info on moving a home...

[Brad]

I posted the same question in anouther forum but thought that this one had a lot of informed answeres as well, so please forgive the double post....

My wife and will be PCS'ing with the Military to North Carolina in about six months. This will be her final duty station before we finally say hello to civilian life again. We are planning on moving to Kentucky after that. We already have five acres of land in KY and want to purchase a new home to place on it. We were thinking about maybe buying a place while in NC and putting it on a rented lot while we are there (about 3-4 years), and then having it moved to our land in KY (about 600 miles away). The home will probably be somewhere in the 24 x 60ish size, 1500-2000 square feet. The Military will pay a big chunck of the moving cost in place of shipping our household goods. I'm trying to figure out two things, any help would be most apreciated.
#1: A rough idea of the cost of the take down/shipping/set up involved in moving, to get an idea of how much out of pocket we would need to come up with.
#2: How wise is it to move a home over this kind of distance? I know that the homes made today are much nicer and better built than they were 20 years ago, however are they sturdy enough to make this kind of trip?

We are just tired of the Post Housing and local rental living that's been military life since joining and would really like to be in our own place for the last few years. This way we can start personalizing it and making it home before we actually settle in KY. It would also be nice for our daughter and the new one on the way so that they don't have such an adjustment in a few years. Plus, there are a lot more choices available in NC as far as different models and features offered, so we'd really like to pick from the ones available there than the ones in KY. Once again, any info or idea's would be very apreciated.. Thanks.