Re: Manufactured homes
[Re: kyron4]
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06/17/19 10:23 AM
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Hobbs
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My folks bought a brand new MFG home and it is still in great shape, and its over 23 years old. In a lot of ways they have fewer problems than I do with my stick built 2000's home.
It's a trappers life for me
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Re: Manufactured homes
[Re: kyron4]
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06/17/19 11:17 AM
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BigJoe.
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We have lived in ours since 1999. If you think of it like I did, a "regular " home is built on site and never moves. A manufactured home is built then hauled down the highway at 60 mph. Then set on site. Pretty sturdy. I have mine on a poured basement. No problems in 20 years.
Michigan Trappers and Predator Callers Association Director at Large
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Re: Manufactured homes
[Re: kyron4]
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06/17/19 11:30 AM
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west river rogue
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moved one onto my place in 1999 after old house burned. It got a direct skim by a tornado in 2010,curled shingles. Insurance covered that. Mine also on a 4 ft crawl block foundation....I heard same selling point......hauled down road at 60 mph,,im in a very very common tornado area,many hundred yr old barns levelled and houses. Mines still here. 2x6 walls. Still like a stick built
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Re: Manufactured homes
[Re: kyron4]
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06/17/19 02:47 PM
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Gulo
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Just like any contractor for a stick-built home, there are good manufactured homes and there are poor ones. In my warped opinion, however, a home isn't worth building unless it'll last 100+ years, and there are very few manufactured homes built to do that. In this day and age of 'everything throwaway', there are very few stick-built homes that are designed and built that way either.
Jack
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Re: Manufactured homes
[Re: kyron4]
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06/17/19 03:36 PM
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dublelung
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I lived in one for about 10 years before having brick home built. I have one now as a river camp and it's in great condition. The key to keeping them is keeping a close eye on the roof and the seams where doors and windows are. You'll have people who knock them and say they'd never buy or live in a trailer/mfg home. Living in the south I heard all the trailer trash comments and such but it is what it is. If it's what you and your wife choose to do then that's all that matters.
Mfg homes are also built to different standards and codes. I'd go with thick plywood floors and a good roof. Best of luck to you.
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Re: Manufactured homes
[Re: kyron4]
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06/17/19 03:44 PM
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Gary Benson
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Yep, keep an eye on things and fix stuff when it begins to go instead of letting it fall apart. An expensive stick built will fall apart if it isn't maintained. There's a great song about women who live in trailer parks. I'll try to find it.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: Manufactured homes
[Re: kyron4]
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06/17/19 03:45 PM
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bob56
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We purchased our manufactured home in 1993 and had it installed on a full basement. Only problem I had with it was the roof, couldn't keep shingles on one side. Fixed that in 2016 by having a metal roof put on. Over all have no complaints.
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.” - Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Manufactured homes
[Re: kyron4]
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06/17/19 03:50 PM
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Sharon
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I had a nice one years ago in N Idaho. Lots of good points mentioned here , plusses and minuses. Mine was on concrete foundation, and tied it came under "real property" , which upped the description and the value of the property . I did like the turn key affordable circumstance it provided me at the time. There are indeed types that are built cheaply, and look terrible, and others that are fairly nice with good sturdy build. Mine was the latter. I did know the materials that went into it, and I chose the layout , then did custom work later ...an expansive deck along the back, a porch walkway with a ramp for wheelchair ease too , in front. I kept it in very nice condition. As mentioned , though, I never liked the roof at all....the pitch was a joke for northern areas with lots of snow, and I never liked the short eaves extending past the outer walls . I realized those had to be that way , for transport , and I have seen people replace the roofing entirely with steep pitched metal and long eaves . Howevah..... It did serve me well and I lived in comfort there. Had a good wood stove and it was very well insulated. Of course a custom lovely built home , cozy and a work of art, is the goal , love and appreciation.
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Re: Manufactured homes
[Re: kyron4]
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06/17/19 04:50 PM
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Vinke
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Cheapest build home and you have to deal with labor and industry not country here I have two park models here and they are harder to remodel because of the way they are constructed
Slightly used Shoes 4 sale,,,,,,May special,,, Act Now... Free Sock with every purchase
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Re: Manufactured homes
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06/17/19 04:52 PM
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Vinke
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Cheapest build home and you have to deal with labor and industry not country here I have two park models here and they are harder to remodel because of the way they are constructed
Slightly used Shoes 4 sale,,,,,,May special,,, Act Now... Free Sock with every purchase
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Re: Manufactured homes
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06/17/19 05:09 PM
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Gary Benson
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I know a lady that lives in a 1963 trailer and you would nevah know it's that old. She takes care of it.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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