GeorgeD wrote:
Lawrence wrote:
Mobile home walls are made with 2x2's skinned on both sides with
plywood. The resulting wall is about 2" thick.

Maybe in some places down south but not in Minnesota. All new mobile
homes built or sold in MN are required to have a 2x6 stud wall just
like a real house. The old ones were built with 2x2's, for sure, and
are still around. The trailer parks still have them, side by side with
the newer ones. When someone abandons one of those old ones they bring
in a trac-hoe to demolish it and haul it away in a dumpster.

Gosh! Times have changed. I lived in a mobile home in North Dakota.
It had 2x2 walls. I was comfy, but I guess oil was cheaper then. 2x6
walls sort of eliminates what little was left of mobile in mobile home.
I bet you transport them for $0.50 a mile anymore either.

LOL, everything was cheaper then and we were younger. The MH's are not
as mobile as they used to be but they are still on wheels and have a
hitch. I had mine moved for $2.50/mile.

It is a specialty and they use a truck which is customized for that
purpose. It has a hydraulic hitch which can be adjusted up and down or
back and forth to get it underneath. Usually you only see brand new
ones being transported to their final resting place. Most in the
trailer parks will sell their house rather than move it.

I don't like my MH but was desperate when I bought it and now it is
paid for. I am thankful I was able to move mine to my 20 acre country
property and didn't get trapped in that terrible place.

The MH's and parks are about the only affordable thing left for low
income folk and there are three generations living side by side in the
trailer park. The **** that goes on with those trailer people is
unbelievable and I was lucky to just get out with my skin.