Today's the day

[olds45512]

Finally got ahold of my landlord to break the bad news to him. That trailer should be condemned so I highly doubt he will be able to get anybody else to rent it. We've lived there for 10yrs and not once has he put any money back into the place, it's literally falling off the blocks and the only thing keeping it from going is the back porch. I built the front porch last year from used lumber because the old porch was rotten and collapsing. If you haven't figured it out by now he is a slum lord, we only moved in there because it was cheap and we could have pet which is hard to find around here. I loved living there because of the area it was in but it has gotten to the point where safety is a big concern and he wouldn't make any repairs. He hasn't paid the property taxes for a few years so I might go to the court house and see what it would take to buy it, it would be a great spot to build a garage and have a Cub junkyard and it's only 3 minutes from my new house.

[RumbleFish]

Sounds like a classy guy, the same type of scum owned the house beside mine when I lived in town. Except its a huge house split up into 4 apartments. The jerks over there hit my vehicles in my driveway on average every other year (for the 12 years I lived there). The final straw was a young couple who moved down from chicago. They would fight and scream obscenities at each other and their kids constantly with the windows open. Then mix in some other tenants with drug activity and sticky fingers too. I was beyond ready to get out of that neighborhood!

[olds45512]

I'm already tired of moving stuff and i don't even have the old house completely cleaned out yet. I'm not looking forward to cleaning out my shed or taking it apart to move it, if I had a grand to burn I would just build a new one.

[mortten]

No matter the excitement of a new home, moving is always a pain.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by olds45512

I'm already tired of moving stuff and i don't even have the old house completely cleaned out yet. I'm not looking forward to cleaning out my shed or taking it apart to move it, if I had a grand to burn I would just build a new one.

I had a 10x12 shed that we moved whole. Jacked corners, cribbed it up until we could roll tiltbed wrecker under it. Then set it on wrecker. On the other end we tilted the body and slid it off. We probably could have pulled it on to bed that way also but I was concerned pulling it up the bed would damage it. We put 4x4's under it when we lowered onto to flat bed so sliding it off was pretty easy. Gravity did most the work

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by cooperino

I had a 10x12 shed that we moved whole. Jacked corners, cribbed it up until we could roll tiltbed wrecker under it. Then set it on wrecker. On the other end we tilted the body and slid it off. We probably could have pulled it on to bed that way also but I was concerned pulling it up the bed would damage it. We put 4x4's under it when we lowered onto to flat bed so sliding it off was pretty easy. Gravity did most the work

That won't work for my shed, it's 12x16 so it would be way to wide to be legal and even if I could put it on a trailer in one piece it's 11.5' tall and won't fit under any of the power lines on the back road where the old house is. When I built the shed I designed it to come apart into two pieces thay will be 8x12 and the roof comes off into two pieces also. The biggest issue I have is finding help.

[drcjv]

Originally Posted by olds45512

That won't work for my shed, it's 12x16 so it would be way to wide to be legal and even if I could put it on a trailer in one piece it's 11.5' tall and won't fit under any of the power lines on the back road where the old house is. When I built the shed I designed it to come apart into two pieces thay will be 8x12 and the roof comes off into two pieces also. The biggest issue I have is finding help.

Tim not sure about the height of the shed but 12x16 should not be an issue. I had a building 14x48 delivered in one piece and just bought another that was two sides each being 12x36 both came over 80 miles to my house and were legal. I know the guy that delivered mine said he moves sheds all the time for a couple hundred bucks. Maybe you could just remove roof and move the shed.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by olds45512

That won't work for my shed, it's 12x16 so it would be way to wide to be legal and even if I could put it on a trailer in one piece it's 11.5' tall and won't fit under any of the power lines on the back road where the old house is. When I built the shed I designed it to come apart into two pieces thay will be 8x12 and the roof comes off into two pieces also. The biggest issue I have is finding help.

Ok.. Next suggestion.. Its only 3 miles away. Get yourself some 2.5x2.5 steel square tubing. Long enough to span the narrowest part of the shed. Weld some spindles on the ends. Mount the new axle under the shed. On the "front" use some angle iron to make a hitch with a coupler to take a ball. Tow that sucker home with someone in front of you and behind you.. even at 10MPH you will move it 3 miles in less than 20 min. If you do this I would suggest some angle iron welded to the home made axle with holes drilled to attach to the floor joists under the shed. Doing it this way should keep you under power lines I would think.

[darkminion_17]

wait till winter and put some skis on it.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

wait till winter and put some skis on it.

LMAO!! that will work.. Brings a whole new meaning to... wait for it... Ski Lodge!