Jacking up a livestock shed

[vantage]

I remember reading of a farmer raising the height of his potato store, featured in FW, used a MF Tractor’s hydraulics connected to rams on each stantion. Managed to get all the rams to lift the same amount. Pretty sure there will be something similar on YouTube.

 

[yin ewe]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...BMAB6BAgIEAQ&usg=AOvVaw0Sxd4V4QEvhMLW00lYNLeR

 

[multi power]

The rafters will spread under the weight if you start cutting it about , the end plate is twice the depth of the rafter section and relies on the haunch to maintain roof pitch angle and transfer tension down to foundations

Have to brace it from side to side first and it should be ok

 

[roscoe erf]

Or buy this one, available at end of the month,
100ft x 40ft x 14 ft

what sort of price would it be

 

[grainboy]

Morning Paul
Have a lorry down your way today coincidence.
looking for £7500 dismantled or less if you dismantle.

 

[Forever Fendt]

That shed wants making into a house under pd!
@Forever Fendt

@Nearly Good idea, First job would be turn all the zed purlins around someone erected it with them facing the wrong way

 

[roscoe erf]

Morning Paul
Have a lorry down your way today coincidence.
looking for £7500 dismantled or less if you dismantle.

and if I dismantle you can pm if you want

 

[aled1590]

Thought I’d update everyone regarding the reason i started this thread, might be of interest to some of you as I enjoy watching other people’s shed builds. We decided to give jacking up a shed a go...and it worked. I’ve taken photos along the whole process to share and the shed is pretty much finished now, just a few bits like electrics and sheets to put up.
What both sheds looked like

(couldn’t find a pic from this side without me in it)

So as you can see one shed very low and below level of yard so was prone to flooding in heavy rain.
Starting stripping sheets and boards

We bought 12 4T ratchet jacks on eBay for each post

Then we had 4 welders/engineers/fabricators in to do the serious stuff. Chose a quiet, still day and Had to lift it up and weld up in one day, finished around 9pm. It was a lot of adjusting along the way. 6 of us, one on each jack on one side and did 2 clicks of the jack and threaded up the nuts on the threaded bar to help hold the weight. Then over to the other side and did the same until we got up to nearly 4 foot. (We did have a safety briefing before hand ‘If anything moves just f*****g run’) then slotted in the 4foot rsj’s and welded up

after that was done it was internal work, raising up the blocked walls, closing up old doorways, then filling in the sheds floor with rubble and shale. Went with Teemore stuff as Bateman and iae were 6months minimum waiting time.

 

[grainboy]

Well impressed, take my hat of to you all

 

[vantage]

Superb, well done!

 

[aled1590]

Then the cows came in, so half the shed is slightly sloping to the front but you barely notice it. Around 60 cattle in there now, its made feeding mucking out and bedding so much easier now, and they seem much happier than before (they were in 3 different sheds that was hard work)

Split into 6 pens. 15ft feed passage, 12ft scrape and 18ft bedded. It’s taken a lot of work, most days spent there from October until now. I can now spend some time over the weekend with my family!

 

[aled1590]

If you notice the wonky shuttered walls below the barriers and where they step over...we’re not pro’s at the job. Underestimated the weight of concrete and how strong the shuttering needed to be. Live and learn!! Barely notice it now with all the sh*t

 

[goodevans]

Very impressive and nice fixtures and fittings

 

[davidroberts30]

Ingenious
Well done

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Good job that took balls
Just shows what can be done if you get the right people

 

[kill]

Brilliant job and glad it went so well.
Many thanks for the update and the detail as I am sure others will do similar and enjoy your detailed step by step photos .

Waiting to see those high lift jacks up for sale or hire shortly

 

[Sharpy]

Looks a grand job, thanks for showing the process. Well done!

 

[Dave6170]

Fair play! Credit to you

 

[Bossfarmer]

Then the cows came in, so half the shed is slightly sloping to the front but you barely notice it. Around 60 cattle in there now, its made feeding mucking out and bedding so much easier now, and they seem much happier than before (they were in 3 different sheds that was hard work)

Split into 6 pens. 15ft feed passage, 12ft scrape and 18ft bedded. It’s taken a lot of work, most days spent there from October until now. I can now spend some time over the weekend with my family!

what did the actual raising cost?

 

[Henarar]

Fantastic, well done