Food and beverages Food and beverages    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Mobile homes??? Goto page 1, 2  Next          Food and beverages Forum Index -> Food and beverages View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:02 am    Post subject: Mobile homes??? Has anyone got any experience of moving a static van/mobile home? We are considering getting hold of one as a teenagers bolthole but there is no way that a truck could deliver to the farm because of access issues. However, if the axle, wheels and chassis would take it, we could tow a 10'X28' very slowly off the nearest road to a new home with a tractor or 4wd. Is this a goer?? -- Steve Rawlings Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Pat Gardiner Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 2:07 am    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? <srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote in message news:dbydnc4_wprT597bnZ2dnUVZ8rKdnZ2d@pipex.net... Quote: Has anyone got any experience of moving a static van/mobile home? We are considering getting hold of one as a teenagers bolthole but there is no way that a truck could deliver to the farm because of access issues. However, if the axle, wheels and chassis would take it, we could tow a 10'X28' very slowly off the nearest road to a new home with a tractor or 4wd. Is this a goer?? No. Statics are no use for teenagers. Their racket can reach for miles You need an old caravan. Simply hitch up in the night and dump them in a lay-by somewhere far far away. You need strong nerves and a touch of unscrupulousness for dealing with teenagers. It will not work, but nothing works. You can only pretend to be one step ahead. -- Regards Pat Gardiner www.go-self-sufficient.com Quote: -- Steve Rawlings Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Gerald L R Stubbs Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 2:22 am    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? The message <dbydnc4_wprT597bnZ2dnUVZ8rKdnZ2d@pipex.net> from srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk contains these words: Quote: Has anyone got any experience of moving a static van/mobile home? We are considering getting hold of one as a teenagers bolthole but there is no way that a truck could deliver to the farm because of access issues. However, if the axle, wheels and chassis would take it, we could tow a 10'X28' very slowly off the nearest road to a new home with a tractor or 4wd. Is this a goer?? Yes, so long as the tyres are not perished. If they look dodgy then replace them with new, and while you are at it check the wheel bearings which should be ok. The running gear on a static van is designed soley for manouvering the thing, so if you are towing it over a distance then take it very steadily and you will be fine so long as the tyres are in good condition. -- All the best, Stubbsy. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:03 am    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? On 2007-05-10, srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk <srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote: Quote: Has anyone got any experience of moving a static van/mobile home? We are considering getting hold of one as a teenagers bolthole but there is no way that a truck could deliver to the farm because of access issues. However, if the axle, wheels and chassis would take it, we could tow a 10'X28' very slowly off the nearest road to a new home with a tractor or 4wd. Is this a goer?? Did it years ago for a neighbour. The length was a problem, as anywhere other than a public road, the ends would be hitting ground.. and that one was very rusty underneath.. (afraid that it would crack the chassis).. Wouldn't do it again, but the travellers seem to have no problem. -- Greymaus Just another grumpy old man Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Jill Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:18 am    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: Quote: Has anyone got any experience of moving a static van/mobile home? We are considering getting hold of one as a teenagers bolthole but there is no way that a truck could deliver to the farm because of access issues. However, if the axle, wheels and chassis would take it, we could tow a 10'X28' very slowly off the nearest road to a new home with a tractor or 4wd. Is this a goer?? Its done around here where there are LOTS of statics Slowly, carefully, with lots of preparation and measuring for height and length. Across the diagonal too. Make sure everything under neath is in as good a condition as you can Don't bottom out ! and have a contingency to get it out ;) -- regards Jill Bowis Pure bred utility chickens and ducks Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery Working Holidays in Scotland http://www.kintaline.co.uk Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? In article <PuOdnTMHGvYzCt7bnZ2dnUVZ8tGqnZ2d@bt.com>, patgardiner@btinternet.com (Pat Gardiner) wrote: Quote: Is this a goer?? No. Statics are no use for teenagers. Their racket can reach for miles Ultimate sanction is that I have control over the power supply! Quote: You need an old caravan. Simply hitch up in the night and dump them in a lay-by somewhere far far away. You need strong nerves and a touch of unscrupulousness for dealing with teenagers. It will not work, but nothing works. You can only pretend to be one step ahead. On the whole they are not bad kids, Just that eldest daughter has informed us that she "needs her own space"!!!!! Quote: -- Steve Rawlings Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? In article <31303030333038334643A93B94@zetnet.co.uk>, stubbs@zetnet.co.uk (Gerald L R Stubbs) wrote: Quote: *From:* Gerald L R Stubbs <stubbs@zetnet.co.uk *Date:* Thu, 10 May 2007 23:22:35 +0100 The message <dbydnc4_wprT597bnZ2dnUVZ8rKdnZ2d@pipex.net from srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk contains these words: Has anyone got any experience of moving a static van/mobile home? We are considering getting hold of one as a teenagers bolthole but there is no way that a truck could deliver to the farm because of access issues. However, if the axle, wheels and chassis would take it, we could tow a 10'X28' very slowly off the nearest road to a new home with a tractor or 4wd. Is this a goer?? Yes, so long as the tyres are not perished. If they look dodgy then replace them with new, and while you are at it check the wheel bearings which should be ok. The running gear on a static van is designed soley for manouvering the thing, so if you are towing it over a distance then take it very steadily and you will be fine so long as the tyres are in good condition. -- Good points and noted Stubbsy! Some have solids I believe?? -- Steve Rawlings Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? In article <slrnf479ml.ut9.greymaus@mausd.edu>, greymaus@gmaildo.tcom () wrote: Quote: *From:* greymaus@gmaildo.tcom *Date:* 10 May 2007 23:03:49 GMT On 2007-05-10, srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk srawlings@cix.compulink.co.ukwrote: Has anyone got any experience of moving a static van/mobile home? We are considering getting hold of one as a teenagers bolthole but there is no way that a truck could deliver to the farm because of access issues. However, if the axle, wheels and chassis would take it, we could tow a 10'X28' very slowly off the nearest road to a new home with a tractor or 4wd. Is this a goer?? Did it years ago for a neighbour. The length was a problem, as anywhere other than a public road, the ends would be hitting ground.. and that one was very rusty underneath.. (afraid that it would crack the chassis).. Wouldn't do it again, but the travellers seem to have no problem. -- The grounding of the back end is one of my real worries and I note that Jill also mentions it. I /think/ I can get a 28' down the lane... just Any longer will have to come over the fields in Summer. The easies way would be to borrow a flatbed trailer, but getting the thing on an off will be a problem unless I can find some hi-lift jacks to get it 4' in the air! -- Steve Rawlings Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? In article <4643a79f$0$8724$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, news@NOSPAMkintaline.co.uk (Jill) wrote: Quote: Is this a goer?? Its done around here where there are LOTS of statics Slowly, carefully, with lots of preparation and measuring for height and length. Across the diagonal too. I suspect that a load ot stone may be a sensible option to grade out a couple of hollows to prevent grounding! Height of trees can be an issue but I hope that a chainsaw can resolve any little problems... Quote: Make sure everything under neath is in as good a condition as you can Don't bottom out ! and have a contingency to get it out ;) Chassis seems to be an issue that several folks have noted as is grounding and I will bear this in mind Contingency plan A is a big tractor and chain!!! The more I think about the problem, the more the borrowing of a 24' bale trailer appeals if I can resolve the problem of getting the ststic on and off the trailer. Here at home is not a problem as we can always use a pallet loader to lift and then lower one end at a time which we have done before. We needed to lift a 3' container off a wagon here and used two loaders, one at each end to lift and then the wagon pulled away, and we then dropped the container gently to the ground. Worked well. -- Steve Rawlings Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Andrew Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? In article <31303030333038334643A93B94@zetnet.co.uk>, Gerald L R Stubbs <stubbs@zetnet.co.uk> wrote: Quote: The message <dbydnc4_wprT597bnZ2dnUVZ8rKdnZ2d@pipex.net from srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk contains these words: Has anyone got any experience of moving a static van/mobile home? We are considering getting hold of one as a teenagers bolthole but there is no way that a truck could deliver to the farm because of access issues. However, if the axle, wheels and chassis would take it, we could tow a 10'X28' very slowly off the nearest road to a new home with a tractor or 4wd. Is this a goer?? Yes, so long as the tyres are not perished. If they look dodgy then replace them with new, and while you are at it check the wheel bearings which should be ok. The running gear on a static van is designed soley for manouvering the thing, so if you are towing it over a distance then take it very steadily and you will be fine so long as the tyres are in good condition. I'd echo that. We've moved them with a tractor, a transit van and a landrover. The tyres are the bit to worry about - they *will* be perished if they've stood for any length of time: important to jack up and support on blocks once in final resting place. The vans themselves are generally very light - the actual towing is not a problem and IME they're more robust than they look: we swopped an old one for a couple of bags of dog food and it was towed away up a very bumpy track with no problems (by a transit van). We gave another one away (complete with sitting tenant) and that was pulled up the same track, a mile down the road and up an even worse track for half a mile with no damage at all (tractor that time). There are loads of static vans tucked away all over the place round here (mostly ex-Great Yarmouth holiday caravans) and swapping sound wheels and tyres around when they need to be moved is something of a communal activity: if you can find solid wheels they won't need pumping up, but people might try and borrow them quite often! One last point, the people who transport second-hand static vans are masters of getting long trucks to places they really shouldn't be able to go... might be worth asking first? -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? On 2007-05-11, srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk <srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote: Quote: In article <slrnf479ml.ut9.greymaus@mausd.edu>, greymaus@gmaildo.tcom () wrote: *From:* greymaus@gmaildo.tcom *Date:* 10 May 2007 23:03:49 GMT On 2007-05-10, srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk srawlings@cix.compulink.co.ukwrote: Has anyone got any experience of moving a static van/mobile home? We are considering getting hold of one as a teenagers bolthole but there is no way that a truck could deliver to the farm because of access issues. However, if the axle, wheels and chassis would take it, we could tow a 10'X28' very slowly off the nearest road to a new home with a tractor or 4wd. Is this a goer?? Did it years ago for a neighbour. The length was a problem, as anywhere other than a public road, the ends would be hitting ground.. and that one was very rusty underneath.. (afraid that it would crack the chassis).. Wouldn't do it again, but the travellers seem to have no problem. -- The grounding of the back end is one of my real worries and I note that Jill also mentions it. I /think/ I can get a 28' down the lane... just Any longer will have to come over the fields in Summer. The easies way would be to borrow a flatbed trailer, but getting the thing on an off will be a problem unless I can find some hi-lift jacks to get it 4' in the air! Some Ivor Williams (trailers) owners have jacks to remove the stock bodies when they just need the flat bed.. dunno about 4' though.. As before, check under to see if the chassis is sound (Trailers are built to be supported by the wheels, not by jacks each end) -- Greymaus Just another grumpy old man Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Pat Gardiner Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? <srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote in message news:QvednS88w_BruNnbnZ2dnUVZ8v-dnZ2d@pipex.net... Quote: In article <PuOdnTMHGvYzCt7bnZ2dnUVZ8tGqnZ2d@bt.com>, patgardiner@btinternet.com (Pat Gardiner) wrote: Is this a goer?? No. Statics are no use for teenagers. Their racket can reach for miles Ultimate sanction is that I have control over the power supply! You need an old caravan. Simply hitch up in the night and dump them in a lay-by somewhere far far away. You need strong nerves and a touch of unscrupulousness for dealing with teenagers. It will not work, but nothing works. You can only pretend to be one step ahead. On the whole they are not bad kids, Just that eldest daughter has informed us that she "needs her own space"!!!!! They all say that. I always found that "tidy up your bedroom and we will talk about it", worked wonders. Especially when the underwear covering the floor was thrown out the widnow for the postman to find. I think, thinking back, that the inevitable arrival of the wilder elements of Young Farmers togther with ghetto blaster and generator would outmanouver any substantial respectable citizen with attractive daughter(s), even if he did have his hand on the plug. However, such is life, daughters and rural Britain. You spend your entire time beating off unsuitable suitors, only to find that your wife has a soft spot for all the worst culprits. Now, I have eight teenage grandchildren, mostly girls, I'm the one that sits back and chuckles whilst sons-in-law sweat. Interestingly, I asked one of my daughters recently "was I too heavy handed?" I genuinely expected to be told I was terrible. To my considerable surprise, I learned that daughters do look to their fathers to vet their suitors to some extent. Not a lot, but a bit and that "bit" seems important to them. Pat Quote: -- Steve Rawlings Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Guest Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:58 am    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? In article <ahickley-6F23B4.10584811052007@free.teranews.com>, ahickley@mac.com (Andrew) wrote: Quote: I'd echo that. We've moved them with a tractor, a transit van and a landrover. The tyres are the bit to worry about - they *will* be perished if they've stood for any length of time: important to jack up and support on blocks once in final resting place. Not much more than standard tyres I guess? Possibly a loan is needed at the time. Quote: The vans themselves are generally very light - the actual towing is not a problem and IME they're more robust than they look: we swopped an old one for a couple of bags of dog food and it was towed away up a very bumpy track with no problems (by a transit van). We gave another one away (complete with sitting tenant) and that was pulled up the same track, a mile down the road and up an even worse track for half a mile with no damage at all (tractor that time). Sounds very hopeful, albeit a job for Summer across the grassland to ease the access issues. Quote: There are loads of static vans tucked away all over the place round here (mostly ex-Great Yarmouth holiday caravans) and swapping sound wheels and tyres around when they need to be moved is something of a communal activity: if you can find solid wheels they won't need pumping up, but people might try and borrow them quite often! Sadly, we are a bit far away from the coast, though Wales may be a possible source of ex-rental models at the right price Not sure I want one from near the seaside though with all the potential corrosion issues that may occur! Quote: One last point, the people who transport second-hand static vans are masters of getting long trucks to places they really shouldn't be able to go... might be worth asking first? Goos point indeed. Quote: -- -- Steve Rawlings Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Elaine Jones Guest Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:19 am    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? Quoting from message <6pCdnQSUF6Bt5trbnZ2dnUVZ8sylnZ2d@pipex.net> posted on 13 May 2007 by srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk I would like to add: Quote: Sadly, we are a bit far away from the coast, though Wales may be a possible source of ex-rental models at the right price Not sure I want one from near the seaside though with all the potential corrosion issues that may occur! There are ones around Bala. -- ..ElaineJ. Home Pages and FAQ of uk.food+drink.indian can be viewed at ..Virtual. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/ejones/ufdi/index.html StrongArm Under construction, FAQ, recipes, tips, booklist, links ..RISC PC. Questions and suggestions please, email or to the newsgroup Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor buddenbrooks Guest Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:10 am    Post subject: Re: Mobile homes??? <srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote in message news:6pCdnQSUF6Bt5trbnZ2dnUVZ8sylnZ2d@pipex.net... Quote: In article <ahickley-6F23B4.10584811052007@free.teranews.com>, ahickley@mac.com (Andrew) wrote: Not much more than standard tyres I guess? Possibly a loan is needed at the time. Possibly cheaper, they hardly need rating for very high speed ( I hope) . 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