How hard is it to move a mobile home?

by Dystopos

What is involved in moving a mobile home? How huge a truck is required, can anyone do it? Are there legal issues with towing a mobile home (I’m in Eastern Iowa)? Any thought how much it’d cost if I hired it? What should I look for on in a mobile home if I am sure that I will go it as soon as I own it?

Answer by Beau B
How strong are you?

Answer by sally o
i live in a mobile home in michigan, and it sucks, if you go one its bound to have cracks in the ceilings and walls after you go it. unless you own the property youll be paying lot rent plus your house payment, some mobile home parks will pay for you to go in there park.you have to hook up drain, water cable ect. so it may be a week or so before you can go in. i hope i helped you.

Answer by saaanen
Look in the yellow pages for “mobile home service”. These are the public who will tear it down and get it road ready.They will have all the answers to your questions.There are DOT permits, health department permits, A/C issues, etc.

Answer by Steven W
With all due respect, and in noting one additional answer about what “Suc**” certainly there are issues.

It should be accomplished by professionas first of all, not some guy down the road that happens to own a new super duty pickup.

Whats involved in the process is to first determine what the mobile sits on. If it happens to be a slab, then the job will be simpler for any movers, and slightly less expensive for you. If it’s on pier blocks on soil then it may have settled some, and any skirting or landscaping will have to be removed in any case.

Very likely, and depending on the age of the unit, it will need new wheels/tires. I’ll assume that the pro will check the condition of the frame/chassis/ and the axle/axles for any degraded issues.

The mobile would be “jacked up” very likely, to add the new wheels. If in fact the mobile still has the TOW apparatus on it, that will have to be checked as well, for strength issues.

A decent pro will advise on permits etc. and you may have to do the leg work, even into multiple townships or counties. It may be that what’s any built-in or added in the expense will be front vehicle and follow vehicle for “WIDE LOAD”

I live in Florida, and here it can run as high as $ 3000 even for a not too distant go. BTW that would be a single wide. Anything beyond a single wide may increase in cost, and compare to the designation of the mobile, IE: Double Wide/Triple Wide. Your best first step would be to connect with valid Mobile sales orgs.

I admit that moving will likely cause some structural issues. It is after all a box and minor framework, even if moving a fixed house does the same, in that repairs are usually needed after the fact. The conundrum with a mobile is in its construction, and usually of lesser materials than a frame or block house.

Now, and still with all due respect. Here in FL, as well as additional places, I do and have lived in Mobiles. I’ve even seen them advertised FREE or CHEAP, “must be went”. Most often they are OLD, and perhaps even if in decent shape, the owner wants it went to apparent the property for another, or to really “build” on. Also without knowing where you want a mobile went to,,,Park or Own land, I’d be looking at new or newest and from a place that sells them delivered and set up. They already have the ways and earnings, plus the warrantee.

Finally. I currently live in one I’m trying to sell. I want to distance for myself from a mobile as soon as I can, and I’m in a toasty warm state. Obviously Mobiles are less expensive initially, and the newer ones of some quality as compared to anything older than mid 90′s, but they have drawbacks too. Insurance, mortgaging, insulation properties, often inferior roofing. far too much MDF used, less than 2 x 4 stud work, thinner than 1/2 inch drywall if any exists at all, etc. etc.

I also get it though with the thought of really getting a place to live in for free or cheap, and certainly as that answer said all the utilities have to be considered, then taxes etc.

Personally I wouldn’t do it, but I don’t know any of your personal details. I wish you well.

Steven Wolf

Answer by lhmama
I have some experience in mobile homes, have had a new double wide set up by supposed pro’s and bought a used one that my husband set. Even though they did not do a fantastic job, I suggest hiring a mobile home mover. It is a tremendous amount of work. Steven is right about checking axles, the tongue, etc.

Be wary if the deal sounds too excellent to be right, in some areas really ancient mobiles cannot be set up anymore – I reckon if built before 1976, they did not conform to HUD standards.

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I am going to migrate to Australia, but before that I am plotting going to Perth for a few days and restore to my actual country.

During this travel, can I get a valid mobile number in Australia and use it ? How long does it take to have a mobile number? Where can I get it?
more particularly, in Perth, where should I go to get this ? some shopping center, mall, store?

Answer by The Oracle
Easist way is to buy a Pre-Paid SIM card… Virgin Mobile have some which are specially priced for public who already have their own mobile, so you only have to pay for calls (not for a handset). They can be processed on the spot, and you can have a working number within a couple of hours of initiation.

Answer by Joanne P
the best place to go in perth with a few phone shops to choose from is into perth city central in the shopping malls (murray and hay streets). just go into any shop and question someone for directions because theres a few phone shops to choose from. a pre-paid phone sim card is the best business because you can get it set up and working in a couple of hours. question the shop assistant and they’ll do it all for you. a few shop choices in perth i can reckon of are… OPTUS, telstra, virgin, phone zone etc. like i said there are reasonably a few to choose from. australians are very friendly usually so just question for directions!
goodluck

Answer by wtg_ib
you can get one in just about any supermarket like Cole’s/Woolworth’s just get a starter kit & you get credit with it takes 5 min to set up & use if you allready have a mobil

Answer by taniaisme
you can buy a sim card from a lot of places….. they are sold at post offices, mobile phone shops, some newsagents and even some supermarkets…. you will need to get a pre-paid sim card and this will cost you $ 30 and give you $ 30 worth of calls…. it is pretty simple to set up (a 5-10 small phone call) and should work within the hour that you set it up… just make sure that your phone from your first country takes the same sim card and you should be fine… simple as!!

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