looking for ideas on how to move my coop 12 ft to higher ground

[blueseal]

it was built on skids. what would be the best way to move it ahead in a straight line 12 ft to higher ground out of the sinkhole. cant get a big truck down where it is so could i move it with a tractor without wrecking it.

here are some older pictures

 

[Arielle]

HI, left you a msg on your previous post. GOod luck!!!!

 

[dirtsaver]

When you say "Skids" do you mean wooden pallets/skids used for shipping products or do you mean long wooden timbers. If it's on long wooden timber "skids" a tractor should move it with no problem and little or no damage. Just take it slow and easy. Heck I bet I could move it with one of my Simplicity garden tractors with little problem if the ground was dry and solid.

Larry

 

[blueseal]

Quote:
yes its built on pressure treated long skids it was made to be moveable .

 

[mistymeadowchicks]

Quote:
Ditto! My coop is on 6 x 6 skids (runners, they're sometimes called). It was built about 10 feet from where it ended up against the outside of the run (so I could get to all sides to work). We drilled holes in the skids, ran a rope through them, them towed & pushed. Worked great using a small garden tractor w/ a bucket.

 

[blueseal]

Quote:
Ditto! My coop is on 6 x 6 skids (runners, they're sometimes called). It was built about 10 feet from where it ended up against the outside of the run (so I could get to all sides to work). We drilled holes in the skids, ran a rope through them, them towed & pushed. Worked great using a small garden tractor w/ a bucket.

good idea on the rope thrue the skids .

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
Ditto! My coop is on 6 x 6 skids (runners, they're sometimes called). It was built about 10 feet from where it ended up against the outside of the run (so I could get to all sides to work). We drilled holes in the skids, ran a rope through them, them towed & pushed. Worked great using a small garden tractor w/ a bucket.

good idea on the rope thrue the skids .

If your shed has been sitting a while you dont know how solid it is under neath. If you can, use a stout 4x4 the width between the skids, attach the 4 x 4 to the skids either with a section of rope or a nice big bolt on each end. Then attach the pulling rope to the ends of the 4 x 4 then run the center of that loop of rope up to the tractor. What this will do for you is keep the two skids from pushing to gether and possibly coming unfastened from the bottom of the shed. You may pull it with no problem without but this would ensure your shed doesnt come apart if its not completely solid.

Learned this by using big horses to pull things.

 

[MamaChic21]

Here are 2 links that I thought you might be interested, hope it helps. Good luck.

http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=326864

I don't know where they sell this but thought it might be helpful to you.

 

[Desert Rooster]

how about drag it with a wench?

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
sorry....

winch its late and I am punchy....