He Moved A Granary Barn With His Dozer

He Moved A Granary Barn With His Dozer BUILDINGS New Techniques Moving a 1950s wood granary a mile and a half across fields was easy for Matt Bray The farm equipment dealer jacked it up set it on steel skids and hooked it to his D7 dozer It was an easy move that made his wife happy “Krissy wanted a barn for her horses and a friend of mine had this granary that was no longer being used ” says Bray “It’s 25 by 40 ft and built like an old grain elevator with stacked 2 by 4s It was heavy but solid and moved like a champ The old boys really knew how to build them ” Bray and his brother-in-law used five bottle jacks to lift the granary off its cement pillars It was heavy enough that they only raised one side at a time before setting it down on a steel skid The skid consisted of heavy-wall 4 by 6-in steel tubing The tubing was laid on top of the concrete pillars before pipe lengths were welded in place as spreaders Once on the skid the building was pulled to Bray’s farmstead with the D7 “It was late winter ” says Bray “The ground was frozen solid and we had no powerlines to go under It took 2 days to lift and only 2 hrs to move it ” Bray posted photos and a short video to X formerly Twitter with a brief description The response was overwhelming “It went viral ” says Bray “It’s had something like 139 000 views!” Bray notes that the job isn’t finished Preparing it for his wife’s horses will entail redoing the interior which initially consisted of five compartments/bins Lofts are planned for each end of the building with stalls on one side tack feed and hay storage on the other and an open area in between “It has silvery tin on it now which we plan to replace with new red tin ” says Bray “Once we’ve added windows it’ll be the focal point of our yard Instead of a man cave it’ll be a she shed ” Contact: Farm Show Followup Matt Bray Box 1362 Tisdale Sask Canada S0E 1T0 ph 306-852-8672

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