Mobile homes under pole barn

I've took them apart with every type equipment made almost. Putting roller logs under them will make the job a lot easier. I'd be afraid just dragging them you might build up a lot of load. Trailer house frames are fairly stout till they get some kind of bend in them. How much room is there between the trailers?

I did a short stint of moving and setting up mobile homes in the late 70's into the early 80's. Some of the junkers were just dragged with a winch off the pads or runners they were setting on and busted up in the parking lot. We had a JI Case 580B TLB with a manual thumb and with an experienced operator, didn't take long to tear it apart and pack it into a roll off container. Once the body was off the frame was cut up and salvaged. We too found old telephone poles were great "rolls" for when the axles were no longer under the trailers.

Ok so I tried pulling them out from under the pole barn and it lifted the 1 end but just ripped the frame when I tried pulling with a 135g. Does anyone have any new ideas?? Looking to get done asap as I am renting equipment

Can you lift one end up? You need to separate the frame from the ground with some kind of poles otherwise it's going to dig in

I lifted 1 end with a chain wrapped around frame and lifted with excavator bucket then drove backwards

I would guess the other end dug I to the ground and there's not enough strength in the frame to pull it. I would pick one end up and put something down that the frame can slide on. Get all the frame off the ground if you can and pick it up just enough it slides so the back end doesn't dig in.

What do I do now that the frame is already ripped off at the end though?

Your junking the trailers right? How far in did the frame rip?

Yeah junking. The end plate ripped off

Just go father in and wrap it around the frame, might have to cut some insulation so you can go between the 2x6 joists and around the frame, might need two chains for each frame rail. The end plate might be weak I don't think I ever had seen one of those so you might get more pull from the frame.

3 or 4" PVC pipe works well over uneven ground. I moved this jewel out on sewer pipe. Guy ruined a lot of good lumber building this.

Joe H said: 3 or 4" PVC pipe works well over uneven ground. I moved this jewel out on sewer pipe. Guy ruined a lot of good lumber building this. View attachment 302364 Click to expand... A lot of those are trying to do tax evasion. Build 50% or less of square footage of trailer for addition and won't be taxed as a house, don't need building permits either. A lot of that across the US I have seen. Me I used 4 propane tanks to roll the frame on, but I was pulling with my own two hands and a chain fall. Even got a video of it.

Got an axel under it and away it went. That was a 40' 1949 Casa Manana by Hensley of Texas. Imagine that thing behind your 56 Buick 4 holer chugging up the mountain to that spot. It was sitting on blocks here and then the house built around it. When I bought it.

Pray for a Tornado---those do a right fine job on trailer trashing.

I smashed one up to pieces small enough to fit in a single axle dump truck. A single swing with a backhoe knocked one whole wall out so the roof collapsed. That one was studded with 1-1/2 X 1-1/2 studs, aluminum skin out, 3/16 Masonite with Mylar "wall paper" inside. Fiberglass insulation about 3/4" thick, I could see through it. Rafters were 11/16 x 2-1/2" strapping, upper chord of the truss was bent, a series of 1/4" plywood scraps stapled between them. More effort to keep fewer pieces for easier loading. Separated the sheet metal & the frame for scrap. That one was empty, all the landfill stuff added up to about 8 cubic yards, not a full load for the old dump truck.

Someday, you guys who love smashing things up, will cry at how you smashed up a highly collectable trailer home, that now sells for $100K!! LOL

"There are strange things done..... by the men who......" I'm thinking there will never be value in a derelict mobile home.

Willie B said: "There are strange things done..... by the men who......" I'm thinking there will never be value in a derelict mobile home. Click to expand... Oh, I must disagree with you.

These one couple put them on a u pattern and made a house, they really sucked at execution since they didn't know much about construction and only paid bottom dollar for help. Done right you could make a really cool spread for cheap using home made after the 80's or 90's

There are some very stylish 50's mobile homes with aluminum work, jalousie windows, and nice cabinets inside. That doesn't mean they all need to be saved. I've crushed plenty of sports cars, scouts, really unique vehicles, and lots of dodge faux woody wagons also.