How To Dispose Of An Old Mobile Home
I am about to buy a piece of property that has a neglected mobile home on it.It seems solid but needs a good cleaning and update.I need it off the property.My plan is to attempt to donate it to one of the charities that move them and give them to the needy.Plan 2 is to demo it a little at a time and recycle everything that can be recycled. I would think some of you guys have done this and do you have any suggestions?
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You could look into whether the local FD wants to use it for a practice session. Otherwise, just have a company come and haul it off. That is really your best option.
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How about a giveaway?
Not that I am interested.
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They are doing that right now next to my house.....cost is about $6000. They tore the windows, doors, cabinets, wiring, anything at all that MIGHT be useable and went to town with a backhoe and skidsteer on the rest. It looks like a tornado came through there right now.....they will come back tomorrow to finish up.
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Around here it's not uncommon to give it to someone and have them move it, or follow Plan 2 (except for the little at a time part). There needs to be a written contract, though, and be confident that the recipient is willing to work that hard.
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A friend of mine here in Michigan signed his over to the trailer park owners as he moved to Denver just so he could get rid of it quickly, as it was falling apart. He and the park owners agreed it needs scrapped, as it's in pretty poor shape.
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I bought a foreclosed 5 acre lot at a Courthouse auction for $7000. Figure land is going for $5k an acre around here. I planned to triple my money on it by selling it to some Californians. It came with a nasty single wide on it and was in the ghetto of Ozark County. A buddy who was a deputy at the time joined me to make sure no one was squatting in it. No worries there.
I kept it for about a year and sold it to another new friend for $10k. I told him it was in the only "bad neighborhood" of Ozark County. His family was struggling with their rent to own dump of a house in Springfield. This guy rebuilt my ATI Galil Pistol into a rifle for me plus has done some other gunsmithing work for me. His 14 year old son has non-verbal autism. They were looking to get the hell out of SGF.
Anywho, everyone I talked to including the Fire Chief said burn the single wide down in place. Just give the PD a heads up when you do it. I helped my friend burn it down it was a grand old time!!!
They then found a metal scraper to come in and take what was left over.
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"...selling it to some Californians." Do you hate your neighbors?
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Around here people buy mobile homes like that to live in temporarily while they build a house....
Free ad on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace
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We used the chassis to make a 40 ft. bridge to span the creek on our property.
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jimdeere: 30054121355803/comments/30054143309723
"...selling it to some Californians." Do you hate your neighbors?
Oh I'd be a good neighbor. More hillbilly then the locals and out red neck the rednecks with my yellowneckness.
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Sell it "as is to be moved " and only give the buyer a short time to move it. We lived in the one on my property that was here when I bought it until I finished the new house build and then sold it to a young couple for a few thousand, it was worth probably triple what I let them have it for, but I just wanted it gone quickly... No reason to not at least try to make something on it.
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Gallon of gas, book of matches ..................
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This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Joe
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Tires burn really well!
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I don't want to burn it because there is someones nice home nearby.
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Smash and grab and load in the dump truck. After the fire last November, I watched a big skidloader and a small excavator fold up a 24 travel trailer like an accordion and stuff it into a roll off dumpster.
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buddyb: 30054121355803/comments/30054132046875
I don't want to burn it because there is someones nice home nearby.
I wish more of my neighbors were that considerate.
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I bought some additional property in PA, that had an old mobile home on it. Nobody wanted it. My son and I cut the entire thing up in one weekend. We burned anything wood, and loaded the frame and all sheet metal on our trailer, and took it to the recycling yard. I was surprised at how fast it took us to cut up a 60 foot trailer and dispose of it.
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My plan is what Oakie did. Hope it goes as well.
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Gave the old mobile home to an amigo.He had to moved to another county for about $4500.Everything is cleaned up,dangerous trees are down and gone and its looking good.
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Them thar Amigo's will make a castle out of it. Compared to what they left in Ole Meheko.
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If'n it was in Alabama, you could just wait for the next tornado.....
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chme: 30054121355803/comments/30054139799963
If'n it was in Alabama, you could just wait for the next tornado.....
Gets lots of insurance on it if it's in tornado alley area and most anything could happen even a forest fire.
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