Moving a mobile home is easy.
If you want to move a manufactured home, you can hire a moving service. If you have access to someone with a Class A driver's license, you can rent a truck and move the home yourself. You can save a lot of money by moving your manufactured home instead of selling it, moving your possessions and buying a new home for a new lot. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Organize the inside of your home to prepare for the move. Remove any glass fixtures or glassware in cabinets and place these items in a safe area, such as in a secured box or on the carpet. Seal the cabinets so that they cannot open during the move and send their contents flying. Remove ceiling and wall fixtures so they don't fall during transit.
Make sure that all furniture is on the floor so it cannot shift during the move. Secure electronics so they cannot move and be damaged. Pad larger, harder items with softer items such as linens, couch cushions, pillows and blankets.
2. Remove the skirting on the house. Turn off the utility main lines before disconnecting them from the house, so as not to cause a gas or water leak. Once you can get under your house, check where the axle and tongues are removed so the house can be hooked to the truck.
Remove any tie-down straps that connect your house to the ground; these are generally wrapped around the frame of the house and buried deep in the ground. To remove them, simply use metal shears to cut through the straps and then pull them out. It is safer to use new straps each time you set up your manufactured home.
3. Move any blocks that you may have under your home. Blocks keep the home level on the ground, but they do not allow it to slope naturally when attached to the truck and will drag under your home and damage it if you don't remove them. Perform a last visual check of your home for any accessories such as satellite dishes, stairs, air conditioners, phone lines or anything else that is not part of the home itself. Remove any remaining accessories.
Finally, hook up your home to the truck and move it to its new location. Once it's in place, unpack and reattach everything, including blocks and new straps.
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