I'm getting a free shed! How-to-move-it questions

[Agilityscots]

My husband mentioned that we would have to take it apart, and the current owner also suggested that as well...and DH is not keen on that at all. He wants to know why all my hobbies and pursuits mean backbreaking labor for him (this is his mantra these days).

Maybe I'll go over to her house and check it out, and see what's what. I really don't want to miss out on this opportunity!

Amy

 

[urbanhomesteader]

Well I saw this show about house movers and they had many ways of moving whole houses. One method was like Chirpy's idea with the jacks and lifting it up onto and off of the truck but with the addition of adding braces on the inside to stabalize the walls. They nailed(or screwed) them all over the inside.

Hope that helps.

 

[BeckyLa]

Last fall we were given an 8x8' playhouse made of heavy plywood with a shingled roof, also very heavy. We borrowed a flatbed trailer and did exactly what Chirpy suggested. They were able to pull it with a large pickup truck. We did borrow 3 of the neighborhood guys, all members of our local volunteer fire dept who helped with the jacking up, loading and unloading, all for fresh eggs. They said it really wasn't too bad since there were 4 guys working together.

 

[MandyH]

Me and my husband moved a 12x12 shed about 3 weeks ago. We jacked the shed up just enough to run 16 foot 6x6's completely underneath the shed on both sides, running front to back of the shed. We centered the excess 6x6 evenly. We then nailed another 6x6 in between those two, front and back and then nailed a 2x4 on top of the crossbrace 6x6. We had essentially framed the building to the skids and we just drug it from there. Of course we only went about a half a mile so I just pulled it with the tractor. It worked out so well and the building was almost perfectly level so it is sitting in my yard on those skids. I can try to post a pic of the skids if you like. Taking it apart and moving it will just be another project for the weekends! Surely you know someone who hauls their feed on a trailer close by.

 

[edbama2]

I have moved sheds before and the best and cheapest way is with a rollback tow truck. Another option is the trailer rental. In order to push it up on a trailer, you will need about 3 or 4 pieces of large heavy duty PC pipe as wide as the shed. Lift the side of the shed closest to the trailer and put one pvc under it. Lift the back end while pushing and put another pvc as it rolls foward. The larger diameter pvc, the easier to push and roll. You will need a trailer with ramps for this, so it can roll up the ramps. Hope this helps. Highly recomend the rollback though.

 

[raceready]

i'm betting that shed is 9' across the front and it looks like maybe 8' on the sides. i have a few questions for you--does the yard have a gate large enough to get the shed out in one piece, and is the shed positioned in such a way that a large vehicle can actually get to it while backing up(your yukon and a trailer will be over 30 ft long, and a roll back wrecker would be approaching that length as well) also, a roll back needs extra room behind it to get the bed tilted back.

 

[Agilityscots]

Hi Raceready,

You're definitely onto something important here--I don't believe the yard has a gate in the back, at least not one wide enough to fit that shed OR a truck through. And the entire yard is fenced in, so this is looking more and more like we wouldn't be able to get it out without taking it apart. And the prospect of taking it apart is, well, daunting...*sigh*...

Amy

 

[chickenfeathers]

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