How light can you make a permanent skid house?

[bogwalker]

Any tips and photos would be appreciated.

[thedeadsea]

I just completed my first permanent house, 4'x8'.

I used cedar 2"x3"s for studs (salvaged from a deck we tore up) and 1/4" OSB for walls. Sheeted the roof with OSB and covered it with light galvanized metal. Don't know how light but it is pretty light. Wheeler pulls it easily. Could have used even thinner plywood for sheeting but the cost would have gone up significantly. I'll post some pics later today.

Steve

[Sonicrunch]

pic tease.

[sparkydm]

I built a 6x8 skidder. Sorry I have no photos. I used 2x3's for the walls and rafters. Pole barn siding outside, luan(spelling?) plywood inside. 2" rigid foam insulation. Treated 4x4's for skids. If you use diagonal bracing in your walls you could skip the plywood inside.

[thedeadsea]

Outside pic. 4'x8', high side wall is 6'6", low side wall is 5' 6".

Inside pic. As you can see it is pretty spartan with rectangle holes in two corners that can be used as a spear hole or enough room for 2 round holes. I may put one more round hole in the center after this season but didnt want to cut it up too much at first.

Let me know if you have any other ?'s, I would be happy to help.

Steve

[bogwalker]

thedeadsea, How much would you say this house weighs? Thanks

[thedeadsea]

I honestly have no idea. I can lift it up on any end by lifting on the rafters. Couple hundred pounds at most. It pulls very easily on 10' 4"x4" skids behind a wheeler.

Steve

[broken_line]

im guessing you could make one a 6x8 of 2x2 studs, 4x4 runners and 1/4 plywood for walls and roof. 1/2 for the floor.. im guessing around.. 250 lbs maby? give or take 20

[greenskeeper]

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[greenskeeper]

how do you post pics?

[thedeadsea]

Set up a photobucket account and then post the link here.

[greenskeeper]

<a href="http://s792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/greenskeeper2010/?action=view&current=IMG_0484-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/greenskeeper2010/IMG_0484-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[greenskeeper]

[greenskeeper]

heres a house I built this fall

[greenskeeper]

[greenskeeper]

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/greenskeeper2010/IMG_0484-1.jpg

[greenskeeper]

[thedeadsea]

Pretty slick Greenskeeper. Nice work!

[bogwalker]

greenskeeper, Very nice! How much does it weigh?

[greenskeeper]

It weighs about 1100 lbs http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/greenskeeper2010/IMG_0492.jpg

[JimJim]

I don't know the exact weight but we built this shack last year. I can lift it on end by myself to load on the trailer. It is 7x8. There was twice last year on clear ice that the wind actually moved the shack on us.

[bigfish24]

jimjim how much did it cost to build your house?

[JimJim]

It was just over 300 without the insulation. Here is the build thread from building my shack.

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2043655/1

[bigfish24]

thanks jimjim it looked like a fun build.