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We have a somewhat local yard that specializes in Chevy & Duramax salvage.
So hoping they have one.
Ultradog MN
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Your move reminded me of a video a guy posted on a tractor board 15 years ago now.
I found it again.
Lifted the back end with the 3 point hitch and front end with the loader. Pretty good load for that little Ford Tractor.
This fellow appears to be just a regular dude but he differs from so many nowdays in that he has a can do spirit instead of the defeatist attitude that modern society has imbued men with.
I laughed - again - at his putting that hard hat on. As if that would have done much good if the building had collapsed. But I assume he doesn't have a death wish and had scoped out the condition of the building beforehand.
Kudos to @NWOhioChevyGuy, the guy in the video and all men who have confidence in themselves!
I found it again.
Lifted the back end with the 3 point hitch and front end with the loader. Pretty good load for that little Ford Tractor.
This fellow appears to be just a regular dude but he differs from so many nowdays in that he has a can do spirit instead of the defeatist attitude that modern society has imbued men with.
I laughed - again - at his putting that hard hat on. As if that would have done much good if the building had collapsed. But I assume he doesn't have a death wish and had scoped out the condition of the building beforehand.
Kudos to @NWOhioChevyGuy, the guy in the video and all men who have confidence in themselves!
Scotto
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Go on car-part.com to search junkyards all over. A few times I've found replacement body panels in the same color and just needed to bolt them up. You got lucky you didn't hit the cab!
OccupantRJ
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Nice move!
On a large factory construction job I worked on once, a 24x24 metal building needed moving so the iron workers called motor pool for a large forklift which was placed inside the building. Steel beam crossmembers and bracing were welded in, the building was lifted a few inches, then the forklift driver drove off down the factory private streets to it’s new location.
I was working nearby and my rearward view of it was that a building seemed to be making its way down the street all on it’s own with four guys walking along with it at the corners. I was about 20 at the time and that helped me realize that you can do what you put your mind to if you persevere.
On a large factory construction job I worked on once, a 24x24 metal building needed moving so the iron workers called motor pool for a large forklift which was placed inside the building. Steel beam crossmembers and bracing were welded in, the building was lifted a few inches, then the forklift driver drove off down the factory private streets to it’s new location.
I was working nearby and my rearward view of it was that a building seemed to be making its way down the street all on it’s own with four guys walking along with it at the corners. I was about 20 at the time and that helped me realize that you can do what you put your mind to if you persevere.
OccupantRJ
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With the truck door incident I guess the “free” part needed an updated evaluation?
Too many people get caught up thinking it can't be done with average equipment. The rest of us just do it anyway.
SouthernIllinois
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Moved a 24x24 garage, a 16x20 shed and a carport between 2 and 4 miles down a state highway.
Did it on a Sunday morning while everyone was at church.
Did it on a Sunday morning while everyone was at church.
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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Picking up my steel tomorrow to start the rebirth of this old build. Local supplier $2.20/ft
Will pick up my corners & J trim from local building supply early next week.
Also ordered my Janus 650 roll up door for the end wall / entry, should be here by the end of the month.
Hoping by the end of July to have her looking almost new from the outside.
Will pick up my corners & J trim from local building supply early next week.
Also ordered my Janus 650 roll up door for the end wall / entry, should be here by the end of the month.
Hoping by the end of July to have her looking almost new from the outside.
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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Slow start on the siding - think I had covid this last week. Same symptoms from years ago (cooking meat smells rancid & exhausted for 6-7 days)
But today I was able to get one side done and the other side 1/2 done.
Wrapped facia and soffits in one piece, and made my own bottom trim.
But today I was able to get one side done and the other side 1/2 done.
Wrapped facia and soffits in one piece, and made my own bottom trim.
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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Someone didn’t buy enough screws 
Was hoping to have it all sided this weekend. But not to be. Only one minor miss cut, purely aesthetic.
Bonus my door came in two weeks early. But yet to be installed.
Was hoping to have it all sided this weekend. But not to be. Only one minor miss cut, purely aesthetic.
Bonus my door came in two weeks early. But yet to be installed.
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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No progress over the last few weeks, and have our yearly fishing trip in da U.P. starting this Saturday.
Bonus I was able to partake in a Salmon trip out to Vancouver Island, BC for work. (Yes I got paid to go fishing
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And the wife and I participated in Wish-A-Mile to raise funds for Make-A-Wish Michigan, 3 days 302 miles.
Siding & door will have to wait until after
Bonus I was able to partake in a Salmon trip out to Vancouver Island, BC for work. (Yes I got paid to go fishing
)And the wife and I participated in Wish-A-Mile to raise funds for Make-A-Wish Michigan, 3 days 302 miles.
Siding & door will have to wait until after
Perfectly good reasons for not getting it done.
Have fun and enjoy life.
Have fun and enjoy life.
mrhemi426
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This reminds me of years back when a friend was going to build a new garage. There was a single car garage in the way that needed to be torn down. He advertised it "free" if you tore it down. First guy that responded backed his pickup into the garage, fastened some 4x4's across the truck box, then took a chainsaw and cut it loose just above the sill plate. Then the proceeded down the street on the foggy morning until they were out of sight, lol.
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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Great week of fishing in Michigan, started putting them back at the end of the week. Brought home over 14# of pike & gills
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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Siding & trim finished last night.
Door installation tomorrow morning.
Will look like a new shed
Door installation tomorrow morning.
Will look like a new shed
Tynee
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Any thoughts about cutting a window into the back end so you can get a cross-breeze while you're working?
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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Not at this time, but always an option in the future
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NWOhioChevyGuy
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Door installed, with a few challenges but works very well.
Seals and some minor interior work and she’s ready for use.
Seals and some minor interior work and she’s ready for use.
mike93lx
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Came out well. Great job
I moved a 16x16 wood frame/ metal siding shed on a 4x8 single axle trailer... I pulled it with a 1997 Jeep Wrangler.
Yeah... it does sound sketchy...
The trailer was a single axle, but it was built heavy, with a mobile home axle...
I chose the Jeep as a tow vehicle, because my other choice was my Toyota Tacoma... I asked myself which one would be cheaper and easier to repair if I damaged it. The Jeep won.
I also only needed to move it across my backyard... about 200 feet, uphill, then turn it around and back it in where I wanted it.
That was back in 2012... I need to move it again, just waiting on cooler weather.
-Bear
Yeah... it does sound sketchy...
The trailer was a single axle, but it was built heavy, with a mobile home axle...
I chose the Jeep as a tow vehicle, because my other choice was my Toyota Tacoma... I asked myself which one would be cheaper and easier to repair if I damaged it. The Jeep won.
I also only needed to move it across my backyard... about 200 feet, uphill, then turn it around and back it in where I wanted it.
That was back in 2012... I need to move it again, just waiting on cooler weather.
-Bear