Funny that you mention that. A friend of mine allowed her niece to park a "tiny house" on her property and it caused a great big fight among the neighbors and county.
http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Tiny-house-stirs-up-big-controversy-in-Valley-Center-416994813.html Don Snook -----Original Message----- From: G Mann [mailto:g2ma...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2017 12:10 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Tractor/trailer trailer size 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
