Just to feed your musings a bit.. one of the semi trailers I have is a 53' low floor high cube dry van.. it uses 19.5 semi tires [sort of special], is 8'6" wide, and inside height is 9" ft.
Make that work? Perhaps a couple of "HUUUUGE" slide outs? The HOA will bitch if you park it in your driveway... I'm sure... ;)) On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have been sorta intrigued by these tiny houses that are becoming > popular. Most of them seem to be built on like a 16ft utility trailer so > they can be moved around to a semi-permanent location. While some of them > are pretty nice, it kinda makes me wonder why not just buy a travel trailer > or something for cheap and live in that. But whatever, I kinda like them > as they look more like a real house. > > I got to thinking about the size issue and it seemed that building one on > a larger trailer, like a 3-car hauler or something, would work better. I > see these things that will haul 19k lb, they sit kinda low, 3 axles, > gooseneck, so that seems like a better kind of deal, instead of a 8X16ft > house you could have say a 8X32ft house on a trailer, pretty much like a > narrower single-wide. > > This morning I saw this big bus motor home RV thing, it was HUGE! I'm > guessing 12ft tall anyway, probably has 8ft headroom inside and storage > bins underneath, big pusher dizzel engine. But those are quite spendy, > even used ones are like $100k or more. I'm guessing those things are like > 40ft long, so a lot of room. I rode in one once that bands used for > touring, it was really nice, granite kitchen and marble bathroom etc. > > So then I was driving home and was sitting next to a semi with a trailer > that said "53ft" on the side, that is pretty big. I'm guessing the trailer > is 8ft wide, and maybe 8ft headroom inside, which is kinda like a shipping > container, and people use containers to build houses now. Containers I > think are up to 40ft for a double? So either a trailer or a container > would make a nice "tiny" house too. So then I was thinking one of those > low-floor moving van trailers would be even better, more headroom, loft > space. Either buy an old trailer and fix it up, or buy a low-frame (or an > equipment hauler low trailer) with the axles and tars and breaks and what > not already in place, then build a "tiny" house on that -- more size, more > headroom, etc. And even if you had to buy an old tractor to pull it > around, or hire that job out, you could have a larger, nicer "tiny" house > than a single-wide. And some of those equipment trailers have wings that > fold out to give maybe 12ft wide for a wide load, so that would allow a > larger "tiny" house, I guess moving it would require some permit or > something but still... > > So that got me thinking about how tall a trailer can be, I'm thinking > maybe 12ft max to clear bridges and stuff on the road, or can they go a bit > higher? I see those big trailers driving with a pace car with a pole to > hit something before the truck would, and warn it off the bridge or > whatever. I guess if you weren't hauling a taller "tiny" house too far you > could get by with something taller? > > My lunch-time musings, but ideas accepted. I'm wondering if there would > be a market for larger "tiny" houses built to a spec that was much better > than your average single-wide. Make a good lake house, or cabin in the > woods, or even a starter home that would be less than buying from a > developer or used, esp if someone had a lot? They could even be designed > to gang up to get a bigger house, like a double-wide or even with wings > that went off the sides. > > --R > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
