Small Tractor Used To Move Big Carports 

Small Tractor Used To Move Big Carports  BUILDINGS Miscellaneous With a few chains pieces of 2-in pipe a tractor with a front-end loader and a bush-hog mower Phil McIntyre has moved several carports in the Montgomery Texas area     He came up with the idea when he needed to move his own 18 by 40-ft carport With a metal roof and 2-in sq tubing frame it was a fairly heavy structure     “We thought about just dragging it on its skids ” McIntyre says but he feared the jerking motion would damage the building He and his cousin Carl Romero decided to get under the carport instead with a 50 hp Massey Ferguson tractor     He ran a chain from the skid rail on one side over the bucket while in the down position to the skid rail on the other side He ran another chain over the bushhog in back     To stabilize the frame and keep the sides the same distance apart he used two joints of 2-in metal pipes that fit between the skids at the ends of the carport For each end he hooked a chain around one skid ran it through the pipe and secured the chain to the skid on the other side     He got on the tractor and lifted the bucket and bush hog to raise the carport about 4 in off the ground He backed up with the structure around him and took his time He made a couple slow turns to place the carport about 150 ft away     While McIntyre had helpers holding ropes attached to the outside of the carport as a safety precaution he says he could have moved the building all alone     “This was all done with stuff we had on the farm It would have been expensive to get someone to move it or tear down and then rebuild it ” he says     When word got out about his moving method he got a few calls     “I’ve moved carports for three other people ” he says     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Phil McIntyre 11278 Majestic Dr Montgomery Texas 77316 ph 936 447-6602; philmcintyre@yahoo com

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