Help me move shed!

[KustomZ]

Buildings are easy to move. I moved my 18x20 garage mounted on mobile home axles.

 

[6768rogues]

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.

Why are they snowmachines in Alaska and snowmobiles in the rest of the world?

 

[e-tek]

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

bable away my-man - that's what's we're all about - sharing info and experiences!

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.

My neighbour used that route, but I thought hte yard was not quite big enough - plus I didn't want to ruin the grass, plus I'm cheap!

Buildings are easy to move. I moved my 18x20 garage mounted on mobile home axles.

you da man....

 

[Photo]

e-tek,

Well, I have to say I'm really disappointed in you. Using a Dodge Mini-Van to move your shed.

You should have at least used ther new flathead in your old '46 Merc to do it (and taken lots of pics of it as well!).

I wouldn't want to assume that the Merc couldn't handle the shed!

Lane

 

[e-tek]

Was gonna use the neighbours Chev, but she was sittin' on it!

 

[e-tek]

^^^^Funny no-one ever commented on this!!! ^^^^

 

[DIC]

Sorry, Im still looking at the pic....Looks like your moving the shed on your back in the background.................

 

[e-tek]

Sorry, Im still looking at the pic....Looks like your moving the shed on your back in the background.................

That's funny!! Didn't see that either!

 

[HOTFR8]

Was gonna use the neighbours Chev, but she was sittin' on it!

What is it with you Ed nice wife and neighbours

Sorry, Im still looking at the pic....Looks like your moving the shed on your back in the background.................

Was it heavy on the back ? I guess no one was helping as they where to busy talking to your neighbour

 

[bluesman2a]

Was gonna use the neighbours Chev, but she was sittin' on it!

There's a truck in that pic? Where?

 

[fflintstone]

Although it is a moot point since he already moved the shed. I was not very successful using the skid method to move a 12 x 12 pole building. I used my tractor loader to raise the shed to put logs under it. The logs had tapers on the front I could move it a little with my tractor but I eventually had to call my neighbor for help. Even with big equipment it was not easy.

 

[GarageEnvy]

Even though it's old I'll throw in my two cents since it might help someone. I've had to move my kids 1200 pound play structure a few times and the pipe is the trick. However, because my grass is soft and uneven I found that laying heavy angle iron on the ground like a peak (or gate track) makes it super easy for one person to roll it and reposition the angle as well. I've always used metal pipe so I couldn't say if the ABS/PVC would hold up to the pressure.