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NutmegCT

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Pub is *much* too quiet. No posts since yesterday afternoon.

So ...

I have a 12x12 wooden workshop (shed) sitting on 4x4 timbers on the ground.

I want to move it 25 feet across the lawn.

How would you guys do this?

I'm thinking: gradually jacking it up, sliding 12" pvc pipe or sonotube under the frame, then slowly rolling it across the flat lawn, removing/replacing the tubes, until in place. Something like the pharoahs used:

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Any thoughts, suggestions, or improvements on the idea?

Thanks.
Tom
 
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That sounds like a plan. The good thing is that the ground should be sufficiently hard at this time of year so it should roll easy.
 
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We are gonna need pictures of this when it happens!
 
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Sonotube will crush and pvc may shatter in this cold weather. I have 20 ft of 2 inch EMT and assorted other steel pipe you are welcome to. If you want to take a trip across the border PM me. Otherwise it's an easy move. We did it when I was about 12 years old with straight trees we cut down and a block and tackle.
 
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We did that 50 years ago when my parents bought the house across the street and my Dad was too cheap to leave his old shed behind. We used about 4 or 5 straight pine tree with the limbs cut off. To move, we used a "pinch bar" that was really just a long piece of pipe. Luckily, we lived on a quiet street so didn't create any traffic jams.

I always wished we'd taken photos.
 
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2 4X4s or 6X6s one on each side put on bottom like sleds, pull with ATV or truck.
 
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Well Tom, you didn't mention whether you wanted to use the shed after the move... So I'll suggest a Trebucket. Guaranteed viral video.
 
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I'm sendin' ol' boy with his 4X4. All you need is'a 12 pak and a semi-clear path.:thirsty: :glee: YeeeeeeeHAAAAAAAAAW!:driving:
 
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GregW said:
Well Tom, you didn't mention whether you wanted to use the shed after the move... So I'll suggest a Trebucket. Guaranteed viral video.
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I'm guessing that he wants to keep it in the same zip code.
 
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As Edgar Montrose, (look him up if you don't know), might say, pack some dynamite under it and "KaBoom!!" you can move it where ever you want...
 
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Hey, put your sprinkler on the ground in the path you want to move it and push/drag/pull it across with a come-a-long once it freezes.

Or mebbe attach a buncha big bottle rockets onna other side.
 
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Step one: buy an old pick-up with an eight foot bed. Step two: remove said eight foot bed. Step three: build a ten by ten frame for the shed to ride on. Step four: mount shed on pick-up. Then you can move your shed whenever you need to.
 
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waltesefalcon said:
Step one: buy an old pick-up with an eight foot bed. Step two: remove said eight foot bed. Step three: build a ten by ten frame for the shed to ride on. Step four: mount shed on pick-up. Then you can move your shed whenever you need to.
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Ahhh, "The Crystal Ship" :jester:
 
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Years ago we moved some 6X10 foot by 4 inch thick concrete pads with rollers and a wire cable hooked to my dad's LTD wagon - worked well.

More recently, we moved a shed approximately that size by laying out 2X6's as runners and sliding the shed along the 2X6's on melamine squares (Pieces of shelving) - amazing how slick they were. we used a comealong to move the thing. Once it got going, it moved very easily.
 
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J-P - great idea. I've been having problems locating sturdy tube/pipe with a minimum six inch diameter.

The idea of just laying more timbers, then maybe greasing them, and using sliders on the timbers sounds more do-able. Where'd you hook up the come-along? I assume to a chain or rope that wrapped around the lowest level of the frame?

Stay tuned. This may turn up on America's Funniest Home Videos.

Tom
 
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NutmegCT said:
J-P - great idea. I've been having problems locating sturdy tube/pipe with a minimum six inch diameter.

The idea of just laying more timbers, then maybe greasing them, and using sliders on the timbers sounds more do-able. Where'd you hook up the come-along? I assume to a chain or rope that wrapped around the lowest level of the frame?

Stay tuned. This may turn up on America's Funniest Home Videos.

Tom
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rope around the shed - BTW if you do go with rollers, even rollers on top of something like 2X6's, you don't need 6" - get a bunch of used chain link fence posts - they will roll just fine.
 
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