Moving wooden buildings

[djbobbins]

I need to move a (well made) 10 x 6 wooden shed, by about 20 feet in my garden.

 

The garden is flat but the access is not great - about 650mm wide down the side of the garage.

 

So I’m loathe to dismantle the shed to move it such a short distance but think it’s not going to be possible to get a telehandler in.

 

Any ideas / suggestions for how to shift it? I’ve thought about basically screwing some lengths of 3 by 2 across the ends, to turn it into something a bit like a giant sedan chair, but I reckon the collective wisdom on here might have a better idea??

[gary112]

8 minutes ago, djbobbins said:

 

I need to move a (well made) 10 x 6 wooden shed, by about 20 feet in my garden.

 

The garden is flat but the access is not great - about 650mm wide down the side of the garage.

 

So I’m loathe to dismantle the shed to move it such a short distance but think it’s not going to be possible to get a telehandler in.

 

Any ideas / suggestions for how to shift it? I’ve thought about basically screwing some lengths of 3 by 2 across the ends, to turn it into something a bit like a giant sedan chair, but I reckon the collective wisdom on here might have a better idea??

 

Jack it up and get some round poles under it and start rolling and just keep moving the back ones to the front as you go and so on

[Woodworks]

Either temporary sleds or rollers. If its heavy built maybe a Tirfor for the pulling

[topchippyles]

Can you jack it up and get some scaffolding poles under it 

[rapalaman]

As Gary said - scaffold poles on scaffold boards and inch it along. Done several like this on my own with a long bar levering from each corner bit by bit. Painstaking but not that hard really 

[Dan Maynard]

I've also balanced a shed on a pallet truck, running on scaffold boards. You'd need one under each end for that I reckon.

[Will C]

Normal advice for this is to Fell and replant 

[daveatdave]

definitely need boards under the rollers  

Edited April 12, 2021 by daveatdave

[sime42]

What about a load of manpower? Some years ago a mate of mine had a Shed Moving Party and BBQ. The details are somewhat hazy now in my memory, but I think 5 or 6 of us moved it by about 15m down the garden, including a sizable bank down at the end. It worked well. I think it was only a 6 by 6 shed, so might not be a serious suggestion for your case. With enough guys though, (fueled by enough beer and BBQ), anything is possible!