If you shop the market for a bit, you should find a straight frame, 53 ft, air ride suspension, trailer with "decent tires" for $8,000 or less.
Look for a trailer with an aluminum room, not fiberglass, also. Most of the fleet haulers retire a trailer after 10 years or so. Expect to do the brakes, wheel bearings, check the 5th wheel pin and plate for wear before buying and over all condition. Most used trailers on the market will have one of two types of rear doors.. garage door roll up, or barn door... expect damage to the doors as normal on used trailer... New set of barn doors will cost you "around" $3,000 installed..[$1,500 each door. Drivers and loaders damage doors like they were free by backing them into the dock with the doors not secured open. 102" width is max legal width for trailers.. anything wider takes a wide load permit every time it's pulled down the road.. Good luck... therapy might be cheaper? ;)) On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This is what I was wondering about. I see them used for $10-$25k on just > a cursory search, price seems to depend on tires, brakes, etc. but that > wouldn't be a big deal if the unit is going to be mostly stationary. I > guess that "standard" height is probably about as tall as the trailer could > be? 9ft inside height would probably put the overall height at 11ft or > so? No wait I see 13'6" overall height on some of these, not sure what > floor height is. http://www.commercialtrucktrad > er.com/Kentucky-Trailers-For-Sale/search-results?make= > KENTUCKY%7C2312124&type=trailer there appear to be this manufacturers > used ones readily available, I guess this is like yours? Some of them have > side doors already built in, you could put some nice slides in there, or > sliding glass doors, or back another one up to the opening to make a side > wing. > > I am going to talk myself into this idea... get a workshop space and > start building... > > Hey Max I wonder if Catherine would mind pulling a trailer up to the barn > to start a build-out??? > > --R > > > On 8/9/17 1:09 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >> Just to feed your musings a bit.. one of the semi trailers I have is a 53' >> low floor high cube dry van.. it uses 19.5 semi tires [sort of special], >> is >> 8'6" wide, and inside height is 9" ft. >> >> Make that work? Perhaps a couple of "HUUUUGE" slide outs? >> >> The HOA will bitch if you park it in your driveway... I'm sure... ;)) >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I have been sorta intrigued by these tiny houses that are becoming >>> popular. Most of them seem to be built on like a 16ft utility trailer so >>> they can be moved around to a semi-permanent location. While some of >>> them >>> are pretty nice, it kinda makes me wonder why not just buy a travel >>> trailer >>> or something for cheap and live in that. But whatever, I kinda like them >>> as they look more like a real house. >>> >>> I got to thinking about the size issue and it seemed that building one on >>> a larger trailer, like a 3-car hauler or something, would work better. I >>> see these things that will haul 19k lb, they sit kinda low, 3 axles, >>> gooseneck, so that seems like a better kind of deal, instead of a 8X16ft >>> house you could have say a 8X32ft house on a trailer, pretty much like a >>> narrower single-wide. >>> >>> This morning I saw this big bus motor home RV thing, it was HUGE! I'm >>> guessing 12ft tall anyway, probably has 8ft headroom inside and storage >>> bins underneath, big pusher dizzel engine. But those are quite spendy, >>> even used ones are like $100k or more. I'm guessing those things are like >>> 40ft long, so a lot of room. I rode in one once that bands used for >>> touring, it was really nice, granite kitchen and marble bathroom etc. >>> >>> So then I was driving home and was sitting next to a semi with a trailer >>> that said "53ft" on the side, that is pretty big. I'm guessing the >>> trailer >>> is 8ft wide, and maybe 8ft headroom inside, which is kinda like a >>> shipping >>> container, and people use containers to build houses now. Containers I >>> think are up to 40ft for a double? So either a trailer or a container >>> would make a nice "tiny" house too. So then I was thinking one of those >>> low-floor moving van trailers would be even better, more headroom, loft >>> space. Either buy an old trailer and fix it up, or buy a low-frame (or >>> an >>> equipment hauler low trailer) with the axles and tars and breaks and what >>> not already in place, then build a "tiny" house on that -- more size, >>> more >>> headroom, etc. And even if you had to buy an old tractor to pull it >>> around, or hire that job out, you could have a larger, nicer "tiny" house >>> than a single-wide. And some of those equipment trailers have wings that >>> fold out to give maybe 12ft wide for a wide load, so that would allow a >>> larger "tiny" house, I guess moving it would require some permit or >>> something but still... >>> >>> So that got me thinking about how tall a trailer can be, I'm thinking >>> maybe 12ft max to clear bridges and stuff on the road, or can they go a >>> bit >>> higher? I see those big trailers driving with a pace car with a pole to >>> hit something before the truck would, and warn it off the bridge or >>> whatever. I guess if you weren't hauling a taller "tiny" house too far >>> you >>> could get by with something taller? >>> >>> My lunch-time musings, but ideas accepted. I'm wondering if there would >>> be a market for larger "tiny" houses built to a spec that was much better >>> than your average single-wide. Make a good lake house, or cabin in the >>> woods, or even a starter home that would be less than buying from a >>> developer or used, esp if someone had a lot? They could even be designed >>> to gang up to get a bigger house, like a double-wide or even with wings >>> that went off the sides. >>> >>> --R >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
