little house; big project

To make a long story not quite so long,  I found a tiny building/ shack that somebody wanted to get rid of for real cheap.  It had a new roof and was built in the twenties or teens ( kinda hard to tell actually).  It measures 16′x 14′ and was nearly 17′ tall witch made it a little bit over the 13 1/2 foot height restriction for moving it and once you put it on a trailer you were looking at a 20′ tall behemoth roaring down the highway crushing everything in its path.  This dissuaded the first people that bought it from moving the building to their property so it sat for a couple of years looking forlorn until I inquired about it.  The building continued to sit for another year while I worked out how to move this thing to the farm.

All sorts of theories swirled through my head including the damn fool Idea of cutting the top of the building off (which I decided against).  I was given a 1970s camper that I wanted to use the frame off of so I got it down to the bare essentials.  Then bolted the frame to the bottom of the house, removed the springs and reattached the axles this got me about 18 feet to the top of the building which is still very tall but not as tall as it could be.

Once I obtained all the proper permits it was ready to move. Bruce’s tractor provided the pulling power and with it in low gear and my dad driving We made it the 4 miles to the farm with a minimum of effort.  There were a few tight  spots and we  had to lift a few lines but smoothness was the order of the day.

here are a few more shots of the moving project on my other blog.

now that it is in its new location renovations and sprucing up are underway.  The final use of the building has not been decided yet but it will most likely be a comfortable and cozy cabin sometime in the future………

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