Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:36 pm
had an unusual job this week
Some friends of the wifes brought a house about 7 years ago and inherited a shepherd hut. (the owner left it in the garden)
Anyway, the only way to get the thing out was to take the back fence down, cut a couple of trees down in the council land, and drag it up through a tight gap, and onto a waiting lorry.
Having sold the hut to a purchaser in hampshire, the next task was to seek permission from the council.
the jobsworth said no on the phone without even looking. They eventually persuaded him to come out and look, and when i showed him that all we needed to do was fell two dying hawthorns, he was happy. especially when i offered to clear some dumped concrete for him.
permission sought, the day arrived, and a deadline of 1pm had to be met as that was when the lorry was arriving.
Perfect dry day, and the hut was jacked up and boards placed under the wheels. it had sunk in the ground about 6" over the years, and the steering axle was seized.
here is the hut ready to go
none the less, we set about it with a manual winch and began slowly inching the hut up and through a tight gap.
the fence part proved tricky and was tight, i had to cut a notch in the posts to ease it through!
then once we were through, it was time to hitch it up to the tractor and pull it at a speed of no more than 1/2 mile and hour though.
It was now impossible to steer as the axle was collapsing and the wheels were rubbing on the body.
for some reason, the sent a curtainside lorry to collect it, and the hut would not fit into it, so they had to go and get a recovery lorry to do the job.
it took several attempts to winch it on the lorry, and once it was on, it looked pretty precarious to say the least. I wouldn't have wanted to drive the lorry with that load it looked unsafe.
I have just had news that it made it to its final destination in one piece.
now the land needs clearing ready for a concrete base and an outbuilding!
Edited By dig dug dan on 1215103279
Some friends of the wifes brought a house about 7 years ago and inherited a shepherd hut. (the owner left it in the garden)
Anyway, the only way to get the thing out was to take the back fence down, cut a couple of trees down in the council land, and drag it up through a tight gap, and onto a waiting lorry.
Having sold the hut to a purchaser in hampshire, the next task was to seek permission from the council.
the jobsworth said no on the phone without even looking. They eventually persuaded him to come out and look, and when i showed him that all we needed to do was fell two dying hawthorns, he was happy. especially when i offered to clear some dumped concrete for him.
permission sought, the day arrived, and a deadline of 1pm had to be met as that was when the lorry was arriving.
Perfect dry day, and the hut was jacked up and boards placed under the wheels. it had sunk in the ground about 6" over the years, and the steering axle was seized.
here is the hut ready to go
none the less, we set about it with a manual winch and began slowly inching the hut up and through a tight gap.
the fence part proved tricky and was tight, i had to cut a notch in the posts to ease it through!
then once we were through, it was time to hitch it up to the tractor and pull it at a speed of no more than 1/2 mile and hour though.
It was now impossible to steer as the axle was collapsing and the wheels were rubbing on the body.
for some reason, the sent a curtainside lorry to collect it, and the hut would not fit into it, so they had to go and get a recovery lorry to do the job.
it took several attempts to winch it on the lorry, and once it was on, it looked pretty precarious to say the least. I wouldn't have wanted to drive the lorry with that load it looked unsafe.
I have just had news that it made it to its final destination in one piece.
now the land needs clearing ready for a concrete base and an outbuilding!
Edited By dig dug dan on 1215103279