Have you hauled this, assembled, on a trailer?

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springvalley123

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I have a 10x13x6.5 foot tall poultry run with hardware cloth on the bottom. I'm moving soon. I know I can remove the trampoline stakes holding it to the ground, and plan to remove the tarp and the shade cloth I added.

But.... do you think it will fall apart? I think it weighs about 200 lbs, and it has those button/spring fittings holding it together (no tools required for assembly except that I had to use a mallet to put the pieces together fully). It has to be rotated 90 degrees (onto its side) to fit through the RV gate, and to fit on a flatbed trailer. Then travel 2 miles at 65 mph (could possibly go slower) and 3-4 miles at 25-35 mph over paved roads with a few bumps.

Instead of moving this one, I could disassemble the panel kennel and reassemble it, removing/reinstalling the hardware cloth, shade cloth and all.

Thoughts? Experiences?

ETA: meant to include link to a picture of the thing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3140313440...kpDrjV2p0I9IKQ%3D%3D|ampid:PL_CLK|clp:2047675
 
springvalley123 said:
It has to be rotated 90 degrees (onto its side) to fit through the RV gate, and to fit on a flatbed trailer. Then travel 2 miles at 65 mph (could possibly go slower) and 3-4 miles at 25-35 mph over paved roads with a few bumps.
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Just go slow.
Will take less time and aggravation than trying to disassemble.
 
Sounds Like it's gonna be pretty difficult. All the parts add up quick as far as weight and its large to number cumbersome. Cause of the size once its on its size however thats gonna happen it'll probably be very flimsy
 
Putting it on its side may create significant structural instability that could cause parts to buckle or joints to fail. If you *can* move it upright that's probably better.

Adding some bracing, especially diagonal bracing, to keep it from racking is probably a good idea. Also, moving slowly over back roads rather than swiftly over the highway is likely to be the better option.
 
Have you checked out your route for overhead obstructions, power lines and trees? That's going to set 10' above the trailer bed. How long is the trailer bed? Will it be at least 13 feet long so that is supported the entire length? Or can you fully support the length, maybe having long boards to support it. If you have any overhang I think you can kiss it goodbye on a bad bump.

When you go around curves or make turns momentum will make that want to fall off the side of the trailer. Even in the interstate I'd be concerned about turns. Slow is the way to go. And really good tie-downs.

That is almost certainly an oversized load. It is likely you will need a permit and probably an escort, especially on an interstate (if you are even allowed on an interstate).

I personally do not think it is practical to move that intact, especially not on public roads.
 
Thank you all so much! I can't diagonally cross brace it, but I do have 2, 10 foot kennel poles that could brace it as it's 10 ft wide. I don't think there are any bridges at all, I'd have to check, since as pointed out, it'd be about 13 ft tall. I can get a flat bed trailer over 13 ft by 6.5 wide, I do have good straps with ratchets, but I am concerned about those spring fittings that hold it together. As for back roads, if there are any they'd be narrow, off-road routes meant for an ATV or at least a higher clearance Suv, not really good for a trailer. The 65 mph is a 4 lane divided highway and not a freeway, but I do have to get through an interchange, so I'd have to see --there must be an underpass so I'd have to check it's clearance. I'm thinking, what would I do if it fell apart? that'd be a disaster that I could avoid by taking the tedious task of disassembling the panel kennel and moving that (panels and roles of HW cloth etc) on the moving truck instead of undertaking this risky adventure in hopes of saving a couple days labor.
 
raingarden said:
The legal limit for something carried on a public road is 8.5 feet wide. Anything larger will require a special permit and police escort.
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Laws vary by state and probably by county. You probably need a permit for each county you drive a double wide mobile home through, but they don't appear to always need a pilot car, much less a police escort.
 
I opted to move the panel kennel instead of this one. Later however, I really needed this poultry run, so I disassembled it. I had no issues with it. I did need extra hardware cloth because somehow it didn't fit all the way around the run after the move.... It took more time to reassemble than it did to assemble it in the first place, so I'm glad I had the birds already in a suitable run without the serious time pressure of trying to assemble a run before nightfall.
 

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