Re: Crazy weather

Gary wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:14:32 -0800, Islander <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Jean Smith wrote:
In article <geednX2rDIwZIw7UnZ2dnUVZ_h8AAAAA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Islander <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Trailers are known in some regions as tornado (or hurricane) bait!
Tornado magnets!

Unfortunately, a mobile home (trailer) is the only home that many people can afford. I lived in one when I was in High School and hated it.

Trailers don't have to adhere to the same building code as conventional residences and the manufacturers cut every corner possible to not only cut cost, but to cut weight as well. The result is very vulnerable to bad weather.

The housing industry has also offered "manufactured homes" that are sometimes nothing more than a mobile home in disguise. They are built to the same reduced code. Once again, it is a case of "let the buyer beware." That low price comes with low quality. I don't know about other states, but here one cannot get regular homeowner's insurance on this class of manufactured home. The insurance companies will only insure it at the much higher rate for a mobile home. Kind of tell the story!

I really wouldn't mind living in a trailer. At least not one of these
70 X 14 jobs they make today. I would leave anytime a storm came by,
but they seem to me to be quite comfortable. Nice roomy living room
of about 14 x 24. If I had one on a couple of acres in the country,
I could be happy.

My father was in the service -- and there was a time we had to spend a
month in a 1940s model. It was about 8 feet wide by 35 feet long.
THAT was a bad experience.


If you think that picking up and hauling a 14x70 trailer is something that is easy or inexpensive to do, you need to rethink that idea.

But, the issue is really the quality of the home. Since they are intended to be transported, they are built with light weight materials. For example, some have 2" walls covered with 1/8" paneling. The roof is supported by light weight trusses, sometimes built out of 2x2 lumber. Insulation is also minimal, so count on high energy costs. The roof is also low pitch in order to give decent head room while still being able to be transported through 14'6" standard overpass clearance. (The ones with hinged roofs cannot be easily collapsed again for transport.)

If you are ever tempted, I suggest that you check it out thoroughly.
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