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Thread: What Should I Do With a Junk Mobile Home?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aaron Koehl View Post
    Have you seen the "Things to do with a Sawzall" thread?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aaron Koehl View Post
    Have you seen the "Things to do with a Sawzall" thread?

    I was gonna' say it, but felt it was too unkind.

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    If I lived in the area and had the time, the Sawzall solution would be worth considering! One beefy tool, a few hundred blades and a few six packs. Sounds like fun!

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    Maybe a few cases.

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    I have some friends that actually buried one on their property.
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    We were looking at buying a plot of land in a subdivision just south of Flagstaff in AZ. We were going to put a new, more efficient double wide or modular home on it. The salesperson said that he could have the trailer that was there moved for free as long as we donated the trailer to the local Indian Community. My understanding was that they had volunteers who would bring it back up to standards after its relocation. You may want to check with local mobile home dealers to see if they have something similar set up.
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    I gather you just want to be rid of it. Post it on Craigs list for free to be removed by some date. Who knows maybe a farmer can use it for storage. There is also Free Cycle. Worth a shot

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    I got a 24 x 58 or so 1970's mobile home when I bought my property ten years ago. It took me six weeks to clean it up working five hours per night before my wife would live in it. I was literally shovelling trash out of it. Spent the first few nights shooting rats. Really. I spent a few hundred repairing the roof and a few hundred for all new carpet and at least $100 in lysol........... and we lived in it for a year while building our present house. The wiring was flakey and we had a minor fire or two....but it was good enough to get us by and allowed us to live on site during the construction.

    I found a realty outfit that specialized in selling these things. We ended up selling it for about $1500 or so and the realtor outfit arranged to have it taken apart, buttoned up and moved off the property. The buyers paid about $10 thou for it and it was moved to their small acreage further out in the sticks that we are. I think the movers charged $3-4 thou to move it.

    They were really excited to get a home for that price. They were in their middle 60's and didnt need something that would last 100 years. I had the impression that they were fairly poor and just scraping by with their social security and their modest savings. Had I met them apart from the realtor, I would have gladly given it to them. Like you, I just wanted it out of my sight. It was rather gratifying to me to help them realize their retirement dream.
    Last edited by Roger Bell; 08-30-2007 at 10:32 PM.

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    Buy an insurance policy on it and leave the door open when you walk away.

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