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Originally Posted by [1ponders]
Ah now Steve, here's one of the benefits of putting the Observatory on stumps. If I ever need to move and want to take it with me, all I have to do is cut six posts, remove the roller guide rail bearers and hoist it onto a truck and away I go. 
Well that's the theory anyway  |
I had thoughts of simply lifting my shed into a truck as well but on checking rental truck details I found that the 3 tonne ( largest allowable on A class license ) truck dimensions state
2.2m x 2.2m for door opening and my obs shed is
2.4m deep by 1.8m high by 3m long .... so that idea took a dive. Hence the screw by screw approach. At least I specifically chose a shed which was constructed with screws and nuts and bolts rather than pop rivets because I knew I would be moving. I just have to number the parts with a marker pen for re build and take some pics for reference because I had it assembled by the shed supplier. It shouldn't be too hard because I had already removed the gable roof which was the most complicated structure .... the walls are fairly straight forward by comparison and my adapted flat roof simply lifts off it's tracks. There'll still be a bit of finger crossing as I will be alone for the rebuild. Isn't astronomy fun
