Need to move 8 x 10 shed

[briteday]

Some friends have a wooden horse shed that they no longer use and have offered it to us for our chickens. I love the shed but we will have to disassemble it and move it about 25 miles, and then reassemble it. I'm hoping that we can take it down as four walls and the roof, load it on a trailer and then get it to our house.

The shed is 8' x 10' by about 8' tall.

Suggestions anyone???

 

[HenPen]

I just read a post about the same thing.... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=178933

 

[pyper]

Pictures would help. I took a wall off a small shed and moved it out. It was a real project.

If your roof is built from trusses it would be a lot more practical to take it apart, but if it's built from rafters I think you'd have a real hard time. If the whole thing can be moved like in that other thread it would be really easy.

 

[hobbz]

make a wood ramp and pull it whole up onto the trailer. strap it down real good. drive 25 miles. unstrap and pull off trailer

 

[briteday]

The shed is one of those modular things that you buy at Lowes or Tuff Sheds. The roof is not trussed, but a single piece unit. I thought about having a local tow company deliver it on a flatbed but the shed doesn't have a floor so I think we would have to do a lot of bracing to have the shed hold together.

I guess I'll have to wait until Thursday when I go out there to see how it's all put together and what actually holds the walls together, etc.

 

[DarkWolf]

Just hire someone with a wrecker.. They can tilt the bed and pull the whole thing onto it.. If it does not have skids, you will need to jack it and add some 4x4 skids.. Also make sure to cross brace the inside to keep it from racking, unless it has a plywood floor. The walls should still be braced.

 

[shawnkfl]

get four bottle jacks from harbor freight. jack up the corners, back in a trailer, lower it and off you go! reverse to unload. post said jacks on craigslist to recoup some of the spent monies. or....the big box stores use contractors to deliver and install their sheds. ask the manager who they use, and call them. price shouldn't be too harsh for a relocate job.

 

[Mrs Stumpgrinder]

Get you 2 three or four inch pipes. Jack up the building and place on the pipes, 1 pipe at farther end and one in the center. Roll the building halfway and move that pipe to the other end and roll again

 

[bhanks55]

I would be most concerned about height requirements if you are putting it on top of a trailer. Most places say that I believe 13 feet is the maximum that a structure can be to go down most roads (might hit electric/utility lines) FYI. I know it because I have tried it and was told noone would do it on one of my buildings.

 

[RendonRoo]

I was offered a similar deal. I got a bldg moving co. to price moving it. They wanted 400 bucks which i thought was reasonable. Had to turn it down though because it wouldn't fit between house and fence. Didn't want to dissasemble it. Point is that it won't cost to get them to estimate the moving. Good Luck