After a quick coffee and breakfast Dave and I headed outside to finalize our plan of attack for moving the shed. Steve came over to give us a hand and we managed to get it jacked up and the rollers placed underneath.
Steve wondering how on earth this is going to work out
One roller down, one to go
Once we had two of the rollers in it was time to try to turn the shed 90 degrees. Umm...why did we build this thing so solid. Man that's heavy! We couldn't even budge it sideways. We need a new plan. We discussed trying to find a picker truck (expensive option) or a flat-deck tow truck (less expensive option). Both would be much easier to find in Bonnyville as we know more people there. After a quick Google search we located a towing company not too far away but they can't come out for a few hours. Steve and Dianne headed back to their rig and Dave and I sat down for a quick snack. While looking out the window Dave decided he could probably pull the shed sideways with his truck. We fed a pipe through the skids on the bottom of the shed and attached the tow rope to our truck and slid the shed sideways. IT'S WORKING!!
We called Steve and Dianne back over and decided the four of us would try to push the shed to the back of the lot. To move we needed all four rollers underneath. Unfortunately there is a seemingly small hill by the trees. It's actually quite a large incline when you're trying to push a very solid shed up it!
Hmmm. what to do?
We need a mechanical advantage. Dave's truck is too big, way too much hassle to off-load Steve's quad (which is maybe too small). Our neighbour Bert has a truck and it's just the right size! Yay!
Bert doing a walk around before hooking up
Ready to pull
Bert pulled it easily up the incline while we moved the rollers and guided him so he would still have room to get his truck out once the shed moved up the incline.
Tight squeeze to back out between the trees and our trailer (not the best pic to show this)
Thanks Bert for saving the day!! Still about 20-25 feet to go.We all put our backs into pushing the shed towards the back of the lot. Once close we did some ground levelling and added some 4X6'es for the shed to sit on. Now for the final push.... and SNAP! Dave is down. He says it felt like someone hit him in the leg with a stick. Turns out he seriously strained his calf. We are so close but it doesn't matter, we are done for today.
So close! Needs to move back a few feet :(
Steve and Dianne came in for a beverage and we got Dave's leg up.
Ice pack and elevation
After, they went back to their rig for supper. Dave and I ate and then I did some research to figure out how to treat his injury. We figured out that it wasn't an Achilles tear, so that's good news. Seems to be a muscle strain or tear of his calf. Hopefully we can help it to heal quickly as we are support crew for Ailsa very soon in Lake Tahoe plus Dave has his first 10 km race coming up July 14th. Never a good time to be injured but right now is extra bad timing.
Margaret looking after her Dad
Tuesday morning Dave was in a fair bit of pain and limping pretty badly but we got out there to finish the shed move anyways. As we were putting on our shoes Dave asked if our helpers (Steve and Dianne) were here yet. I said "You mean our saviours?" That progressed into "Our saviours, from site 11, Colibaba be thy name." (*No offence to anyone for using the Lord's Prayer as our rhyme) We encountered a couple issues in the final few feet. First off, the rollers weren't quite high enough to lift the shed over the 4x6's we had put down as a base. We solved this by jacking up a bit higher and adding 2x4's as a ramp.
Steve placing the ramp under the roller
Our other issue was that every time we pushed backward the shed wanted to move to the side. As you can see in the picture above there is very little room between the tree and the roof. This means every time we push back we also need to push sideways. Dave couldn't push because of his leg so he hooked up a ratchet strap to a tree and helped by "pulling" from the opposite side. Eventually we got it just where we wanted it. What a huge job! Thanks to our friends for all the help. Sorry about your finger Dianne. Hope it's not purple for too long.
Shed at the back leaving room for the upcoming garage
Enough of this hard physical labour! Let's eat. We jumped in the truck and headed to Original Joe's in Stony Plain. Great service and the food was really good!
Much more fun than moving a shed! lol
After a short drive we went back to Pineridge to see if Dave could help Steve replace his broken rear-view camera in his truck door. Dave had replaced the one in the tailgate of our truck so he was hopeful he could help Steve out.
Such an impressive rig!
Unfortunately the door did not come apart quite as easily as hoped and they eventually decided it was a job for the professionals. 
Margaret looking for the screw we dropped...lol
Since we had had such a big lunch we decided on a smaller supper. I had a small salad leftover, Dianne had some chips and we all thought hotdogs cooked over the fire sounded just right!
Pretty fancy supper for our last night together for a while
A little woodpecker looking for supper too
We made a fairly early night of it as Steve and Dianne are heading out in the morning and had to start packing up. So glad they made Pineridge one of their stops on their cross Canada journey. Very grateful for their help to move our shed and we hope their trip across Canada is a safe and happy one! Cheers guys.
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