On my lovely screen, your building measures 2.5"x4", including its base.
2.5 X 3.2=8
So 4 X 3.2 = 12.8
I know that inches and feet are different units of measurement, but it's all proportions, so it's equivalent. That's my best estimate, based on a fuzzy picture. Can't the house owners provide you reliable info? I guess you couldn't tip it over to transport it, eh? since it would be wide, then?
Thank you! That measurement looks about right. I sent the owners a message asking for the height but they haven't responded yet. This is a Craigslist picture, blown up to see better. :D
You can't really see it, but there's an overhang on the front part of the porch
It's sure cutting it close, isn't it? D: Hubby said if it was over 12 feet it would be too tall, since the trailer itself would hold it up a foot and a half.
Maybe there's another way though... maybe we could prop it up on its side somehow...
I know what you mean! I've seen plenty of loads going down the roads that are over 13'6" tall! BUT I guess it's okay if you obtain a permit (and, like you say... watch out for underpasses and wires.) The permit costs money... not sure how much... and my husband is not very keen on getting one just for this.
The roads we'd be using are mostly state highways, but that's not such a big deal. The only way they'd find out we didn't have a permit is to stop us and check, but I don't think my husband is willing to take that chance. He has a commercial driver's license and wants it to stay clean (and avoid fines, lol.)
He says not to worry. He'll build me one that's just like what we want when planting season is over, but gah! This one sounds so perfect! It's even insulated and wired!! And I think it would be so much less work to go and get one already built than build from scratch, KWIM? D:
Maybe it would be worth calling and finding out how much the permit would cost? And how hard it would be to acquire?
I am curious, given the height, would you setup roosting spots high up? The chicken coup that was already on our farm is so short I am always banging my head on the way through the door.
The trouble is getting my husband to agree to the permit. :( He says (and he has to take tests on all this so he's probably right) that it's pretty easy to get a permit for a load that is overweight and/or overlong, but for overwide and overtall, you have to get special permits and possibly even escorts to block traffic and/or remove obsticles.
Let's just say he WILL NOT do that for this... he'd just as soon build a new one himself, lol.
That said, even if the ceiling on the building is 8 feet high (which is what we're thinking based on the picture... it's the peak of the roof that is the issue with transport) I think we'd still only put roosts at about 4 feet high or so at the most and I can see my husband putting in a half loft for storage with a drop down ladder or something... and also putting several vents in the upper section.
It's likely a moot point though... the owner still hasn't emailed me back since I inquired about the height. I think he's having trouble selling it and this is likely the reason why.
Your biggest problem with loads that are too tall is overpasses; the maximum height is usually posted there. Though if you're using country roads, then low-hanging trees and wires are a big problem. I'm a truck driver. 13'6 is total height for a standard load without having an oversize permit and an escort. That includes trailer undercarriage as well (tires, etc). There's also a width requirement as well; a standard semi-truck is about 8.5 feet wide I believe, so that may be the requirement there.
*nodnod* Yep, that's exactly what my husband said. He has his CDL (he doesn't do over-the-road trucking, mostly just hauling our grain in his semi, but he has the CDL just in case.) He was telling me that we need to include the trailer height in there too. D:
BUT, I did hear from the owner last night and he (the owner) says the overall height is 11'6" at the tallest point. WOOT! I guess it looks taller than that because of the angle the picture was taken from? Maybe?
Now, just to talk my hubby into going and getting it... :D
That's awesome you're a truck driver!! This country couldn't run without them!
Do you think the police would really stop you and measure the building to see if it's too tall? (Serious question, not sarcastic. I've seen cops stop people for things like that before.) I'd (hope) they have better things to do than see if your shed is 3 inches too tall. heh
Hee hee... I know, it sounds crazy, doesn't it? And I really don't know if they would... but they do have like these checkpoint things set up (weigh stations?) along the main highway where if the light's on (or something) the trucks have to pull in there and get weighed as they pass by. I would assume they could check the height requirement at that checkpoint too. From what I understand, those checkpoints aren't always "on," but if they've decided to do some random checking that day then a trucker can get caught
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2.5 X 3.2=8
So 4 X 3.2 = 12.8
I know that inches and feet are different units of measurement, but it's all proportions, so it's equivalent. That's my best estimate, based on a fuzzy picture. Can't the house owners provide you reliable info? I guess you couldn't tip it over to transport it, eh? since it would be wide, then?
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You can't really see it, but there's an overhang on the front part of the porch
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Maybe there's another way though... maybe we could prop it up on its side somehow...
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Otherwise, with a good amount of cross bracing, you might be able to lay it down and move it... but that wouldn't be my first choice.
That all assumes that you don't have any underpasses or electrical wires to go under on your route!
Good luck!
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The roads we'd be using are mostly state highways, but that's not such a big deal. The only way they'd find out we didn't have a permit is to stop us and check, but I don't think my husband is willing to take that chance. He has a commercial driver's license and wants it to stay clean (and avoid fines, lol.)
He says not to worry. He'll build me one that's just like what we want when planting season is over, but gah! This one sounds so perfect! It's even insulated and wired!! And I think it would be so much less work to go and get one already built than build from scratch, KWIM? D:
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I am curious, given the height, would you setup roosting spots high up? The chicken coup that was already on our farm is so short I am always banging my head on the way through the door.
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Let's just say he WILL NOT do that for this... he'd just as soon build a new one himself, lol.
That said, even if the ceiling on the building is 8 feet high (which is what we're thinking based on the picture... it's the peak of the roof that is the issue with transport) I think we'd still only put roosts at about 4 feet high or so at the most and I can see my husband putting in a half loft for storage with a drop down ladder or something... and also putting several vents in the upper section.
It's likely a moot point though... the owner still hasn't emailed me back since I inquired about the height. I think he's having trouble selling it and this is likely the reason why.
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Hope it works out for you!
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BUT, I did hear from the owner last night and he (the owner) says the overall height is 11'6" at the tallest point. WOOT! I guess it looks taller than that because of the angle the picture was taken from? Maybe?
Now, just to talk my hubby into going and getting it... :D
That's awesome you're a truck driver!! This country couldn't run without them!
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