Do mobile field shelters actually survive being moved?

[asmp]

Yet again I’m thinking of buying a mobile field shelter and, yet again, I’m getting totally confused over what’s good but not horrendously expensive.

The shelter would have to be moved 2 - 4 times a year into adjacent field. I’m assuming metal framed ones would be stronger? Some of the timber ones look very flimsy. There‘s also the huge delivery fees that some charge if not local (I‘m Hampshire/Wiltshire).

There is the alternative, I suppose, of getting a larger permanent one straddled over the fence line but then there is the planning permission (and it’s not my yard).

We’re about to lose a large tree due to rot, which gives shelter ?

 

[poiuytrewq]

I’ve never moved ours but there’s a yard locally that has a 12x24 that they use as a shelter but a good few times a year in summer it’s moved when they do dressage days and use it as a secretary tent or refreshments area.

 

[cauda equina]

I've got 2 12x24 shelters on metal skids which have been moved a lot with no problems (except for breaking the diff on my Disco - I get someone to do it with a tractor now)

I've also got a smaller one on wooden 'skids' which I wouldn't even try to move

 

[awelshandawarmblood]

I think if they are moved regularly even wooden ones are ok, but anymore than a month or two metal ones tend to fare better.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Yep, actually pretty sure the one I mention above is on metal skids

 

[cauda equina]

How sad about your tree OP

 

[meleeka]

I think it depends on the structure. I have a barn on metal skids which I’ve never moved, but I can’t see there being a problem if I did. Some of the cheaper ones I’ve seen don’t look nearly as substantial as mine, but probably cost a lot less.

 

[Friesianfoal1999]

we bought one with wood skids, dont move them ever! its ridiculous . metal ones are fine

 

[The Xmas Furry]

I have an Ascot mobile shelter which has tubular metal skids. It was delivered in early summer 2011 and has survived being moved 3 to 5 times a year as I use it in 3 different paddocks (also have 2 fixed shelters near the yard). Its fully lined, single doorway, decent overhang with gutter etc and has survived a few storms and Fuzzy bashing. Very happy to recco them, I also have 2 x stable blocks from them, vintage 87 (from the Windsor range) and 96, 2 x static field shelters vintage 79 and 2012 (the 2012 replaced a 1967 one that wasnt lined etc, from a different supplier lol)
You get what you pay for.
They are still going Link here

 

[chaps89]

I have an Ascot mobile shelter which has tubular metal skids. It was delivered in early summer 2011 and has survived being moved 3 to 5 times a year as I use it in 3 different paddocks (also have 2 fixed shelters near the yard). Its fully lined, single doorway, decent overhang with gutter etc and has survived a few storms and Fuzzy bashing. Very happy to recco them, I also have 2 x stable blocks from them, vintage 87 (from the Windsor range) and 96, 2 x static field shelters vintage 79 and 2012 (the 2012 replaced a 1967 one that wasnt lined etc, from a different supplier lol)
You get what you pay for.
They are still going Link here

There is some very beautiful stable yards on that link! ?

 

[The Xmas Furry]

There is some very beautiful stable yards on that link! ?

I have envy whenever I look at the site!

 

[tda]

I have a National Stables double unit that was built on site, when I said I was going to move it I got ridiculed by OH, anyway move it we did, with a tractor and a sling, down quite a slope, turn 45° and back up a slope. It survived ?

 

[Leam_Carrie]

I have one on wooden skids... moving it is challenging... would definitely go with metal skids.

 

[MrsMozartletoe]

I have an Ascot mobile shelter which has tubular metal skids. It was delivered in early summer 2011 and has survived being moved 3 to 5 times a year as I use it in 3 different paddocks (also have 2 fixed shelters near the yard). Its fully lined, single doorway, decent overhang with gutter etc and has survived a few storms and Fuzzy bashing. Very happy to recco them, I also have 2 x stable blocks from them, vintage 87 (from the Windsor range) and 96, 2 x static field shelters vintage 79 and 2012 (the 2012 replaced a 1967 one that wasnt lined etc, from a different supplier lol)
You get what you pay for.
They are still going Link here

Wondering whether my bank balance would survive even asking for a quote... They look very solid and well made that's for sure!

 

[asmp]

Wondering whether my bank balance would survive even asking for a quote... They look very solid and well made that's for sure!

i quite agree. Beautiful but look very expensive (although they are fairly local).

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Wondering whether my bank balance would survive even asking for a quote... They look very solid and well made that's for sure!

Its worth getting a quote, at the time I got mine, a simple 3 x 4 metre, it wasn't as much as I thought it might be, and has seen off 1 other mobile one from next door! By the time you add on the overhang or lining to the cheapest ones out there, you'll be nearly there. Hence I paid once for quality.

 

[MrsMozartletoe]

I'm going to ask... And then weep quietly in the corner but will probably dig deep and get a couple if they're that tough and long lasting. Most of the ones I've seen (other makes) have looked good but then give them a wee while with a bunch of neds and then not looking so good.

 

[MrsMozartletoe]

I asked. Lovely chap. Prices weren't as eye watering as I'd expected, however they don't deliver up here so am back on the hunt.

OP really glad you asked the question as otherwise I'd have probably gone for the wooden ones, not realizing that the metal ones are so much better for moving

 

[cauda equina]

I asked. Lovely chap. Prices weren't as eye watering as I'd expected, however they don't deliver up here so am back on the hunt.

OP really glad you asked the question as otherwise I'd have probably gone for the wooden ones, not realizing that the metal ones are so much better for moving

I got mine from a small local firm but they were still about £3k
Having said that they're still going strong (with some patching up) after 15 years

 

[ElleSkywalkingintheair]

Try county equestrian MrsM. They did my stables 5 years ago and mobile stables for a friend. Really good quality and not a terrifying price

http://www.county-equestrian.co.uk/field_shelters.htm

 

[MrsMozartletoe]

Ah, a small local place. Might ask our hay man who konws these things.

Will also try County Equestrian, thank you

 

[Muddywellies]

I used to have mobile field shelters. Neighbours complained to the council so we were forced to move them regularly. Ours had removable metal struts which braced the structure when you moved it. They were dead simple to pop in and then remove.

 

[Honey08]

We’ve moved both of ours. One has metal skids that we had built onto the wooden base ourselves by a local metalwork firm, the other (same make) was moved on its strong wooden skids. Both were fine. I even know someone that towed their shelter half a mile down the road behind a truck!! It amazingly stayed together, but isn’t advisable (or even legal!).