This isn't on a trailer but it is about a little house. If that
could be scaled up to do larger houses then it might be really a
nice way to build a new house real quick. I wonder how they do
the insulation and how good that is. Looks like they might put it
in afterwards in the spaces left in the walls, or that space may
be used to fill with more concrete for greater strength.
http://inhabitat.com/a-10k-tiny-house-3d-printed-in-24-hours/
MG
Rich Thomas via Mercedes 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
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