jacking perm house off ice

[Jim walleye]

I've got a perm up on mille lacs, and as the years have gone by it is more of a pain (and safety issues) to get the house put up on blocks... especially when ice floods..  I wanted to run this by folks to see if this makes sense.

I have a smaller house 8 x 15..  I got a decent price on 4 - 2000 lb trailer tongue jacks.. the kind without  wheels,  just plates on the bottom, crank from the side.  My plan is to bolt each one of these to a corner of the house. (I have a pretty sturdy frame with white oak skids, angle iron bolted to secure the house to them).

When all the way up, they would clear the ice by a inch. when time comes to put blocks under, just go around the house and jack er up.... add blocks under the skids (from the inside fishing holes).. then raise the jack back up.

sounds good in theory...

 

thoughts?

 

Jim

[Hawg]

If you can find a railroad guy that can get you a spud bar for prying up tracks they will lift the house about 2 inches with hardly any effort at all, seems easier and a lot cheaper. Even with that cant you lower the jacks on the hose or skids so they go up more than an inch? I'm not understanding the 1 inch thing.

[LindellProStaf]

Bolt a extra thick piece of angle iron the each corner.  Then get a Handy Man Jack.  That is all you need.  Plus a chisel if it is frozen down.  

[LindellProStaf]

Of course have the angle facing out so you can get the jack under it at each corner.  You can also cut a slot in each angle so you can hook a chain in it for pulling too.  Use big bolts too.