Moving a small building

[Susan]

I have a well built 16x16 Ag building that needs to be moved about 150 ft. and across to the opposite side of my driveway. It's placement is just one of a number of mistakes I have made getting our property up and running.

It's half walled/half screened on above ground post and pier.

Looking for recommendations on who might be able to accomplish this move. [?]

Thanks, Susan

[lquade]

call keaau services. their big crane should handle that with no problem

[Susan]

Thank you lquade

[Tink]

If you are clear and flat you might be able to drop it onto local sourced logs with a good pair of hydraulic jacks, then pull or push it across the drive to new spot, then lift and place your new posts. Just place logs to roll along without binding, and take the free logs from the back and move to front, taking all the time you need because it's your labor.

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[Tink]

If you are clear and flat you might be able to drop it onto local sourced logs with a good pair of hydraulic jacks, then pull or push it across the drive to new spot, then lift and place your new posts. Just place logs to roll along without binding, and take the free logs from the back and move to front, taking all the time you need because it's your labor.

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[terracore]

Would be interested in hearing how much it cost to move.

[Tink]

Hmmmm..... Crane, set up lift, rotate set on pier ready footing, $$$$. My way, 3 5 ton bottle jacks from auto parts store or Ace, 4x6x18 beam at HD, Ohia logs "found", your time, about 175.
Before trucks or cranes, it was common to "roll, or sled a house using horses or oxen.
Just kidding TC, I too am curious how much crane time is.

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[lquade]

i have used their crane twice. it ran about 250 an hour. moved 2 20 foot containers onto footings i had prepared. i think that ran around 400. another time i moved a cement water tank and that was the minimum 250. if you are ready for them, it isn't bad.

on another note, as Tink referred to, once my hubby and i moved a full 20 foot container with a bunch of guava sticks and a com-a-long quite a distance. two old fools playing egyptians but we did it and it sat for several years until we made a move and used the crane... where there is a will, and a basic knowledge of leverage and fulcrums much can be accomplished...

[terracore]

I tried moving a 20' high cube by jacking it up and putting it on greased guava logs and then towing it with a 4x4 Jeep Wrangler. No go. It was slightly uphill but I think the big problem was that the empty container was heavy enough, and the guava soft enough, that the container dug into the logs. The ground was not flat so there was no chance of the logs rolling and the container wouldn't drag on them.

In order to move it I had to jack the container up high enough to fit 4 foundation blocks underneath of it and then put 3 inch steel pipes on top of them, and then drag the container as far as it would go before the pipes rolled off and the container would no longer drag on the foundation blocks, then move everything and repeat the process. It wasn't the most efficient method available but I didn't have to buy anything I didn't already have or could scrounge other than one jack. I moved it about 35 feet this way.

[Susan]

I have a stockpile of Ohia logs. Still reading commemts.