Help me move shed!

[e-tek]

I don't mean PHYSICALLY!!

I built this shed last year and now want to move it across the grass to the back of my yard.....it must weight 500-800 pounds (??). All 2x6 frame on bottom, 2x4 walls, asphalt shingles....

I thought of egtting some kind of tubes to roll it on.... I don't want to drag it at all....any other ideas?

 

[jon1996]

a cheap way is get some 4 or 5" PVC pipe and have a couple of freinds keep feeding it under while it is being dragged by a truck or atv with a rope or strap around it I have used this method with great success before on a bigger shed

 

[Brad54]

Raise it up and put some 2x6 skids under it, then hook the skids to your truck and pull it.
Angle-cut the nose of the skids so it's like a sled runner.

-Brad

 

[gc11090]

a cheap way is get some 4 or 5" PVC pipe and have a couple of freinds keep feeding it under while it is being dragged by a truck or atv with a rope or strap around it I have used this method with great success before on a bigger shed

second that, when I did it i just pushed by hand, but depends on your situation.

 

[waltmcq]

get 7 friend over and pick it up

 

[sammerdog]

^^^^^Yup. The 4" PVC trick. Just like the ancient Egyptians did.

And if I remember right, don't you have a couple helpers built nice and low to the ground who could keep feeding the pipe lengths (carefully) in front of the shed as you push?

Heck, betcha you could even pay them in Shamrock shakes and a medium fries.

 

[buildyourown]

My buddy did the pipe trick. It's ABS out here.
He is a civil eng too. We were sure it would crack the pipe.
He had a party and and about 10 of us headed for the backyard.
Worked like a charm and I think he even returned the pipe as "left-overs" when he finished.

 

[von zipper]

The pipes would work! before the company I work for gave me one with a crane I found a couple overhead sprinkler pipes in the trash and used them to take off crates of roof panels from the rear!

 

[Torque1st]

ABS is a lot more resilient than PVC.

 

[akdiesel]

I help a friend move his shed a few years back. It needed to be moved approx 150'.
The trailer was 16' x 14' and still had a snowmachine, an engine, and tools inside.
He rented some special jacks (blank on the name but they had a larger foot print the standard jacks) and rested up each corner on cement blocks to the hight of a flat bed trailer.
We then backed the trailer under it and raised the shed to remove the blocks.
My truck has a receiver on the front so positioning was easier. And simply reverse the process to lower it down. Had it done in about 4 hours.

 

[rodm1]

 

[35mastr]

I have also done it with the pipes. Works great and dont dig up the lawn.

 

[glider]

I move these often by using a wide snowboard that I cut in half and put a L bracket on each. I put them on the 4x4 that are part of my floor structure. If the shed has 3 4x4s you will need 3 skies. put a whole about 1' back on the center 4x4 and drag it. If you do not have 4x4s under your floor you can jack shed up with a tractor jack and add some treated 2x4s and leave them there when the job is done. This does not tear up your lawn.

 

[e-tek]

Thanks guys - as usual, GJ experience to the rescue. You don't think the ABS will crush?I guess if it did I could fill with sand and cap the ends... Certainly cost effective.

 

[ghnl]

Looks like they should have had 4 pipes instead of 3.

 

[global72]

Raise it up and put some 2x6 skids under it, then hook the skids to your truck and pull it.
Angle-cut the nose of the skids so it's like a sled runner.

-Brad

I moved mine that way. Worked great

 

[Matt M PA]

Geez...weren't you the guy who just talked about his prowess in removing Galaxie bumpers by himself? And you need help in moving some little thing like a shed?

 

[jeepnut24]

Raise it up and put some 2x6 skids under it, then hook the skids to your truck and pull it.
Angle-cut the nose of the skids so it's like a sled runner.

-Brad

Thats how we did it, worked great.

 

[nehog]

I've done two shed moves.

1. Jacked up the entire building, backed a trailer under it and lowered it on the trailer. Did the opposite at the destination (across the yard). Worked well, but was a lot of work to (by myself, of course) do the jacking and blocking.

2. So the next move, I got lazy. Wrapped a chain around the bottom at the floor. Attached a big block on a tree that was near where I wanted the building to go. Then attached a cable from the chain to my Hummer H1, dropped it into low lock, and backed up. Building slid nicely along the ground, and ended up exactly where I wanted it! The guys watching all laughed there butts off when I did it. Final result was perfection, with no damage at all. (One tough foundation/floor). OK, I did empty the building before moving it!

 

[Gary S]

I had to move one similar to that a few years ago. I simply jacked it up and pushed a couple of sheets of 3/4" plywood under it. Then I connected my come-along to the plywood and to a post on my fence and pulled it where I wanted it.
It was an easy one-man job.

 

[sberry]

I think the Egyptians skidded the stuff. Lay down some 2x6 and skid it on them, leapfrog some ahead of it. Easy to lift also, 2 men with pry bars, lift and shim one side at a time, takes just a few minutes to jack it a couple feet.

 

[timhoops]

I did the PVC pipes myself just last year to move my 10x12. Worked great. just used 4 pipes and pushed it. when one came out the back we moved it to the front. Only broke one, and that was because I hit a rock.

 

[willymakeit]

We used to move mobile homes sideways in tight areas by laying roofing tin down. We used hyd. oil then but cooking oil would work also.

 

[kbs2244]

4 inch schedule 40, white, PVC should take the weight of the empty shed.
And still be light enough to make it easy to carry from back to front.

I did it to a not well built 8x12 across a 200 foot lot with 12 and 14 year old help doing the pushing and pulling.
(It was to become their ATV shop.)

Just don’t try to hurry it.
Time is your friend.

 

[bookman51]

That should have a fairly solid and stable foundation with the 2x6 floor joists. I would jack it up a bit and then run two 4x4s or bigger perpendicular to the 2x6 and then you can run the 4x4 on the ABS pipe. Or, if you are careful and maybe add some bracing, just pull in the 4x4s as skids. If you do not have a vehicle or cannot get a vehicle in to pulled it, a come-along will work. At one time buildings were moved by planting an apparatus (capstone) in the ground and wrapping a cable around it. Horse would work around the capstone and wrap up the cable. When the building got close, the capstone was moved out and further and replanted. Slow, but a come-along and well-planted large fence post can work on the same principle.

Actually with enough guys you could move it too. Still need to get 4x4s under the foundation unless the you want to drill holes in the wall and fasten something to the walls.

Main thing is not to pull on the building itself so as to rack it. Or, to lift the building unevenly so it twists. It is not that big of building and you do not have that far to go. Of course, this is all advice from a distance and should be taken with the usual caveats.

Bookman

 

[tcianci]

Well at least we have found a good use for PVC pipe

 

[gc427]

Nobody offered up the 5 gallon can of gasoline and book of matches!


Nice shed!

PVC and a couple of strong guys will do the trick.

 

[e-tek]

OK boys - FINALLY got the sheds moved!! Using the PVC pipe idea espoused by several here, plus my bolt-on tow-bar, I managed to get it across the yard without ripping up the grass (too much). I was even able to pull a 180 with it and back it into the exact spot I wanted it - UP on concrete slab blocks!!

 

[kbs2244]

No help?
You drank all the beer yourself?

 

[e-tek]

No help?
You drank all the beer yourself?

I took the pics late - had my neighbour pal and his 2 sons helping. First, the four of us picked up the plastic shed you see beside the wooden one, then they shuffled the PVC rollers while I drove the van for the other shed.

Instead of beer though, I've been helping them do rust repair on their 98 Mustang.....which is taking MUCH more of my time than I used of theirs!!!

 

[kbs2244]

Rust repair in SK.

Somehow, I think beer would hve been a better trade.

 

[gsport]

glad to see ya got it moved... reminds me of when i was a kid my dad pulled a garage down the street about 1/2 a block without any type of roller or slide system under it.. lol

 

[Okie Pete]

A house mover i know told me they would rub Ivory soap on the stem walls. Set the house down then slide it into place for final lineup . Ivory soap could be used in place of oil . I know i am a little o/t.

 

[JMohn]

I moved a 10x12 shed over some rough ground with a few sheets of plywood, a couple of hydraulic jacks, a come-along, 4 friends, and a big wrecking bar to lift corners. It was a lot of work but we did it.

I tried the pipes but couldn't make it work. It was so long ago that I've forgotten exactly why, but try that first.

 

[Brad1234]

I moved my shed a couple of years ago. It's 10' X 16' X 13' tall. I called a guy that builds & sells sheds. He had a tilt trailer with a crane on it. Pulled the shed right up on the trailer & slid it off right where I wanted it. Charged me $100.

 

[dan76]

After jacking up the end wall of an 8x10 shed with two farmer jacks, sliding several lengths of 3" steel pipe under the 4x4 skids, two of us pushed the shed down the drive, two blocks down the street and into a lot. In exchange I received a 327 sbc engine and the undivided attention of the neighbors watching the scene.

 

[e-tek]

Yup - it rolled so easily on the rollers - especially with the van pulling/pushing it, it was easy. Like I said, was even able to turn it around and back it into that spot!

 

[Indy_500]

i have an 8x10 shed with sheet metal sides and roof and a 1/2 in. thick plywood floor. me and my dad lifted it up onto a trailer no problem. It is MY SHED too. Lol what more could a 15 year old want? a big toolbox full of tools, a snowmobile, and a shed? The shed was free, i cut out the sheet metal panels on the 8 foot wide side and did it on each 8 foot wide side, then made swinging doors so i have a drive in drive out shed for my snowmobile. if i was on this site a year ago, i would've posted all the in-the-process photos. I framed the doors with 1"x4" pine and drilled the sheet metal i took off onto there. I just screwed in 2x4's for a door frame. i also screwed in the exisiting door on the 10 foot wide side so it wasn't allowed to be opened since it didn't open right in the first place. If you don't know, a snowmobile is 10 feet long so that's y i did what i did. man am i blabbin on, on this thread! I should be named the official thread-jacker

 

[scottzilla]

I paid a guy with a flatbed to move my 12x14 shed. Took about 2 hours. They guy was a surgeon with that truck. I have pics at home; I should post them up.

 

[djd99]

I had to move one similar to that a few years ago. I simply jacked it up and pushed a couple of sheets of 3/4" plywood under it. Then I connected my come-along to the plywood and to a post on my fence and pulled it where I wanted it.
It was an easy one-man job.

I did mine in a simular way, I had to my my 12x12 250" across my property and truthfully there's no easy way.
What you have to do is take some 2x8's and brace them from side to side about every other stud. Then use the braces to jack up the front of the shed and put cinder blocks under it and repeat the process for the rear. I did this until I had the shed high enough to back my trailer under it. Lower the shed on the trailer and move it to it new spot.

The pvc idea works if your shed isn't that heavy but with your being built better than most it weighs quite abit more witch make it a ***** to pull and move for that matter. Good luck with however you do it as it's going to be a pita to move.