Move'n a house trailor?

Thanks in advance.

Dave

The last mobile home I had was still very livable and usable, but I wondered if I was actually going to have to PAY someone to take it off my hands. In the end, I felt very fortunate to get $2K for it and did not pay for the hauling. I did have to work many hours getting the mobile home unblocked and ready to move, however.

Are you sure you really want the old mobile home? Good luck!

A 10x36 will only wiegh about 10k, empty. Depends on you road way width of how much problems you'll have. You'll need your mirrors out past the MH width. A piece of 1-1/2sq tubing works well for temporary extending the mirrors or modified clamp on fender/door mounted mirrors.

Use the center line to judge your side clearances. Always take what roadway you need and the other vehicles will move. It's just like playing "chicken" when you were a kid.

I pulled a 14x75 (25kGVW) from Colorado to Arizona, about 650miles, one time with a 1-1/2 ton Dodge. That was a feat in and half as Colorado roadways are only 12ft wide on the route that DOT "required" me to take.

Your pilot cars must block the roadway when you need all the roadway or the other cars will go around your pilot car. This happened to me on Slick Rock pass in Colorado.

I had sent the pilot car(my Dad) ahead to the top of the pass to block all traffic. I gave specific instructions to pull sideways accross the roadway to block traffic. He didn't do that.

I'm in a sharp right hand corner with my tractor in the burm ditch on the left side of the road and my trailer just misssing the right side guard rail doing 10mph when here comes a semi truck blowing down the grade.

I have my tractor just over the center line but my trailer is still in the left lane as the semi approchs. The semi driver sees the mistake he's made and locks his trailer brakes and goes into the bar pit ditch and that rips open the top right side of his van trailer on the rock overhang.

As he passed my trailer end, He misses my trailer by 4". I had already opened my cab door and was ready to jump as there was only a 500ft cliff on my right side and I ain't going down there.

This was all because my pilot car didn't see a need to block the roadway and the trucker got impaitent and went around him.

I do know one thing, if I had to do it all over again, I'd hire the professionals in a heart beat.

T_Bone

Was just wander'n if any one on here had done this, how it worked out, and how many of us would try it.

Thanks

Dave

Pretty much going to have to stay on the two lane state roads as much as possible.

Thanks.

Dave

Should make a good early Sunday morning project pretty soon. Has to be done by mid April, will post back and tell yall how it went if I do it.

Thanks for the support guys!! I know you all would never get a boy in trouble!!!

Dave

You're going to need tags, and probably insurance to get tags. You own the thing, its not like you're a transport service. But...you aint pulling that thing down the road without tags, or at least not far if the sheriff or whom ever sees you. And it oughta be safe, including lights.

Good luck.

And I won't even comment on the KY rigs and lights.

Also, never ever swap work haul'n grain in KY, if any body important ask. If you are haul'n your brother's corn because he shelled yours last week, never ever own up to it!!!

Dave