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You know Cody a job you might look into is contracting to these travel trailer outfits about hauling them to and fro. I know some guys that do that & I think a guy if he pays attention to business can make a fair living. I know a guy here that hauls sold trailers to parks & last night he said he also hauls trailers to parks for like mini RV shows. I'm sure a Commercial Arizona license plate & have some additional insurance. But it might be worth looking into & finding out what is involved. I knew a guy in Kingman that also did that. A buddy of mine hauled new travel trailers from the factories to dealers. But he was going back to the Midwest getting them & going all over the US.
Just a thought. Sure easier than moving mobiles or houses. I use to help a guy move houses.
Craig
Just a thought. Sure easier than moving mobiles or houses. I use to help a guy move houses.
Craig
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Soooooo..... Now that you tow stuff, we can hit you up? Ha ha ha ha!
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We moved this 50-ton 1881 farmhouse in 1996:
Across a temporary bridge over a 70-foot wide creek:
I tested the bridge with my Vette before we pulled the house onto it:
Hey, if I was confident enough to drive my precious baby over the bridge, it must have been strong enough for the house.
Sadly, no Ford trucks were used on the project. We pulled the house across the bridge with a large winch on an equally large Oshkosh truck. My '56 GMC dually--the fourth one ton in my user name--got into the act at the beginning when we were prepping the house for moving. There was a poorly-constructed extra wing on one side (visible by its outline in the second photo). We disconnected the wing from the main house with a Sawzall and removed most of the siding, ran a chain and strongback up through the roof, attached the other end of the chain to the old GMC, and I dropped it into granny low and drove away.
Yes, first we made sure the chain was longer than the wing was tall. 
Unfortunately, the roll of film used to record that part of the fun got lost. 
Joe
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Geeze, Craig, if I ever decide to come out of retirement (not likely though), I'll give you a call......
We moved this 50-ton 1881 farmhouse in 1996:
Across a temporary bridge over a 70-foot wide creek:
I tested the bridge with my Vette before we pulled the house onto it:
Hey, if I was confident enough to drive my precious baby over the bridge, it must have been strong enough for the house.
Sadly, no Ford trucks were used on the project. We pulled the house across the bridge with a large winch on an equally large Oshkosh truck. My '56 GMC dually--the fourth one ton in my user name--got into the act at the beginning when we were prepping the house for moving. There was a poorly-constructed extra wing on one side (visible by its outline in the second photo). We disconnected the wing from the main house with a Sawzall and removed most of the siding, ran a chain and strongback up through the roof, attached the other end of the chain to the old GMC, and I dropped it into granny low and drove away. Yes, first we made sure the chain was longer than the wing was tall. Unfortunately, the roll of film used to record that part of the fun got lost.
Joe
We moved this 50-ton 1881 farmhouse in 1996:
Across a temporary bridge over a 70-foot wide creek:
I tested the bridge with my Vette before we pulled the house onto it:
Hey, if I was confident enough to drive my precious baby over the bridge, it must have been strong enough for the house.
Sadly, no Ford trucks were used on the project. We pulled the house across the bridge with a large winch on an equally large Oshkosh truck. My '56 GMC dually--the fourth one ton in my user name--got into the act at the beginning when we were prepping the house for moving. There was a poorly-constructed extra wing on one side (visible by its outline in the second photo). We disconnected the wing from the main house with a Sawzall and removed most of the siding, ran a chain and strongback up through the roof, attached the other end of the chain to the old GMC, and I dropped it into granny low and drove away.
Yes, first we made sure the chain was longer than the wing was tall. Unfortunately, the roll of film used to record that part of the fun got lost. Joe
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Joe,
I never moved anything that big. But we did use a FORD Truck.
I helped this guy move several houses out of a small military housing area that was once called Babbitt NV. right next to the town I grew up in Hawthorne NV that the Government sold off. They were real nice, built in the 40s, with real 2x4s, knot free, & not one baring wall on the interior. They were 27' wide & 55' long. We hauled some of these house to some pretty remote areas. Many several hundreds of miles. Had to get the police escorts to haul through some small towns. It was fun but not something I wanted to do forever. There is a lot to learn doing that work. It only takes a small mistake to loose a house. Your dealing with tons & tons as you well know.
Joe if you come out of retirement call me I might have one more move in my. But it will have to pay pretty darn good. Ha Ha.
Craig
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That job near about gave me a heart attack several times over from stress. My neck was stuck out pretty far as the principal whose name was on the permits and engineering for the bridge (and as the one who was going to have to clean up the mess if it had all fallen into the creek).
It took us two days to move the house, and about a month to install and remove the bridge.
Joe
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[quote=FourOneTons;9894559]It would have to pay both of us pretty darn good, Craig.
That job near about gave me a heart attack several times over from stress. My neck was stuck out pretty far as the principal whose name was on the permits and engineering for the bridge (and as the one who was going to have to clean up the mess if it had all fallen into the creek).
It took us two days to move the house, and about a month to install and remove the bridge
Joe,
I figured you would say that. Maybe I would have to have the check made out to my wife in case I didn't make it. There use to be a show on TV about moving structures like you moved. I was always glued to that show. The work & engineering that goes into a move like you did. Then praying & hoping nothing goes wrong. It is some times a matter of inches or less. Then the prep to hold a house like that together both jacking & transporting.
I just in ah of moves like that. I wish I could of had an experience like that at least once in my younger day.
Craig
That job near about gave me a heart attack several times over from stress. My neck was stuck out pretty far as the principal whose name was on the permits and engineering for the bridge (and as the one who was going to have to clean up the mess if it had all fallen into the creek).
It took us two days to move the house, and about a month to install and remove the bridge
Joe,
I figured you would say that. Maybe I would have to have the check made out to my wife in case I didn't make it. There use to be a show on TV about moving structures like you moved. I was always glued to that show. The work & engineering that goes into a move like you did. Then praying & hoping nothing goes wrong. It is some times a matter of inches or less. Then the prep to hold a house like that together both jacking & transporting.
I just in ah of moves like that. I wish I could of had an experience like that at least once in my younger day.
Craig
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wow ive never gone that big. but i understand the stress holy crap. we had one house fall apart..... that's never fun but its just the low quality houses we deal with, it broke behind the rear axle and also claimed a life when it was first moved by falling off the jacks and crushing this guy. not a fun job and constantly stressed out.