Can a mobile home be moved laterally (sideways - perpendicular to its axles).?
Question:I need to move a 16ft x 80ft mobile home. On the end opposite the hitch, it is right up against another building. Once the truck is hooked up to the hitch, it can only pull forward a couple of feet before hitting another building.
Is it possible for the mobile home to be pulled out from between these two buildings (it needs to be moved out about 20 feet to be clear of the two buildings)?
Answers:
You need to contact a mover or someone who has access to rollers, they use these to bring the two halves of double-wides together. You can only get them so close with the truck but you have to use the rollers and jacks to slide the haves together. The same would be with moving a single-wide in a tight spot, such as the one you have described. Also if you are going to go with a mover he may be able to wench the home out of the tight spot. Some of the movers have what is called a house cat (a remote control machine) that can do amazing things in very tight spots. If the mover has a trans-lift (another piece of equipment that is amazing) it can literally pick the home up and move it perpendicular, this would be the route I would take personally.
It is quite possible with the proper equipment. The trailer will need to be raised a bit. After it is raised, something will need to be put under it to allow it to roll the direction you need it to go. Normally, large dollies would be used. These look like to freight trailer axles with a platform on top.
Since you only have to move out a bit, you may be able to use two lowboy trailers or maybe even some heavy duty flatbed trucks. Anything that will handle the weight and keep the trailer fairly level during the process should work.
Not every trailer moving company would be willing to do this one, but if you call around a bit you will find someone. Expect to pay a bit more, but I would try to get quotes from at least a couple given the unusual circumstances.
if you put steel ibeam under the trailer and jack it up you can slide it sideways. there should fuul lenght frame rails to lift the trailer,then a combination of chainfallscan be anchored at the end you want your trailer to move if you add teflon or kids crazy carpets on the contact points or even grease or oil will let it slide easier make sure you crib blocking to prevent the ibeams from falling
there are several things you don't say but since you say that there is room to hook up a truck then there would also be room to hook up a very short little crawler tractor made specifically to move trailer buildings. the little guy is probably only 8 feety or so long and is infinitely more manueverable than a truck. look for it at a mobile home mover's place. the other option would be to contact a regular house mover who could slide some beams under it assuming that there is room on both sides of the trailer to work. slide the beams in, jack up the trailer, set one end of the beams on a special built beam dolly, the other end will hook up to a prime mover for the lateral transfer. the unknown things you don't mention are whether or not the axles are still under ir or if it is on piers, both will influence the time, effort and expense. since the little crawler is so short it's possible that he could pull it out with very little manuevering
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