How to Move a Pole Barn

Assemble a skid beside the pole barn. The skid should be slightly larger than the pole barn dimensions. The skid can be made from spare lumber (old bridge timbers work well), or you can purchase strong plastic locking skid sections. Join them together to create a skid of the correct size.

Dig post holes five feet down for the corner posts on the new barn site. Install 4-by-4-foot posts or perma-columns vertically in the holes and fill the holes with concrete. The tops of the new corner posts should be even with the ground so that the corner posts on the existing structure can be sistered to the new posts without creating a gap between the floor and the walls.

Shear the barn corner posts at ground level with the metal saw.

Slide the barn onto the skid using the backhoe.

Attach a tow chain to the skid and tractor.

Drag the barn slowly from the old site to the new location. Position the skid beside the foundation and push the barn onto the site with the backhoe. Line up the old corner posts on the new posts.

Embed the old corner posts into the new ones by bolting the posts together with all-thread and washers.