Moving a shed, looking for ideas.

I want to move the wooden shed behind my garage about 100 feet to the far corner of the yard. It's just shed sitting about a foot off of the ground on rocks- no interior walls, wiring, etc. The floor should be redone, but I'm pretty sure the joists are fine. 

Option one: Take it apart This is more work up front, but would let me repair and level the floor/foundation at the new location.

Option two: Walk or roll the whole thing to the new location  using logs or high jacks or something. Less work up front, far more likely to maim somebody if something goes wrong, but the fastest way to get it done. I'd need to buy logs to roll it or something. I have no idea.

Any other ideas, or refinements to my current ideas?

 

PVC pipes instead of logs.  4" diameter?  IDK, how bumpy is the path you need to take?

Call a company that sells sheds and ask for a quote on moving it? 

In reply to Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) :

We easily moved this gazebo by rolling it on pcv pipes.

For this to work the structure needs to be pretty ridged (you may need to add bracing), the bottom needs to be free of protrusions and you need pipes that are strong enough to support the structure.

It's also good to have enough people to keep moving the pipes.

Been there, done that... twice! And without emptying the shed (that was a bad idea).

The first time, i rolled it on some 2x4s and iron pipes, then used the winch to drag it 50' or so:

You dont say dimensions of shed. But if just a large garden shed, I would use some jacks to lift the front or rear edge, slide plywood under the shed. Do whatever to secure the plywood to the structure, and  with the wood attached to a pull-point, drag the thing over wet grass with a winch or whatever.

The second time, I needed to move it further and spin it 180 degrees. I winched it onto the back of the trailer (barely) then moved it around the yard with the rear of the van flying up into the air before unloading it. This was terrifying, but worked!

Size? I have moved smaller sheds three ways over the years. 

1 - PVC pipes and a few buddies to push/shove/roll. It works surprisingly well as long as you don't try to rush.

2 - a couple of floor jacks, cinder blocks, 4x4 posts, and a trailer. We jacked the shed up and supported it with cinder blocks under the 4x4 posts so that we could back the trailer under it. Reverse to let it down on the trailer. This way was slow, but enjoyable - along the lines of Jenga. 

3 - I leaned on a neighbor who had a big telehandler. This was by far the best way. I didn't have to strain at all to lift the case of beer I gave him. 

In reply to APEowner :

2x6's under the PVC, man that's so much better than trying to roll across the highs and lows of the yard.  i'm definitely filing this for later.

The last one I moved was a 12 x 16. We jacked it up about 24" with high-rise farm jacks and blocks and backed a trailer under it. Once we had it strapped in place, we hauled it 15 miles very early on a Sunday morning and reversed the process to set it on a foundation. No pictures, this was 30 years ago. 

If you have a trailer, it may be easier than rolling it. 

You might also call a wrecker service. They will relocate them with a roll-off if it's small enough. 

My father and I moved a shed across our back yard when I was younger. We used the classic lever and fulcrum method: a very long 4 x 4 and a large wooden block. We would lift the front end of the shed, then walk the 4x4 forward, moving the shed about 2 feet. Then we moved the lever and fulcrum to the rear and repeated the process. Then back to the front. Over and over until it was in the new position. Time consuming, but straightforward. 

Shed is 10x12-ish.

I think PVC pipes might be the way to go, here, but I'm still open to other ideas.

In reply to Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) :

Hire a rollback (car hauler). He can pick it up and move it no problem. 
 

Tow fee plus tip should only be a couple hundred bucks. 

z31maniac said:

Call a company that sells sheds and ask for a quote on moving it? 

Gonna second this.  You'll probably spend the same amount of money as all the lumber and PVC pipe and not spend any of the sweat.

hahaha, been there done that but not very well! When we got to where I could put my shop in, we had to relocate the 10x12 shed. I thought if I lag bolted a couple of wheels to the back corners and then eyebolted the 3 floor beams and ran ropes to the back of the tractor, I could just roll it on out. No prob! Til one of the wheels said "U fool, I ain't up for this load"! The process eventually worked but it involved an extra day and several more wheels..

The low budget approach would be to get 4 free lawnmowers from the side of the road, stick one under each corner and pull with a tractor or vehicle.

The easy button would be to talk to the local shed company and get the name of someone that moves them. They will move it quicker than you'll be able get a makeshift setup together. 

They may rent them out.

My neighbor was going to cut up a 10 X 12? shed and toss it to the curb because it won't hold his new lathe.  Hold on!  I called a local manufacturer and  they moved it from his yard to mine a block away for $500.  More than I expected, but much less than buying or building one.