Amazing what I find on the Internet. And I am glad to be here! I figured I could find a forum like this and ask my question. Thanks in advance!
I have a wooden work shop building, 12 feet wide by 30 feet long. It is regular stick built construction, T111 siding, a roll up door at one end, a window and a pedestrian door. It was made and sold by the "Dirksen" Company. I have it sited in my yard area on concrete posts, wired for 220/110, gas, water and air. I use it as my work shop.
Here's the deal, I am going to be transferred to Fallon, NV next September; we have located a place to live and so forth, but I sure don't want to part with my work shop. It originally cost me only $3,000 and since that time I've put in drywall, engine stands, chain hoists, overhead trolley electric hoist, and so forth. Oh, and a/c for the summer and gas heat for the winter.
OK, now, "The Little Woman" has already Authorized me to purchase a new truck for the drive out to Nevada from Middle Tennessee. When I suggested to her that a Ford F450 would be nice, she said, "Sure .. but I get to have a new hunting rifle or three ..."
Sounds like a deal to me.
Now for the serious questions:
What kind of gyrations, nut-rolls, goat-ropes and other assorted pains in the patutie am I going to go through to get the shed out yonder. I spend some 30 years in the US Army doing stuff like driving an M88 Tank Retriever, the Reo/AMG 10-Ton Prime Mover; and so forth. So, I am not, shall we say, unacquainted with towing big, long and heavy stuff. Also I have a CDL issued by the state of Tennessee ...
Here is what I am thinking, and please you alls, put in your two cents worth!
1. I get a 30 foot triple axle flat bed fifth wheel trailer with brakes at this end and sell same at the other end -- I am thinking 3-axle because total weight is going to be about 12,000 lbs to 15,000 lbs when the work shop is packed full;
2. I put a nice fifth wheel package on the F450, because we will be pulling a 4xhorse trailer out in Nevada.
3. I fix up the usual lights and flashers and tv camera on the workshop building; and hang a "Wide Load" poster on the rear; use my nail gun with furring strips to tightly wrap some blue tarp over the roof so the shingles stay put;
4. I use the winch to pull the shed up onto the trailer; using 2" PVC Pipe filled with concrete as rollers under the shed's skids;
5. I use cross braces made from 2x4's inside to do an "X" sort of thing every 4 feet to eliminate sway and to add internal strength.
6. I do a careful weight and balance routine on the shed and trailer to make sure the load isn't going anyplace forward or backwards;
6-1/2 There will be a 300 gal Diesel fuel tank at the front of the truck bed, full of Deisel, of course.
7. I back up and hook up; Momma gets in the other truck with the horse trailer and away we go.
8. Some where from someone I bet that I have to get some permits, maybe?
OK, friends and neighbors, hit me with all the bad stuff that is going to happen along the way.
I know this has been a long post, but I am looking forward to hearing from you all.
Best to All,
Dave
I have a wooden work shop building, 12 feet wide by 30 feet long. It is regular stick built construction, T111 siding, a roll up door at one end, a window and a pedestrian door. It was made and sold by the "Dirksen" Company. I have it sited in my yard area on concrete posts, wired for 220/110, gas, water and air. I use it as my work shop.
Here's the deal, I am going to be transferred to Fallon, NV next September; we have located a place to live and so forth, but I sure don't want to part with my work shop. It originally cost me only $3,000 and since that time I've put in drywall, engine stands, chain hoists, overhead trolley electric hoist, and so forth. Oh, and a/c for the summer and gas heat for the winter.
OK, now, "The Little Woman" has already Authorized me to purchase a new truck for the drive out to Nevada from Middle Tennessee. When I suggested to her that a Ford F450 would be nice, she said, "Sure .. but I get to have a new hunting rifle or three ..."
Sounds like a deal to me.
Now for the serious questions:
What kind of gyrations, nut-rolls, goat-ropes and other assorted pains in the patutie am I going to go through to get the shed out yonder. I spend some 30 years in the US Army doing stuff like driving an M88 Tank Retriever, the Reo/AMG 10-Ton Prime Mover; and so forth. So, I am not, shall we say, unacquainted with towing big, long and heavy stuff. Also I have a CDL issued by the state of Tennessee ...
Here is what I am thinking, and please you alls, put in your two cents worth!
1. I get a 30 foot triple axle flat bed fifth wheel trailer with brakes at this end and sell same at the other end -- I am thinking 3-axle because total weight is going to be about 12,000 lbs to 15,000 lbs when the work shop is packed full;
2. I put a nice fifth wheel package on the F450, because we will be pulling a 4xhorse trailer out in Nevada.
3. I fix up the usual lights and flashers and tv camera on the workshop building; and hang a "Wide Load" poster on the rear; use my nail gun with furring strips to tightly wrap some blue tarp over the roof so the shingles stay put;
4. I use the winch to pull the shed up onto the trailer; using 2" PVC Pipe filled with concrete as rollers under the shed's skids;
5. I use cross braces made from 2x4's inside to do an "X" sort of thing every 4 feet to eliminate sway and to add internal strength.
6. I do a careful weight and balance routine on the shed and trailer to make sure the load isn't going anyplace forward or backwards;
6-1/2 There will be a 300 gal Diesel fuel tank at the front of the truck bed, full of Deisel, of course.
7. I back up and hook up; Momma gets in the other truck with the horse trailer and away we go.
8. Some where from someone I bet that I have to get some permits, maybe?
OK, friends and neighbors, hit me with all the bad stuff that is going to happen along the way.
I know this has been a long post, but I am looking forward to hearing from you all.
Best to All,
Dave