Anyone moved a mobile field shelter ?

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We've got a 24 x 12 mobile field shelter that we originally got when we rented a field to save an hassle with planning. It's from National Stables.

I want to move it to a new location and am wondering exactly how 'mobile' it is. I've got a compact tractor with crawler gears that I'm going to try to pull it with.

Then the hard part. I want to push it back into a clearing between trees. So I need to move it sideways on the skids.

My thoughts are to pull it onto some round poles. Then try to slide it back in.

Anyone with any experience before I try?

We were quoted £400 to disassemble / reassemble which is what we did when we moved to our current place.
 
It might be worth contacting the company.

Although we chose to buy the expensive (£200 a set) castors for ours (they are massive and very heavy and designed for the shelter), the stable company we used did offer to send out their set if we only needed to move the shelter occasionally, if we just paid the postage.

Not sure if National do the same or if Saltire are particularly helpful !! but they might be able to assist to avoid damaging the precious structure. NB I can only lift these castors one at a time they are so massive and heavy and they have a channel above for the base frame to fit in.
 
Does it have metal skids or wooden? Ours is built on metal skids and tows easily behind OH's 4 x 4, not sure about moving it front to back - as it just drags I'd probably be tempted with ours to just nudge it with the 4 x 4 and see what happended - especially for £400.

There isn't a way of towing it in between the trees I assume?
 
Mine is on metal skids & is pulled around (suprisingly) easily by local farmer with his JD tractor. I've got a towing loop with hook on one end & he managed to shove it about to get it back to the fence line etc once its dragged there.

Usually mine gets moved a min of 3 times a year in the summer paddocks & left to vegetate from late October to early March.

Hope you get it moved in 1 piece :)
 
We have one a similar size which is on metal skids. As long as the ground is firm it moves easier than you might think. There's usually a little jump as it first comes unstuck so be prepared for that but once its moving its pretty easy. I was worried some of rafters might get strained as they are probably the weakest part but we have never had any problem. We have used round poles to shuffle it into place which has worked fine, but we have also thrown a thick horse rug over the bull-bars on the car and then used that to nudge it into place, works for us!
 
We've done the same thing as WandaMare...using round poles to nudge it into place. We've also used the forks on our old tractor to give it a bit of a lift and a push sideways. You really do need the ground to be firm.
 
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