[AT] OT Barn floor question

[jfgrant]

Matt, some time ago I moved a 20' x 30' horse barn that was given to me. i 
moved it about 35 miles. What I did was to jack the barn up in set it on 4 
12 x 12 beams 25' long. I used a friends semi truck and brought it down the 
road "early" on Saturday morning. I did cut the roof off at the hay lofty 
line and lay the roof on the hay loft floor and then reassembled once I got 
it home. I set the barn back on a block wall with footing. I filled the 
stalls with dirt available here on the farm. The barn had four 10 x 10 box 
stalls with a 10' aisle.
Your barn could be moved without a floor. The walls should be crossbraced 
and fastened to the beams and the beams chained/fastened to the truck or 
wagon in some manner. Where there's a will there's  way.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew" <matthewx at dogod.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 8:35 AM
Subject: [AT] OT Barn floor question


> There was a big discussion regarding cement here a while back.  I have a 
> project coming up that I could use some insight on.
>
> I am buying a pre built Amish shed / barn for my animals.  They claim that 
> they can not move it without a floor in place as it would not be rigid 
> enough.  The barn is 12 x 32 which will wind up being two 12x12 stalls and 
> an 8 foot breezeway between then with a  door on each side of the 
> breezeway.  I plan to put it right along the fence line so the breezeway 
> can act as a way into and out of their area.
>
> I have concerns that the floor will not be strong enough to hold a horse, 
> so I have been thinking about prying the floor up once they have it in 
> position and hiring someone to come out and pour cement in the spaces 
> between the floor joists.  I was also thinking about putting the plywood 
> back on to make the floor .softer. and .warmer..
>
> Does this sound like a reasonable plan?  The barn will be sitting on some 
> extant lawn, and some area that I have just recently leveled out.
>
> --Matthew
>
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