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Posted by mm on September 7, 2007, 10:37 pm
On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:03:13 GMT, Robert Allison
>Dan wrote:
>> Folks -
>>
>> This came up recently as I am planning on moving my woodshed a few
>> meters so I can put a nice slab foundation under it. In every
>> description of how to do this, I am reading that rollers need to be
>> used and that telephone poles make good rollers.
>>
>> Where or who do you get telephone poles from?
>>
>>
>> --dan
>>
>
>Telephone poles are not my idea of the ideal roller for that
>purpose. Perhaps if I were going to be moving something
>REALLY heavy, but sheds are not that heavy. Telephone poles
>are very heavy and hard to maneuver.
I haven't done it, but other than that, I agree with you.
Like you say, for something really heavy they would be good. It's a
little known fact that the Sphinx was originallly built 200 yeards to
the south and had to be moved to its present position. They used
telephone poles
But in case someone really has a need for tp, I think the place to get
them is at the phone company. Some people I knew thought they needed
one, and it only cost 10 dollars for a used telephone pole.
Unfortunately, it cost them 50 or 100 to have it erected.
Later they switched to 2" steel piple of some sort, which cost maybe
20 or 30 dollars but could be erected by two people, who didn't even
have to be very strong. But now I've been talking ab out vertical,
and the thread was about rolling.
>PVC schedule 40 pipe has always been good to me for that
>purpose. It is cheap, lightweight and pretty darn strong. If
>you could find some schedule 80, it would be better, but it is
>much more expensive. I use 4" because it is so easy to get
>and cheap. I have a few pieces of 6" that work really well,
>but they are pretty expensive in comparison.
>
>We moved a 16' x 24' portable building easily with 10 joints
>of 4". Used three guys and some 4x4s to pry it along the
>ground. Moved it about 45' with ease.
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