Towing manufactured housing is a unique trucking specialty in that practically every assignment is excessive in width, length, and height. You also leave most of the “trailer” behind when delivering the unit.
Moving a “manufactured housing” unit is a significant undertaking.
Towing assignments linked with prefabricated housing are divided into two categories: (1) delivering a new unit to a customer’s location and (2) picking up and shifting an existing unit from one area to another. Even so, transporting the units requires the same concerns.
You are conveying a family’s major investment as the driver pulling a prefabricated home, and your service and professionalism will be an important part of the homeowners’ experience.
Challenges
The first difficulty is that, unlike other trucking jobs, manufactured tiny house transport necessitates hauling buildings that were not built to travel on highways on temporary trailer assemblies and designed more to sustain the structure than highway-ready.
Also, deliveries are made to vacant dirt or grass lots, sometimes with the limited moving room, rather than terminals or companies with loading docks and forklifts. The “trailer” is the structure’s foundation in manufactured home units.
After delivery, the trailer assembly is placed on concrete blocks or pillars (the house’s foundation). The full wheel and axle assemblies are removed and returned to the manufacturing facility.
A finished home equivalent in quality and size to many contractor-built homes can be assembled on the home site from two or three independent towable sections.
Here are four laws to be aware of when relocating a manufactured house and other helpful hints.
Obtain A Moving Permit To Transport the Manufactured House
You can’t just pick up your manufactured home and leave. While the specifics of acquiring a manufactured home moving permit will vary depending on the state and county where you currently reside, you will almost certainly be asked to give the following items:
- A certificate from the county treasurer certifying that the property has no delinquent or past-due taxes.
- The property’s certificate of title or a copy of the certificate of title. Some counties will also accept a copy of the certificate of title application you filed to your state’s motor vehicle department.
Give yourself some time to get your permit before your move, just as you would any other time you deal with your local government—you don’t want sluggish paperwork or approvals to throw your moving day off.
Seek A Manufactured Home Mover
A DIY move is not possible when moving to a manufactured house. When relocating a manufactured home, working with a certified, bonded, and insured professional moving firm is required. To find respectable moving firms in your region, use our free online list of movers. After that, contact them directly for a quote. Inquire about their experience, equipment, and trucks for moving your manufactured house.
Not all moving companies providing a tiny house transport service are capable of the job. Therefore, as with your permit, allow yourself plenty of time to investigate.
You’ll be able to find a good firm to assist you, but you’ll also be able to compare estimates, so you know you’re getting the greatest value on your prefabricated home relocation.
Your Modular Home Must Meet All Building Codes
Those HUD codes we stated earlier are not just for manufactured homes. They are legal criteria for registering any manufactured home, even those built before it was implemented.
So, how does this affect your relocation? You probably won’t transfer your manufactured home if it was built before the HUD standards were implemented in 1976. Most towns supplement this regulation with age restrictions and stringent local criteria for modern-day home construction and internal systems. With such requirements in place, a manufactured home from the 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s may not qualify.
Examine Your New City’s or Town’s Legal Requirements
Building regulations and property age may be more stringent in your current area than in the city/town you’re transferring to. You’ll almost probably be subject to unique zoning regulations that you must follow.
If your manufactured tiny home is over 10 or 15 years old, plan to do some legwork to prove the structural and system integrity. Modern-day building codes exist for a purpose, and there’s no way around them if your home doesn’t fulfill the requirements.
Conclusion
If you intend to relocate your manufactured home, you’ll probably need tiny house movers. You can seek a transport service that offers the knowledge and nationwide network to move your mobile home or modular building securely and on time, making it great.
Sevens Transport provides a diverse range of transportation services for various large transfers. Whether you’re moving across the state or the country, we can help with Water Launch and Marina Lift Boat transportation, RVs of all sizes across all terrain, tiny house transport to residential and business areas, etc. Contact us for more information.