Well since I've been too busy with ranch work to start the new shop (and a little low on funds) Mary suggested I used the 16 x 10 ft shed for a temporary shop for the winter. Well since my old shop in Joseph was only 12 ft. wide I didn't figure 2 less feet would be that much of a problem so I told her that was a great idea and I'd look into it.
So the first thing we needed to do was move the shed about 100 yards to the west side of the house. We wanted to use the old space for a Japanese garden someday and we thought about putting a green house where the shed was so I enlisted the help of my neighbor Dale who had all the equipment I didn't have to help me. He brought the load of gravel we needed to level out the site and had the trailer we needed to move the shed as well as a tractor we used to shove the shed around. Oh yes he also had the high lift jack we used to lift the shed to get it off the old foundation and move the shed over after getting it on the new site.
Using the laser level to see how much fill we needed to get the site level, 18 inches over 20 feet.

Here's the shed in it's old home on the east side of the house.

I backed the trailer under the shed and tilted it so we could get it on the trailer and get a strap over it to hold it on the trailer until we could drag it out where Dale could get the tractor bucket and shove the shed the rest of the way onto the trailer.


After getting it over to the new site I backed the trailer into place as well as I could and we prepared to lower her into place.

After getting the shed in position we just needed to get the pressure of the trailer so we could tip it down. Dale used the tractor bucket to take the pressure off so I could release the chain holding the trailer bed down and we slid her down onto the ground.

Well almost there. Just needed to jack her up and slide her over a little to get the
shed centered on the site. I jacked and Dale pushed and it slid over just fine right where I wanted it.

Got done in a little over 3 hours thanks to Dale's help without which I couldn't have done any of it.
Next steps are wiring, insulation, and wallboard in the next post.
Oh and by the way I just noticed after writing this that Chris Hall has just finished his "First Light" lantern after 50 posts on how he built it. If you haven't seen Chris's blog before it is truly a great work and if you have any interest in Japanese joinery and truly inspiring work you need to look up his site
"The Carpentry Way"Also a shout out to Martin Hickman who is now in school in Boston at the North Bennett Street school of house restoration. If you remember he took a week long
class from me in March to meet his requirements for admission and I am proud to say he made it and is enrolled in a two year course of study there and just called this week to let me know how things were going and how well he was sawing with his new Ryoba saw. Good luck Martin.......