Moving Your Property

Specialty
Equipment

Trailers and Trucks

Our main pull truck is a 2007 Mack with remote control hydraulics. This truck is equipped with a hydraulic 5th wheel and slide shifting bolster that allows your home to be moved easier and with less damage.

Dodson also has over 20 different trailers including stretch, hydraulic and dovetails to help transport equipment and homes in a timely manner.

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Hydraulic Controls

Dollie Trucks

Dodson House Moving is well-equipped to move your property easily and with as little damage as
possible.

We are equipped with a fleet that includes Dollie trucks with air-ride technology, Mack trucks
with hydraulic jack systems, hydraulic 5 th wheel and slide shifting bolsters, and much more.

With our state-of-the-art technology, Dodson House Moving is capable of handling all moves that
require delicate handling and precision.

Frequently asked questions

You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers

This depends on the type of building and where the building is located in the state. In almost all cases, after a permit is obtained the building can be moved with proper supervision and stand-by equipment. When moving a building over one-and-a-half stories high, utility wires may have to be raised which, depending on the number of wires involved, increases the price of the move. In some states, it is possible to move a house for miles. In certain highly populated areas, due to narrow roads, bridges, utility lines, trees and traffic control issues, most buildings are normally only moved a few blocks away, across the road, on the same lot or across a field.

Generally the entire process of moving or raising the home and building the new foundation is completed in one or two weeks. Weather conditions, our schedule and the masonry contractor’s schedule must be taken into consideration however.

  • Pre-cast concrete block and pads:  16″x16″x4″ concrete pads are placed on top of the ground with 8″x8″x16″ concrete tile dry stacked and shimmed to level.
  • Cedar post:  An 18″ diameter hole is drilled approximately 30″ then an 8″ pad of concrete is poured and leveled.  A cedar post is then cut to grade and set on the concrete and backfilled with dirt.
  • Concrete piers:  An 18″ diameter hole is drilled approximately 30″ then an 8″ pad of concrete is poured and leveled with 2 1/2″ rebar extending to attach the pier.  An 8″ diameter cardboard tube is cut to grade, installed in the hole and poured with concrete to grade. The pre-cast foundation is good for a rocky non-expansive soil or a sandy soil.  The object of the cedar post and concrete piers is to set the base of the pier in an area where the moisture level is constant.  This stops the soil from expanding and contracting.