How to Move your Mobile Home: Moving a Doublewide or Triplewide
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MOVING A MULTI-SECTION HOME, SUCH AS A DOUBLEWIDE OR TRIPLEWIDE
This book focuses on the costs and problems with moving a single-wide, since that is the most common type of mobile home move project. However, we need to discuss some of the additional concerns of moving a multi-section home, since they have some additional risks and problems.
Everything in this book applies to both single section and multi-section homes.
There are some additional items, however, for multi-section owners to consider:
- The cost of moving a multi-section home is roughly two to three times the cost of moving the single section. Not only is there the cost of shipping two objects as opposed to one, but there is the huge cost of fitting them back together at the end.
- Site preparation is even more important on a multi-section, as any shifting the home does will cause even greater problems since you are trying to match up two pieces. On a singlewide, shifting can cause doors not to shut. On a multi-section, shifting can actually wreck the house over time.
- All that will protect your home from the elements on the move is a plastic sheet. Make sure that it is thick and well attached. There is a lot of wind load on this plastic at 55 mph. If it rips off, which does happen, you will get rain and tar and dirt and everything else on the highway into your home.
- If you have any doubts on the mover, a multi-section is definitely not a good home configuration to gamble on. There are endless ways to wreck a multi-section with a bad mover, from damage in transport to damage in improper sitting. Stick with a professional who has credentials and insurance – or you will regret it.