Anyone moved a trailer house themselves?

I said something about the semi and DH said no way since we'd have to completely construct a hitch.
Oh. lol


Also, because a 3pt can be raised or lowered, it's a "floating" hitch so we can adjust as needed over the train tracks and such.

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We didn't use the three point hitch to unstable . We used the solid draw bar. Three point can sway or rise in some cases .

Never done it, but a neighbor did and his 1970 trailer broke in two--right at the top of a bad hill. They had a real mess on their hands.

I think they call that subdividing. Two homes for the price of one. What a deal.

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many years ago we had our 8' x 35' trailer moved professionally. There are rules and regulations to moving them. Back then, they could only be on the road Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. I'm guessing being caught at 2AM was a clear signal that not all was kosher

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Get LOTS of prices from anyone you can. We just bought a trailer the same size & need to go 35 miles. Prices ranged from $700-$2500. Think we called 6 people. We are going to have an old guy that just moves trailers on the weekends move it. Saturday is the big day. We are in an area with lots of hills and curves. I wouldn't want to try it ourselves. DH is scared the guy isn't going to be able to turn into the driveway. I am not too concerned, since a trailer used to be on the land. I think it is well worth paying someone for the service, maybe after seeing it done DH would want to do it himself next time. But not me, I feel there are somethings worth paying for!

I hired a service to move a single-wide years ago. The problems they ran into were not having a tag for hauling and having to weld a repair to the tongue in the middle of the highway (with all of us pouring bottled water to keep the sparks down).

Sure you save a little money mabey, but you do not have insurance, or the proper equipment, some one gets hurt or worse, and you will be responsible civil and criminal. Find a reasonable price and pay it and stay out of their way. Be sure they have the insurance. Some times saving money and being stupid is awful close to being the same. I would never take a chance like that and the wear and tear on the tractor would be bad. I have two tractors and one is a large one but that much weight on the draw bar would probably come close to lifting the front wheels off the ground. DON'T DO IT. But you probably will and I wish you the best. David

Good point about the liability issues Shadow.

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Its going to be a hog shed right?....around here ag is exempt so they are ALWAYS going to be a hog shed!

We did it - twice. The first time was a 12'x50' and we moved it less than 5 miles. The second time was a 12x60. My husband said never again. When his sister wanted a 14x70 moved from a mile up the road he told her he would pay the cost himself but he wouldn't move it.

I vote for paying to have it moved. You will be money ahead in the long run.

absolutely!

Hog shed.

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Those are going to be some darn happy hogs... :P

moved two of them for my son many years ago using the old 2 1/2 ton 6X6 military truck, we moved one of them 50 miles to my place rebuilt it, then moved it another 50 to where he wanted it, and then moved the first one from one lot to here he moved to, about 30 miles, when said and done he/we slid the two of them together and more or less made a poor mans double wide, when said and done he had one roof over both of them, and fixed up fairly nice, the old truck was not fast but did a good job, and some radios are a big help, do not remember all the in's and out"s but think we got the proper permits to move them.

Don't just check your route for limbs, wires and curves- check the route itself. The question here is: Auto insurance or Homeowner's?

Oh, ouch!! that's bad, very bad. I imagine that was one ticked off road department there.

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Yeah, I've seen that one.

Fortunately, a double wide with attached garage is a just a smidge bigger than we're moving.

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No experience in this area, but very interested to hear how it goes. Please update us after the move. Good luck!

We've done several in the years gone by, but no more around here. Our oh, so wise officials have determined that, in yet another effort to protect us from ourselves, individuals can no longer move and set up their own mobile home. It has to be done by a licensed MH mover.

If I had needed that bridge to get to work, I'd appreciate the protection. They don't care about what condition the home is when it gets where it's going, they care about the bridges, signs, culverts, etc.