Log cabin mobile homes oklahoma3/29/2024 ![]() The ground slopes 11 inches over the 14 foot distance. I excavated two trenches about 16 inches wide, each 15 feet long. ![]() # Posted: 28 Jun 2012 12:26 - Edited by: adakseabeeįlyrdr, last summer I built a 10'x14' shed/cabin on 6"圆" PT skids, doubled vertically, that are rated for ground contact. Set and level your skids, place your floor joists on the skids and your on your way. You also make the "stone pad" at least a foot larger than the footprint of the cabin so the roof runoff doesn't land directly on soil and erode the soil away. # Posted: 28 Jun 2012 07:43 - Edited by: VTweekenderįly, you simply take out the topsoil, usually about 6", to help stop things from growing underneath, then level the area and install about 8" of crushed stone, a little above grade is good for runoff. If only one layer, have them perpendicular to the skids. Otherwise double wide 4'' block with second layer the opposite direction, with a spacing of 6' to 8' appart. If you can grade the ground level and set the skid on the ground that's good. In soft soil a larger pad or more pads are required, maybe a sidewalk section. Block them level with cement block, do not use block with holes sideways, they will break. I would use four layers of treated 2x8's on each one. You can set the cabin on two skids one on each side a foot in from the edge. Do not use a middle skid in frost country. 16' and 20' wide is ok, but near the limit. I've seen few problems in thirty five years and two hundred cabins. Could anyone elaborate on how to prepare the ground that the skids or blocks will sit on? I don't have land yet but my area is Northern New England and if and when I do build my footprint will be 400 sq ft or under, likely 16 x 20 or 20 x 20. I've read mention of building on skids in several posts here. Small Cabin Forum / Cabin Construction / Building on Skids Forums - Register/Sign Up - Reply - Search - Statistics.
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