whats so hard about putting in temp supports while pouring the piers?

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my plan is to jack it up, dig 24" holes, put in a concrete form, then use pic rel and some 2x6 beams and run them perpendicularly to the skids. seems like it would be easier to run beams perpendicularly than trying to put piers directly under the skids. I could run my beams extra long so they stick out then i could do a patio or something idk. never done this before

>>2971287
What is the clear span of the added 2x6 between piers. What is the dead load of the cabin.

>>2971287
Have you checked if those anchors can hold the weight?

First off why do you need to put a pier foundation under it? Is it settling or are the blocks not sufficient? I think putting beams perpendicularly would be the wrong thing to do because you would have to run a lot of them to support it sufficiently. Why not just dig out and pour a footer on both sides say a foot wide and running the length of the skid?

>>2971348
>First off why do you need to put a pier foundation under it?
I was thinking it would be nice to prevent potential flooding from freak storms, or maybe used as a crawl space or an area where I store things. But I like your concrete footer idea, I hadnt thought of that. The skids are 32 feet long, do you think I would be able to pour the concrete myself or would that require a truck?
>>2971344
>Have you checked if those anchors can hold the weight?
Allowable axial downward (compression) load: ~3,625 lb

Allowable uplift load: ~760 lb (with anchoring adhesive or cast-in-place attachment)

Allowable lateral loads: ~1,265 lb (parallel) and ~985 lb (perpendicular) in some installation conditions.

>>2971343
two skids with a gap of 6 feet between them and 3 feet to the walls

not sure how much it weighs desu

>>2971351
>I was thinking it would be nice to prevent potential flooding from freak storms, or maybe used as a crawl space or an area where I store things. But I like your concrete footer idea, I hadnt thought of that. The skids are 32 feet long, do you think I would be able to pour the concrete myself or would that require a truck?
If you went a foot wide and a foot thick and 32 feet long it would be 64 cubic feet or ~2.4 yards or 106 bags of quickcrete. If you went two feet thick/deep it would double that... The 106 bags would be doable by yourself but probably suck, and honestly it'd be cheaper to just have a truck bring a short load. Now if you did Portland cement and mixed with your own washed sand/gravel the $$$ figures might change to be more profitable to do it yourself.

Not sure what concrete prices are here now, but guessing $180 a yard delivered, and maybe a fee for less than a few yards... Quickcrete was around $8 a bag last I remember. So yeah way cheaper to have them mix and bring it to you. Plus faster and overall better mix results too. Get your building jacked up and supported, build your foundation forms and get them leveled good, shoot some mud in it, screed it off with a board and you'd be golden.

>>2971352
what about just digging down and pouring blocks? Its already sitting on concrete blocks stacked above surface. Maybe I just pour blocks and insert some wooden shims to get it level? Id just have to figure out a way to anchor the building down. A concrete truck out here is doable, but a massive pain in the ass

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>>2971285
>I need to put a pier foundation under this and I'm scared

Seems like a good candidate for screw piles.

>>2971351
>Allowable axial downward (compression) load: ~3,625 lb

Do you get a lot of snow in your area?
In some areas the snow load is greater than the house.

>>2971370
Do you have any heavy equipment available to you? If so maybe look into mafia blocks from your local concrete plant.

>>2971285
I used railroad ties but idk if that was a good idea either

>>2972532
I remember going to a hunting camp that was in a low valley that would flood up to 7 ft and it was just fucking old single wide trailers cranked up into the sky like this.
I just remember looking out and thinking that a fall from this height could kill me, turning around and being in a tacky 1980s decor, complete with a rosey old recliner facing a big old tv.

>>2972532
how did they do that

>>2974225
Jacks and adding one timber at a time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpn-aTzhFIk

>>2974230
are those concrete houses