How to build a shed that can be moved ?

[cbc58]

We are looking at building a 12x16 shed this year - with plans of building a cabin at some future date.   It will have an 10' dormer on one side and French doors (5' wide) on the other.   Due to a number of factors, we may at some point want to move the shed elsewhere on the property and convert it to a guest living space.  It could require moving it up a hill, and carrying it through the woods about 125 feet. 

What would be needed to construct the shed so it can be picked up and moved ?  Rolling it won't work.  I envision an excavator picking it up with heavy duty straps and walking it to a new spot and setting it down.  Or maybe another way. 

Anyone done this or have advice on constructing it with this in mind?  Tks in advance.

[rick91351]

House moving companies just jack them up and roll a trailer or some bogie wheels under and hook off to some timbers and go.  You would do much the same DIY.  You can rent jacks from a lot of rental companies.  Or you look in the phone book for house movers. I had a 20 by 25 small shop moved with a house mover went so easy..... I had the foundation poured and ready they just backed it over it and let it down. Took a total of two days. First they lift it - roaded it ten miles, next day they maneuvered it into place it set and they where gone.

Mover had a brag book of huge houses and building he had done - Two that really caught my eye was a large passenger depot - from a town in Nevada to a ranch way out in the desert.  And three apartment buildings that were moved off basements and then reset on basements in Boise.     

[rick91351]

Side Bar as far as moving it through the woods.  There would have to be a road or trail swamped out anyway - just make sure it is dry and firm.  No problem....

[cbc58]

Tks.  That's a good point and helps with planning ahead on where we build it so that extra expense is not incurred in making a path for moving the shed.