Shed Move with Tractor - Redneck Engineering

[Snowback]

A neighbor of mine picked up a shed from another neighbor, and needed it moved a few hundred yards down and across the street. I offered to help not realizing how big a job it was. (12'x 20' metal shed and a couple of fences needed to come down). It actually went fairly smoothly and no one was hurt in the process. The first few pics were before I showed up. I assure everyone that extreme safety protocols were enacted after I showed up with the 2538 and trailer.

The original plan was for the guys to load it on a 12' trailer they had and move it all with a truck. I used every inch of the tractor's tight turning radius... Sure glad they called me as it could have ended differently. :thumbsup:

 

[crash325]

Wow - Great move. :thumbsup:

 

[Wagtail]

Good stuff! :thumbsup:

 

[melmark]

Nice job!.....that does look like quite a project.

 

[pmsmechanic]

"I assure everyone that extreme safety protocols were enacted after I showed up with the 2538 and trailer."

That may very well be but you still used cinder blocks as cribbing. If one of them would have let go....

 

[Rustyiron]

That may very well be but you still used cinder blocks as cribbing. If one of them would have let go....

....and with the block's oriented in the weak direction.
Got it done though!:thumbsup:

 

[Thomas]

Gotta love it when plan comes together. :thumbsup:

 

[Texasmark]

Great job. I just built a 6x14 x 7' tall chicken house for a neighbor on my utility trailer (same type as in your pics). Getting it off was to pick up one end with pallet forks on my 6530 and drag it down the trailer to the end and then do like what you did with the jacks, one on each side, lift that end off the trailer and then move the trailer out of the way and a few inches at a time let her down, block by block. Taking your time, thinking through the process, it'll work.

 

[EddieWalker]

Fun project and a good looking grapple!!!

 

[Deere Dude]

I got a 3 ton jack like that and sometimes it's very hard to balance stuff on it. Glad they got it moved all in one piece.

My neighbor had an old time wooden chicken house, 12x12x7' tall and heavy. I had to drag it maybe a mile or so to my place on skids. He wouldn't let me hook onto it with my 45 HP 4WD Deere and he didn't think his 60 HP had the balls so he had his buddy come over with a 100 HP red tractor to pull it. I told him mine would pull something like that but he was insistent (insert strange duck) on getting a big tractor. So he pulled it and I went along side to spray water on the road in front of the runners to keep lubricated and not on fire from the friction.

After it was spotted and they left, I just pulled it around to where I really wanted it, without even breaking a sweat. I couldn't even lift a corner but could pull it easily.

 

[Cord]

"I assure everyone that extreme safety protocols were enacted after I showed up with the 2538 and trailer."

That may very well be but you still used cinder blocks as cribbing. If one of them would have let go....

Totally agree. Having moved 3 buildings, I would have walked away from that one. Even the stacked blocks on top of the floor jack was stupid dangerous.

 

[coldsteelva]

No SMV sign - No OVERSIZE LOAD sign - No lights - No Pilot cars...totally unsafe. This should go into the the Hauling Wrong Thread.


All totally in jest :drink: I can't see how a truck of any length would have been able to maneuver back there. Great job.

 

[Snowback]

"I assure everyone that extreme safety protocols were enacted after I showed up with the 2538 and trailer."

That may very well be but you still used cinder blocks as cribbing. If one of them would have let go....

Did I forget my sarcastic face emoji? (Yes - you are right. The extreme safety protocol was mainly me yelling at people to get their heads and hands out of certain places...)

Totally agree. Having moved 3 buildings, I would have walked away from that one. Even the stacked blocks on top of the floor jack was stupid dangerous.

The thought of turning around the tractor and heading back home crossed my mind once as I showed up. That floor jack setup was the situation as I arrived. They had a 12' trailer there that was the original gameplan to haul it out with a truck. (Not sure how that would have ended.) Although I knew my wife would be upset that this was not in fact going to be a "30 minute" operation like I first told her, I decided that helping these guys out was in everyone's best interest. They are good people and I like helping folks out when I can.

Although I'm not Amish, I'm pretty sure I could fit in with them.

 

[Stimw]

There is a good chance that the guy that delivered the building to the original site did it by himself!
I moved a 45' container about 60' and turned it 90* by myself! (and my tractor)
It was sitting where I needed to put my 40' X 60' building.
You can see in the second pic where it was when I started.

 

[Oldpath05]

I didn't see anything thing wrong with that move, I mean how much weight is there, how much lumber is that building made of,, that floor jack lifted it up, so tells me those cement blocks on all 4 corner can hold it, only 12x 20. I'd all that all day long on my small tractor, the trailer is holding most of the weight and it's on flat ground, everyone here have lace on their underwear or what. I bet I hauled more weight than that on my single axle woods trailer, 6' x 12' bed. Here's average load of logs, fresh off the stump, hauled uphill, over stumps bumps and through mud holes, vs. flat ground.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I didn't see anything thing wrong with that move, I mean how much weight is there, how much lumber is that building made of,, that floor jack lifted it up, so tells me those cement blocks on all 4 corner can hold it, only 12x 20. I'd all that all day long on my small tractor, the trailer is holding most of the weight and it's on flat ground, everyone here have lace on their underwear or what. I bet I hauled more weight than that on my single axle woods trailer, 6' x 12' bed. Here's average load of logs, fresh off the stump, hauled uphill, over stumps bumps and through mud holes, vs. flat ground.

I don't usually say much about safety because all to often it's overdone as far as I'm concerned. Cement blocks on their sides are not very strong and I've seen them collapse under light loads. There is a good possibility that one slight bump could break a weak block and then it could be a domino effect with all the others breaking too. I know they are convenient, but they aren't anywhere's close to being safe to use.

I hesitated to say anything but if you get a person that see's those pictures and says "Hey look snowback got away with it".... And he did but I'm thinking it had more to do with his experiences at moving than just plain good luck.

 

[bcp]

I always keep some concrete blocks around when I am doing concrete work. The leftovers go into the block holes. Now I have a bunch of solid blocks when needed.

Bruce

 

[Snowback]

I hesitated to say anything but if you get a person that see's those pictures and says "Hey look snowback got away with it".... And he did but I'm thinking it had more to do with his experiences at moving than just plain good luck.

You are 100% right. I should have started with "Don't try this at home." I'll reiterate my earlier comments on this not being optimal and me doing a lot of yelling from a relatively safe distance. Should have had cribbing like this:

To be fair though - the shed was empty...

 

[CobyRupert]

I didn't see anything thing wrong with that move, I mean how much weight is there, how much lumber is that building made of,, that floor jack lifted it up, so tells me those cement blocks on all 4 corner can hold it, only 12x 20. I'd all that all day long on my small tractor, the trailer is holding most of the weight and it's on flat ground, everyone here have lace on their underwear or what. I bet I hauled more weight than that on my single axle woods trailer, 6' x 12' bed. Here's average load of logs, fresh off the stump, hauled uphill, over stumps bumps and through mud holes, vs. flat ground.

:thumbsup: Exactly!
Just because it's 12' x 20' doesn't mean it weighs anything. Thin metal siding to boot!

1/2 it's weight is probably in the flooring and joists (cross members) Anybody want to guess on the over/under for 1500 lbs?

Was it tied down on trailer?

 

[stuckmotor]

It's only natural to move a utility building with a utility tractor.