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O/T Moving Portable Barn , Any Suggestions

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BillinCentralMO

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I need to move a 10x10 portable barn about 300 feet up the lane and across the yard.I just bought 4 lengths of 4" triple wall PVC pipe. I plan to jack it up and put a couple of these pvc pipes under it. Then wrap the tow strap around it about 3" from the bottom and duct tape it in place. Hook the tractor on it and slowly slowly ease it down the lane. Will try and keep 2 or three pipes under it and keep putting a pipe under the front as one is about to roll out the back.Also going to put cardboard around the corners under the tow strap. Anyone ever do this before. How did it work ? We inherited the barn from a tenant who moved out. Same one at Lowe's is about two grand though. All suggestions are appreciated. Pretty level ground. Got the pipe for under $40 which so far is my total investment. I'm also going to pick up another bottle jack and then I'll have three. Probably could get by with two but I can always use the jack.
 
I moved my 8X12 using planks under it bolted a 2X4 across front and back to keep them inline like skids and drug it with truck. did cut the front of the skids at a 45° angle so they didn't dig in.
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I have done this many times. Save the cardboard and duct tape for camping weekends. It is not strong enough to be of any positive use. I'd recommend buying a couple of 12 ft long 5 x 6 posts that you and get under the building. Spread them about 6 ft apart and use a 2 x nailer to keep them at that space. At the back of the building put the nailer strip right tight to the building's floor and nail it good and tight. Now you will not damage the building by pulling it slowly your 300 ft distance. Pull from the timber posts and lift slightly at the front (maybe with your 3 pt hitch). Leave the posts under the building so the floor is not in contact with the soil. I have a similar shed that I built in 1968 with used material. It is set on timbers which are set on 3 concrete sidewalk pads (about 18" square and ~3" thick. The floor is not treated material, and has no rot or soft spots.

Just do it, it goes quick.

Paul in MN
 
Has it got a floor framed? If so, roll it like you are talking about or cut a couple logs for skids. If it don't have a floor, maybe a couple logs or 4x4's to bolt it to to keep solid then your pipe or skids under it. 10x10 may go pretty easy with a big kid on each corner and carry it.
 
We moved a small house about 5 miles in the early '70s; jacked it up and put a couple of 18-20 inch logs under it for skids. Took 2 4020s hooked side-by-side to get it out of the yard and onto the road. Pulled it the rest of the way with just one tractor. The poles were more than half worn away when we got to where we were going......moved on a county blacktop road.
 
Take the pipe back. Just get a couple of 12' 4x4's and two 8' ones. Raise up one side of the shed, slide a 12' 4x4, then the other side. Leave a foot sticking out from the front and back. (Don't forget to cut a bevel on the front so it will act like a sled runner) Then lag screw the 8' footer's to the long ones underneath so that they snug up against the shed on the front and the back. Put in a large eye bolt on the 4x4 on the front and off you go! That should cost half as much (especially if you have some laying around) and do it twice as fast. And you can always use the 4x4's for something else.
 
I recently moved an 8X16 portable shed that a tenant left on the property. Pulled it about 600 feet to it's new location as a fuel hut beside my machine shed. It had 4X4 or 6X6 skids under it, and I made a spreader bar that would pull straight on the two skids. It worked perfectly, now sitting exactly where I wanted it. I contacted the local portable building company for their recommendation on pulling it. If it has skids built under it, I wouldn't fool with pipe rollers. Just hook a spreader to it and go.

Paul
 
I moved a 8x10 barn by lifting one end with forks on loader, putting a large strap around the shed and drug it backwards on the shed skids.
 
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