Moving a House in Winter

[gonfishn]

A neighbor who has a house next to our homestead up north decided to build a bigger retirement home(nothing the matter with old).<br /><br />Instead of doing a demo on it he offered it free to anyone who could move it. My other neighbor who lives on the opposite side of us decided to take him up on his offer.<br /><br />He waited until January when the ice was about 35 inches thick and did the move. He is actually moving it across the lake in about ten feet of water. I was kinda of hoping it would go through(bad me) cause it went across the homestead. If it had I would have had a h... of an ice house to fish in when I come up up...<br /><br />

 

[snapperbait]

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Neat-O... <br /> <br />On the history channel, they had a really neat show on about the trucks that run on ice roads across the frozen lakes in winter.. Stuff that this ol' Florida boy native ain't never seen live and in person..... Neat show... If it comes on, check it out...

 

[JB]

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Well, I knew that those nawtherners get to walk on the water in the winter, but towing a house on the water is a new one on me.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Yea them people up north do some pretty wild things.<br /><br />I know I have my outhouse on skids so I can move it from place to place, but not my house.

 

[11 footer]

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I can see why he wanted a bigger one, thats a small house.

 

[aspeck]

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Not all that small, and 2 story! Neat pictures! Thanks for sharing. You are right though, GF, it would have made a nice ice house!

 

[roscoe]

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Thats a pretty big truck doing the tow job.<br /><br />Looks like house is 20x40, x 20+ high.<br />Lets see, if it sank in 10 feet of water.... the second story should make a nice fishing shanty, and the lower floor a nice house for the fish.<br /><br />I saw pics of a caravan of trucks hauling construction materials across the ice, to build a huge custom house on an island. Mansion was built, never occupied because of a death.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Been informed that is a 3000 SQ. foot house making way for a 4500 SQ. foot one.

 

[gonfishn]

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The price was right on this one..It cost 3800$ to move and whatever else the cost of putting it on a foundation..Neaumanns ought to remember this spot..between the homestead and point is where we fished when we hooked up last year..I'd say 3000 sg. is a good size in any standard but a 4500sg.for two people is a bit much I would say.

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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I have seen Amish pull houses down the road with teams of horses. But that is a pretty large house.