Building your own trailer????????

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blueclass=small">( LB, I read about the lawsuits over removing the wheels and axles in an AARP publication and believe it was the truth, but I don't have absolute proof. I don't recall there being any distinction between double wides vs. single wides.

</font><font color="blueclass=small">( This probably happened with doublewides as usually the wheels tires and axles remain with single wides. Anyone would be foolish to purchase a single wide if they weren't permitted to keep the wheels tires and axles )</font>

I bought a new double wide in '97 and the contract I had to sign specifically stated that the tires, wheels, axles, and springs would be removed and were not included in the sale. However, I'm now living in a '97 single wide, in a mobile home park, that I bought about a year and a half ago and there are no wheels or axles under it. I have seen at least 3 single wides and one double wide moved out of the park in the past year, and at least 7 single wides moved into the park in that time (at least 5 of the ones moving into the park are new ones owned by the park - rental units) and none of them have the axles under them, but maybe that's because the lease agreement requires that the hitch and axles be removed.

When my parents bought a new single wide on the Texas coast in '91, the wheels and axles were left under it. It was in a park that had both mobile homes and RVs. And when we had it moved from the Texas coast to Navarro County 4 years later, the electric co-op said they would not provide electrical service unless the wheels and axles were removed because they'd done that in the past and too often the trailer didn't stay long enough for them to recoup their costs of doing the installation. It was admittedly one person at the co-op office who told me that so I can't prove that person didn't make a mistake. We had the axles removed, but kept them, so when I later sold the trailer, the buyer got them put back on to move it.

And when we moved it to Navarro County, my independent insurance agent said he could not get one insured with the axles still on it, and I did not shop with other agents because only 3 months before I had checked with 4 other insurance companies in the county who refused to insure mobile homes under any circumstances.

So you may be right; if you spend enough money I suppose you could get anything insured, and perhaps with a big enough deposit and/or installation fee, you could get electrical service.

So, I'll happily concede the fact that you may know more than I do about mobile homes, but I also know that there are state laws that vary in different parts of the country, so anyone buying a mobile home had better check with local licensed people instead of someone licensed in another state. )</font>
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So, I'll happily concede the fact that you may know more than I do about mobile homes, but I also know that there are state laws that vary in different parts of the country,
* so anyone buying a mobile home had better check with local licensed people instead of someone licensed in another state.
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*I may be licensed in another state but I still know what is ethical customer treatment and what isn't in any state.
Looks like my advice would have been better than the advice the folks who sued on this issue got from their local licensed Fl. dealers.LOL

 

[LBrown59]

1*It's not worth hunting for, though, in my opinion, since I really don't care whether you believe it or not. <
2* It was simply a matter of the wheels and axles being removed, home owners being told it wouldn't cost much if they needed axles to move the home in the future, and then they were charged exorbitant amounts when they wanted to move.
Bird
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1*It's not a question of me believing it or not, it's the matter of my reading the article to assure my self that I'm not making incorrect assumptions concerning the incident.
It's been my experience that many if not most negative articles concerning MHs are loaded with misinformation incomplete facts twisted logic, etc.,
2*I don't know if the folks that this happened to knew it or not but they did not have to replace the wheels tires and axles by buying them from the dealer who sold them the home.

Not to be knocking AARP & I am a member of AARP;
but I have read articles of theirs about insurance credit issues and other such topics that were full of miss information and false assumptions, which reveals to me they either don't have all the facts or prefer not to disclose them.
Like I said I'm not just picking On AARP as I have seen Readers Digest and other magazines, newspapers TV and radio do the same thing.
As a result I've learned to take what's said in such articles with a grain of salt.

When you see such articles that don't line up with the facts it can only be because those publishing the article are ill informed or they chose not to disclose the whole truth and all of the facts..

Peole as a whole are very gullable and will accep what's said in such artiles as gospel.
My 31 years of experince has tought me not to be so guallable dig for the truth examane the posibilities view all the angles then decide it it's true or not.

 

[rdln]

The reason for the fine is to have a deterrant from doing something illegal, otherwise the law would only have confiscation and incarceration tools to work with.

These tires would perform very well and would outlast 4 MHO tires due to tread depth, compound durometer and sidewall strength.

I would define frequent use as over about 1000 miles a year.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( </font><font color="blueclass=small">( This probably happened with doublewides as usually the wheels tires and axles remain with single wides. Anyone would be foolish to purchase a single wide if they weren't permitted to keep the wheels tires and axles )</font>

I bought a new double wide in '97 and the contract I had to sign specifically stated that the tires, wheels, axles, and springs would be removed and were not included in the sale. However, I'm now living in a '97 single wide, in a mobile home park, that I bought about a year and a half ago and there are no wheels or axles under it. I have seen at least 3 single wides and one double wide moved out of the park in the past year, and at least 7 single wides moved into the park in that time (at least 5 of the ones moving into the park are new ones owned by the park - rental units) and none of them have the axles under them, but maybe that's because the lease agreement requires that the hitch and axles be removed.




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but maybe that's because the lease agreement requires that the hitch and axles be removed.
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That could be right.
If this is what happened in the AARP article The homeowners quarrel would be with the park not the manufacturer dealer or the set up company.

Sure would like to read that article so I might get a better feel of what the read deal on this was.

 

[LBrown59]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( 1*The reason for the fine is to have a deterrant from doing something illegal, otherwise the law would only have confiscation and incarceration tools to work with.


2*I would define frequent use as over about 1000 miles a year.
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1*I get that but I have nothing good to say about any law created for the sole purpose of revenue generating. This law in my opinion is for the sake of collecting money rather than a law that serves a legitimate purpose.

2*So then how can you tell how many miles a year is being put on a trailer?

 

[JD3130]

Read all these posts with interest. I can only add this. I built my first trailer from mobile home axles 35 years, so old it has split rims. It's still in the family and going strong. I have built over 50+ since then, mostly dual axle, a few with 3. Pull behind and goose necks up to 26 ft. My favorite is a all metal 18 ft with sides that has been from CA to Ny a doz times, from VA to WA more times than I can count and from VA to TX many times. Probably has 200,000 miles on it. I had no trouble replacing the brakes with Hasley parts, I only use the orginal tires for spares. My local farm coop gets me low-boy tires 18 ply for about 140.00. They dry rot before they wear out. I run 95-100PSI in them. Same with my cattle trailer. I repack the wheel bearings every 2 years. I did stop using the mobile hitch in the 90's they turned cheap. When I retired, it was getting harder to find trailer axles that had multi springs. Hope this helps. PS, I purchased a trailer for my Mom in 2002 a single. It came with axles and 5 wheels (movers used one of theirs) and no hitch. I found a double wide nearby that had one. The owner let me have it for removing it. Was glad to get rid of it. Nothing about any rules or laws?? I would feel much safer with those than a boat trailer axles, unless they were from a 40 footer or something"