Deere 4120 Tractor Used To Move 18-Ft. Wide Building
“In a recent issue of FARM SHOW Phil McIntyre of Montgomery, Texas described how he moved an RV carport with his Massey Ferguson 50 hp tractor. I recently used the same idea to move a big building with a Deere 4120 tractor,” says Jeff Weller of Dunnellon, Fla.
Weller says he tried to contact Phil to thank him for the idea and ask some questions regarding the building he wanted to move, but wasn’t able to reach him.
“Our building was 18 ft. wide, so simply draping the chain over my tractor’s 6-ft. loader bucket and front weight box would have put too much stress on the building frame. I wanted to set the ‘pick points’ as close to the sides of the carpet as possible,” says McIntyre.
He ended up running a chain through lengths of 8-in. square tubing secured to the loader with ratchet straps.
“I welded braces together across the ends of the building. My Deere 4120 was able to easily pick up the 800-lb. building with 800-lb. test chain.”
He attached six 8-in. utility wheels - 3 on each side - to existing holes in the bottom of the frame to act as bumpers on his hilly terrain. “The wheels worked great to keep the ends of the building from digging in as I went up and down hills,” says Weller. “With only my wife to help balance the carport, we were able to move it almost 300 yds. in only a few hours, with most of that time spent removing fencing. Although the building got a little bit torqued during travel, it squared up perfectly once it was placed on the footers we had poured.
“All in all, this is a great way to move a metal building. If you can drive under a building and have enough tractor power and strong enough bracing materials - you can probably move it,” says Weller.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jeff Weller, 20455 N.W. 13th Street, Dunnellon, Fla. 34431 (ph 352 489-4998).
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Deere 4120 Tractor Used To Move 18-Ft Wide Building BUILDINGS Miscellaneous “In a recent issue of FARM SHOW Phil McIntyre of Montgomery Texas described how he moved an RV carport with his Massey Ferguson 50 hp tractor I recently used the same idea to move a big building with a Deere 4120 tractor ” says Jeff Weller of Dunnellon Fla Weller says he tried to contact Phil to thank him for the idea and ask some questions regarding the building he wanted to move but wasn’t able to reach him “Our building was 18 ft wide so simply draping the chain over my tractor’s 6-ft loader bucket and front weight box would have put too much stress on the building frame I wanted to set the ‘pick points’ as close to the sides of the carpet as possible ” says McIntyre He ended up running a chain through lengths of 8-in square tubing secured to the loader with ratchet straps “I welded braces together across the ends of the building My Deere 4120 was able to easily pick up the 800-lb building with 800-lb test chain ” He attached six 8-in utility wheels - 3 on each side - to existing holes in the bottom of the frame to act as bumpers on his hilly terrain “The wheels worked great to keep the ends of the building from digging in as I went up and down hills ” says Weller “With only my wife to help balance the carport we were able to move it almost 300 yds in only a few hours with most of that time spent removing fencing Although the building got a little bit torqued during travel it squared up perfectly once it was placed on the footers we had poured “All in all this is a great way to move a metal building If you can drive under a building and have enough tractor power and strong enough bracing materials - you can probably move it ” says Weller Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Jeff Weller 20455 N W 13th Street Dunnellon Fla 34431 ph 352 489-4998
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