Re: First time old boat owner ?s
New (to me) boat port. My neighbor is downsizing (I should be too!) and I made him an offer on a car port in his yard. Only had to move it about 100 feet.
First task was to pull up the 8 long rebar pins holding the thing in place. Tried mounting my car jack upside down on a 4X4 and putting it on posts and using it to pull instead of push. Great idea but I put far more pressure on it than even lifting my car, so I abandoned it. Wound up using a heavy duty crow bar. The key to it was to spin them. That broke the rust core that secured them in the hole. Huffed and puffed to get them out. Lost pics of screw jack rig.
I envisioned skidding the 20X12X10 structure into place using the side runners. Asked a neighbor with a small tractor (note to self, buy him lunch) if he would help. Put a spreader 2X4 at end and chained the base to a hydraulic lift. We picked it up about half foot and he began to pull it. Slid like stuff out of a goose. Even turned easily. We were on pretty flat ground so that helped a lot. He moved so fast I could not get my camera into video mode so all I have is stills. We nudged it a bit to place it on white painted strips of new location. I love it when things go exactly as you plan them. It's rare. So here are a few pics. More are at my photobucket site.
Albert
