Here is a picture of us loading a 10 x 12 shed on an 18' car hauler this past Sunday. I didn't get a final picture of it in position and all strapped down, but the straps stayed tight the whole 70-80 mile trip.
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Any more pictures? How did you get it on and off the trailer?
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not like this i hope
YouTube - Unload your trailer the EASY WAY
or this one
YouTube - OR: Redneck truckers dump a heavy load
YouTube - Unload your trailer the EASY WAY
or this one
YouTube - OR: Redneck truckers dump a heavy load
I've got a few more pics, but they are all in the same position.
We pulled it to the loading position with a chain pulley, sliding it over 2 inch pipe. It had to be turned 90 degrees and moved about 20 feet. The plan was to jack the shed up and drive the trailer under it, but the slope was too much and the jack stands were starting to tip at a lower height. Plan B, we jacked the front of the shed up, drove the trailer under the shed as far as we could, and pulled it on the trailer with the chain pulley. The chain pulley is attached to the gooseneck ball, and we had a strap (2) wrapped around the base of the shed. We also used a floor jack to lift the rear as we pulled it on the trailer.
We pulled it to the loading position with a chain pulley, sliding it over 2 inch pipe. It had to be turned 90 degrees and moved about 20 feet. The plan was to jack the shed up and drive the trailer under it, but the slope was too much and the jack stands were starting to tip at a lower height. Plan B, we jacked the front of the shed up, drove the trailer under the shed as far as we could, and pulled it on the trailer with the chain pulley. The chain pulley is attached to the gooseneck ball, and we had a strap (2) wrapped around the base of the shed. We also used a floor jack to lift the rear as we pulled it on the trailer.
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Thanks. I was wondering what you had anchored to in order to pull it with and using the gooseneck ball makes a lot of sense.
Looking forward to the pictures of getting it off the trailer.
BTW, I had some 12' block left over from a project. So I filled them with concrete and set them in place as foundation block when I put our shed in place. I dug out for them before hand and leveled them with a water level. Then I pulled the shed in place over them. Had a few problems with the block wanting to tip over. I haven't noticed any settling problems since doing it about a year ago. I wanted to just skid in it place over some telephone poles, but couldn't find any at the time.
Looking forward to the pictures of getting it off the trailer.
BTW, I had some 12' block left over from a project. So I filled them with concrete and set them in place as foundation block when I put our shed in place. I dug out for them before hand and leveled them with a water level. Then I pulled the shed in place over them. Had a few problems with the block wanting to tip over. I haven't noticed any settling problems since doing it about a year ago. I wanted to just skid in it place over some telephone poles, but couldn't find any at the time.
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did you have a cribbing or blocking to keep the weight off your fenders and to keep it from mashing them up im sure u did or they probly would have been pressed to the tires the whole trip.
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Looks like a job I also did early in the spring. My friend was getting rid of a 10x10 shed and I needed more storage so I hauled her home. I just wrapped a chain around it (with corner protectors) then anchored it to one of my big maple trees. As I pulled ahead a little at a time, I kept readjusting the chain and rotated the shed on the tail of the trailer to get it to face the right direction and set it right on my blocks. Worked out better than I expected. No jacking or bull work. I was kinda proud of myself
first time I ever moved something that wasn't on wheels
Here's a pic of it now.
first time I ever moved something that wasn't on wheelsHere's a pic of it now.
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I had cribbing above the fenders on both sides and on the rear going across for the haul. I used a lot of 2x6 and some RR ties. I didn't nail anything together and nothing moved during the haul. I did put a small kink on the left trailer fender while pulling the shed on the trailer, but it didn't look too bad after we got the weight off of the fender.
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Well mine would be a little easier, as even though it was as wide as the trailer deck, the trailer is wide enough that it was still stable with quite a bit of shed hanging off the sides.
The one thing that worked really good (I can't explain it real good) is use some 2x8 or 2x10 planks, nice and long. I did this even though I had a hydraulic beavertail (which I didn't use to lift). Put them under your shed out the back of the trailer, down to the foundation you are putting the shed on. In my case mine went on blocks (the tops they cut off square highway guard rail posts) so by using the planks I didn't have to jack the shed. It slid right onto the blocks, then the planks just fell loose to the ground when I pulled ahead enough to get them off the trailer.
The one thing that worked really good (I can't explain it real good) is use some 2x8 or 2x10 planks, nice and long. I did this even though I had a hydraulic beavertail (which I didn't use to lift). Put them under your shed out the back of the trailer, down to the foundation you are putting the shed on. In my case mine went on blocks (the tops they cut off square highway guard rail posts) so by using the planks I didn't have to jack the shed. It slid right onto the blocks, then the planks just fell loose to the ground when I pulled ahead enough to get them off the trailer.
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My Shed delivery Story (with Pictures)
Well, actually it's not a shed. It's a barn. An Amish built barn. In the spring of 2009 I finally bought my John Deere Tractor (10 years of saving $$) so naturally I need a place to keep it.
It only took five years of talking to my wife to decide on a style and place to put the barn. I am very lucky that my small farm is in Amish country in SW Wisconsin.
Five years ago I had an Amish carpenter make me a 10 X 12 barn for my lawn tractor which was delivered on a trailer and set on treated blocks. I liked his quality and workmanship so I had him build the new barn too.
I wanted quite a big barn so the only question was how big is too big to transport on the twisty, hilly narrow country roads 28 miles from the Amish shop to my farm? As usual finances dictated the size. I was able to afford about $6,000 if I squeezed my budget real tight. For that money we agreed on a 14 X 32 barn with two sets of 8 wide swinging doors.
I prepared a gravel pad for the foundation and by early June the barn was done and ready to deliver. I contracted with a guy who builds barns himself and has some really cool equipment to move them. The first pictures are the site where the barn will go and a shot of the barn at the carpenter's farm. The next few are of his cool barn-moving trailer
Well, actually it's not a shed. It's a barn. An Amish built barn. In the spring of 2009 I finally bought my John Deere Tractor (10 years of saving $$) so naturally I need a place to keep it.
It only took five years of talking to my wife to decide on a style and place to put the barn. I am very lucky that my small farm is in Amish country in SW Wisconsin.
Five years ago I had an Amish carpenter make me a 10 X 12 barn for my lawn tractor which was delivered on a trailer and set on treated blocks. I liked his quality and workmanship so I had him build the new barn too.
I wanted quite a big barn so the only question was how big is too big to transport on the twisty, hilly narrow country roads 28 miles from the Amish shop to my farm? As usual finances dictated the size. I was able to afford about $6,000 if I squeezed my budget real tight. For that money we agreed on a 14 X 32 barn with two sets of 8 wide swinging doors.
I prepared a gravel pad for the foundation and by early June the barn was done and ready to deliver. I contracted with a guy who builds barns himself and has some really cool equipment to move them. The first pictures are the site where the barn will go and a shot of the barn at the carpenter's farm. The next few are of his cool barn-moving trailer
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The barn mover had the COOLEST Trailer. He extended the tongue of his trailer and boosted it up and spread a little bit of WD40 on the rails and then simply BACKED the trailer up, sliding the rails under the barn skids and the barn was on! I was amazed. I thought for sure he was going to have to winch it on but he says he does it this way all the time. WOW. It was a tight fit getting out of the yard but we made it and started our knuckle biting trip home.
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Very cool. Nice barn also. Seems like a great price and a good product.
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I ran interference for him once we were on the road and other than having to flag down a few drivers on some blind hills and curves the drive went well. Before you knew it we were home and unloading.
All told it only took a couple of hours to load, drive, unload and position.
Now my baby has a home. And as luck would have it we came in just under our $6,000 budget.
I'm a happy man.
Jim
All told it only took a couple of hours to load, drive, unload and position.
Now my baby has a home. And as luck would have it we came in just under our $6,000 budget.
I'm a happy man.
Jim
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Wasted no time getting the antlers attached I see!!!
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Wasted no time getting the antlers attached I see!!!
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Finally got the storage shed off the trailer. The stacked 2x6 and RR ties were used to keep the shed off the fenders for transport and while I was pulling the shed off to get past the fenders. I first tried to use my MF 2135 loader to pick up the end and pull it back, but I couldn't get enough traction because of the weight of the shed, so I used a floor jack on the front (of trailer) to help get it off the 2x6's and pulled it to the end of the trailer with the JD 4020. I could have used the JD 4230 loader, but it had a hay spike on it and didn't want to mess with changing to the bucket since it was buried in the back of the barn. I then put the floor jack at the back of the trailer to keep the shed somewhat level along with the trailer ramps,car ramps and blocks to keep it from dropping suddenly. It would have been much easier with a flatbed trailer, but in the end I didn't break any windows. Here are some pics.
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