licensed mobile home installer here... im sure you very well know how many different ways this could have ended. that being said... that was pretty damn awesome guy.
@@frugallandlord6974 it is, i meant that in no way as an insult, iv only had my license for about 3 years so im an know way an expert, all that means is i have to know and do it by the book. so its pretty cool to see someone throw that book out the window. is that truck still kicking if you don't mind me asking
@@victorraymartinez the truck is still running perfectly, 225,000 miles. I was surprised how well it handled the tongue weight, I have hooked up to a newer heavier double wide just to move it a few feet so that my mover guy can get hooked up to it, “double wide had to be moved 50 miles and I only use my truck for short distance on back roads. Anyway it did sag a bit more when hooked up to the double wide but it still moved it lol. 😀
@@frugallandlord6974 Man thats pretty dang cool i love a good truck that keeps on kicking. i have a 91 ford i have to rebuild, finally crapped out at 780,000 miles but i in no way put her through that kind of stress. but man you did that to help your mover out? most people cant even be bothered to mow their grass, or take their furniture out. we had moved a single wide in Edmond OK and we asked the owners about 5 times to remove the furniture.well they didn't so we moved it anyways. the part of the tongue that sits directly on the ball snapped clean off in the middle of a busy intersection. haha that was terrible
@@victorraymartinez lots of miles on that Ford I actually like Fords my snow plow truck is a 99 F150 and it’s a great truck. Yeah my mover also gives me a ridiculous good price for moving homes so I do everything I can to help him out, damn you broke a tongue mid trip that is insane, I wonder how you got out of that situation 🥵
In 1958 my parents pulled a 46 x 8 foot mobile home from Florida to New Mexico with a 1955 Desoto when the Air Force transferred my Dad. It was areal experience for a ten year old.
Wow that is incredible, this literally blows my mind because it’s a family car pulling a mobile home, but the distance traveled is just insane, your dad is so cool.
Amazing story. Did the car break down any. That was a huge distance for this car to pull the heavy trailer house. That’s before they started referring to them by mobile home or manufactured home. In 1958 my family also lived in a trailer house. It was 8 X 43 feet. Once we moved it a short distance with a bulldozer. Didn’t have to get on the highway, but relocated it farther up the hill from where it was first located. I was just 9 or 10 yrs old and this was exciting to watch for a kid. We probably moved that trailer house five or six times before my dad sold it.
Where I live, to get a 14x80 single wide moved from one place to another less than 10 miles is F*****G. $4,000, absolutely ridiculous! So hit me up bro and see what we could work out! Amazing job man!
Yeah it’s definitely expensive to get them moved professionally, I only move them short distance on my own, longer trips I hire a guy who moves homes on the side for a little extra cash.
Nice job. There was a single wide for sale less than 5 miles from my home in very good shape for short money. I thought about rebel running it home & have a Dodge dually diesel that could have easily pulled it but in New Hampshire it was pretty damn illegal. So, I chickened out, lol. You have some stones man!
Same, I found one in great condition and it’s amazingly free! Me and my fiancé stay at someone’s place while we work on getting jobs and on our feet so we’d put it in their yard till we can afford to move with it. Free is basically my budget lol so no $ for moving company. But I read about towing size limits being 60ft by 8ft 6in and this is 45ft by 8ft so idk we might just try and hope for best? Lol wish me luck
keep it on the back roads and plan out your trip for sure, to make sure you fit the whole road, I actually shouldn’t tell you to do anything that’s not legal so don’t tell the cops that frugal landlord guy told you it was ok.
Take it from me, a man who retired from the mobile/manufactured home industry (hauling, setting-up, etc.), an empty mid/late 70's-80's Fleetwood like this (2 axles) would be very do-able with a 3/4 ton pickup (camper special preferred). But won't work with just a bumper mounted ball. You'd need a class 3 hitch to the frame of the truck to do it.
I’m not sure if it’s a camper special but this truck seems to have heavier springs than any 3/4 ton I have see in this generation of trucks, thanks for the knowledge, I love to hear from people who have been there. 😀
@@VelaNovaBlaze what is your question exactly, do you mean the mobile home moving business? You would need a bigger truck and you need pilot cars with flashers and wide load signs to be legal.
@@VelaNovaBlaze Go see a dealer and find out who does their setups...and go see them. Also, find a manufactured home factory nearby and go apply for a job. That's how I started out.
That Chevy didn’t struggle at all! I’m building a house and have a 1985 single wide I live in now. I wanna move like this, it’s just too nice to demo. New interior, hvac, water heater done in 2021. Would make a killer hunting camp
Yeah just make sure you don’t go down any big hills, all these mobile homes have electric trailer brakes if you could get them to work, that would be my only worry.😀
Thanks although I don’t really want to recommend doing it because things can go south and you might be up a creek, but it is possible to do it as you can see, thanks for watching
House trailers weigh about 7000# per axle when new. 14,000 is a pullable load for a 3/4 ton,don`t try to stop it ,and don't get caught without an oversize permit.
Well said! I had a buddy who acquired a mobile home for free. After paying for all the oversized permits it wasn't that great of a deal. I suppose it all depends in which state you live though.
I use a C50 im bonded and permited with texas to move my own trailers . They actually pull fairly well if they arent falling apart . Stopping is the reason for the need of a heavy rig .
Yeah the truck you have would probably move a home nicely, there are brakes on these mobile homes but I have never seen any mover hook the brakes up, I asked about it and they said unless we have lots of steep downhill grades we don’t need them since we use pilot cars, I’m sure the police would say otherwise, thanks for the visit.😀
I did this with a Dodge Durango lol it was a moble home like this an I drove it an hour home goin down the hiway lol I couldn’t believe I pulled it an it squatted pretty low but the hitch didn scrape at all . I had the 318 magnum engine an a fresh built trans . Deff put it to the test . I got it up to 50 on hiway but deff had to be careful . An when I sold it I had to move it in a area that had hills an I put her in 4x4 an low an creeped up the hills about 15 mph an the engine didn even struggle them pulling gears really helped lol
When I go to buy pellets I get 2 ton at a time and the loader always thinks I’m getting 1 and coming back, I say no load them both, they are always surprised when this truck barely squats, it’s a good old truck. 😀
wouldnt be as easy with a newer model seeing the new stuff is heavier. each half of my double wide had anywhere from 4 to 6 axles i would guess. i didnt get to see it at that point.
Well it’s possible, I definitely wouldn’t go down any hills unless I could get the trailer brakes functioning and don’t go anywhere with any traffic lol.
This truck has 220k, I would imagine it would make it well past 250k. I also like fords, I have never owned a dodge but I’m sure they are also good trucks.
I would think so but I watched a video with a uhaul truck towing a mobile home and the front tires were completely off the ground a few times, it’s a lot of tongue weight.
well moving them is a bit of a challenge, after that they don’t have propane appliances or holding tanks for fresh water or sewer, I don’t think you will find a space at the lake to park one either.
Yeah I thought it was funny as hell. I think I was about 20 at the time. It was in Coldwater, Michigan. We didn't have cell phones back then or I would have gotten a video of it.
@@michaelvernier1584 yeah a cj5 is a very light weight vehicle I can’t imagine if he needed to stop, even with my truck the front tires slid easily, so he really only had his rear brakes.🫣
He was all over the road (back road) too. The only time the front wheels touched the ground was when he applied the brakes. Soon as he gave it some gas the front came off the ground. I don't know if he ever made it to his destination. I was turning the corner onto the road he was on and I stopped dead in my tracks, backed off the road and got out of his way and just watched as he went past.
Why would I move a mobile home or why wouldn’t I hire an expensive mover? I like doing things that are risky as long as I know I won’t hurt anyone else.
@@briantruck2284 good point, this truck came from the factory with 2 transmission oil coolers, first it goes through the giant radiator, then it goes through a separate transmission oil cooler.
licensed mobile home installer here... im sure you very well know how many different ways this could have ended. that being said... that was pretty damn awesome guy.
I will just consider that a compliment coming from a professional like yourself, thank you 😀
@@frugallandlord6974 it is, i meant that in no way as an insult, iv only had my license for about 3 years so im an know way an expert, all that means is i have to know and do it by the book. so its pretty cool to see someone throw that book out the window. is that truck still kicking if you don't mind me asking
@@victorraymartinez the truck is still running perfectly, 225,000 miles. I was surprised how well it handled the tongue weight, I have hooked up to a newer heavier double wide just to move it a few feet so that my mover guy can get hooked up to it, “double wide had to be moved 50 miles and I only use my truck for short distance on back roads. Anyway it did sag a bit more when hooked up to the double wide but it still moved it lol. 😀
@@frugallandlord6974 Man thats pretty dang cool i love a good truck that keeps on kicking. i have a 91 ford i have to rebuild, finally crapped out at 780,000 miles but i in no way put her through that kind of stress. but man you did that to help your mover out? most people cant even be bothered to mow their grass, or take their furniture out. we had moved a single wide in Edmond OK and we asked the owners about 5 times to remove the furniture.well they didn't so we moved it anyways. the part of the tongue that sits directly on the ball snapped clean off in the middle of a busy intersection. haha that was terrible
@@victorraymartinez lots of miles on that Ford I actually like Fords my snow plow truck is a 99 F150 and it’s a great truck. Yeah my mover also gives me a ridiculous good price for moving homes so I do everything I can to help him out, damn you broke a tongue mid trip that is insane, I wonder how you got out of that situation 🥵
In 1958 my parents pulled a 46 x 8 foot mobile home from Florida to New Mexico with a 1955 Desoto when the Air Force transferred my Dad. It was areal experience for a ten year old.
Wow that is incredible, this literally blows my mind because it’s a family car pulling a mobile home, but the distance traveled is just insane, your dad is so cool.
Amazing story. Did the car break down any. That was a huge distance for this car to pull the heavy trailer house. That’s before they started referring to them by mobile home or manufactured home. In 1958 my family also lived in a trailer house. It was 8 X 43 feet. Once we moved it a short distance with a bulldozer. Didn’t have to get on the highway, but relocated it farther up the hill from where it was first located. I was just 9 or 10 yrs old and this was exciting to watch for a kid. We probably moved that trailer house five or six times before my dad sold it.
man those 90s to early 2000s trucks are beast. 😂
Yeah it’s a tough truck for sure.
Where I live, to get a 14x80 single wide moved from one place to another less than 10 miles is F*****G. $4,000, absolutely ridiculous! So hit me up bro and see what we could work out! Amazing job man!
Yeah it’s definitely expensive to get them moved professionally, I only move them short distance on my own, longer trips I hire a guy who moves homes on the side for a little extra cash.
Nice job. There was a single wide for sale less than 5 miles from my home in very good shape for short money. I thought about rebel running it home & have a Dodge dually diesel that could have easily pulled it but in New Hampshire it was pretty damn illegal. So, I chickened out, lol. You have some stones man!
Same, I found one in great condition and it’s amazingly free! Me and my fiancé stay at someone’s place while we work on getting jobs and on our feet so we’d put it in their yard till we can afford to move with it. Free is basically my budget lol so no $ for moving company. But I read about towing size limits being 60ft by 8ft 6in and this is 45ft by 8ft so idk we might just try and hope for best? Lol wish me luck
@@corinnejernigan You should be fine so long as it's 8'6" wide or under.
keep it on the back roads and plan out your trip for sure, to make sure you fit the whole road, I actually shouldn’t tell you to do anything that’s not legal so don’t tell the cops that frugal landlord guy told you it was ok.
Great job. Whats the size of this mobile?
@@corinnejernigan Engaged with no job and homeless? Please dont bring kids into your mess
Take it from me, a man who retired from the mobile/manufactured home industry (hauling, setting-up, etc.), an empty mid/late 70's-80's Fleetwood like this (2 axles) would be very do-able with a 3/4 ton pickup (camper special preferred). But won't work with just a bumper mounted ball. You'd need a class 3 hitch to the frame of the truck to do it.
I’m not sure if it’s a camper special but this truck seems to have heavier springs than any 3/4 ton I have see in this generation of trucks, thanks for the knowledge, I love to hear from people who have been there. 😀
Any way to get into the mobile home industry?
@@VelaNovaBlaze what is your question exactly, do you mean the mobile home moving business? You would need a bigger truck and you need pilot cars with flashers and wide load signs to be legal.
@@VelaNovaBlaze Go see a dealer and find out who does their setups...and go see them. Also, find a manufactured home factory nearby and go apply for a job. That's how I started out.
If I didn't see it... I wouldn't have believed it. Great Video!!🕶
Thanks, it was fun and I’m surprised how well the old truck did with the weight, thanks for watching.
That Chevy didn’t struggle at all! I’m building a house and have a 1985 single wide I live in now. I wanna move like this, it’s just too nice to demo. New interior, hvac, water heater done in 2021. Would make a killer hunting camp
Yeah just make sure you don’t go down any big hills, all these mobile homes have electric trailer brakes if you could get them to work, that would be my only worry.😀
That reverse gear is what took a brunt of the work. Bravo mate bravo
I’m not sure if that was a compliment but thanks for watching 😀
In Texas we just rent a u haul lol
Lol I seen that
😂😂😂😂
I have seen that in Ohio as well 🤣
That's a great idea
seems more like an Okie thang...
Good job and you saved a ton of money.
Thanks although I don’t really want to recommend doing it because things can go south and you might be up a creek, but it is possible to do it as you can see, thanks for watching
Would've been nice to hear the commercial song
Like a rock ! 💯 🤘
Lol yeah I remember those commercials, thanks for the laugh 😂
House trailers weigh about 7000# per axle when new. 14,000 is a pullable load for a 3/4 ton,don`t try to stop it ,and don't get caught without an oversize permit.
Well said! I had a buddy who acquired a mobile home for free. After paying for all the oversized permits it wasn't that great of a deal. I suppose it all depends in which state you live though.
@@chopperinmylivingroom2335 what can the permits cost ?
Dirt road fine
Yeah but they do usually have a pretty high tongue weight due to the axles being pretty far back.
I use a C50 im bonded and permited with texas to move my own trailers .
They actually pull fairly well if they arent falling apart .
Stopping is the reason for the need of a heavy rig .
Yeah the truck you have would probably move a home nicely, there are brakes on these mobile homes but I have never seen any mover hook the brakes up, I asked about it and they said unless we have lots of steep downhill grades we don’t need them since we use pilot cars, I’m sure the police would say otherwise, thanks for the visit.😀
Did it lots of times with my Ford pickup., my friend did his with a Farmall tractor.
Yeah I had a few older ford trucks, they were pretty damn tough 😀
Well done!
Thanks 🙂
Good luck 👍
Thanks 👍
I did this with a Dodge Durango lol it was a moble home like this an I drove it an hour home goin down the hiway lol I couldn’t believe I pulled it an it squatted pretty low but the hitch didn scrape at all . I had the 318 magnum engine an a fresh built trans . Deff put it to the test . I got it up to 50 on hiway but deff had to be careful . An when I sold it I had to move it in a area that had hills an I put her in 4x4 an low an creeped up the hills about 15 mph an the engine didn even struggle them pulling gears really helped lol
Wow, that’s awesome, my truck is just 2 wheel drive so unfortunately I don’t have low range.
What state are you in and did you have to get a permit?
@@LemarcusWilliams-ew2by you can see this was a textbook mobile home relocation 😉
Only in America can you build wealth and a future.
I agree we are lucky to live in the USA!
Tell that to all the screwed up Americans that think this country is so horrible like AOC and the other Muslim anti Americans
My 1984 liberty mobile home was ,15000 pounds according to the MTG tag
I believe it, this home was full of tools and building material, including heavy tile, I’m betting I was probably over that with it loaded.
What would the cost have been to move a MH about 60 miles? Thanks y'all!
Damn right it will I seen a 69 C10 move a trailer for about 40 miles with no problem
When I go to buy pellets I get 2 ton at a time and the loader always thinks I’m getting 1 and coming back, I say no load them both, they are always surprised when this truck barely squats, it’s a good old truck. 😀
Awesome
Thanks 😀
@@frugallandlord6974 your welcome
wouldnt be as easy with a newer model seeing the new stuff is heavier. each half of my double wide had anywhere from 4 to 6 axles i would guess. i didnt get to see it at that point.
yeah newer homes are heavier for sure.
@@frugallandlord6974 but thats sill a load for a pickup lol
5:39 OH MY i thought it was gonna tip over!
Lol yeah I didn’t even notice that it rocked that much.
Good luck with that
Thanks
Before you stopped,at about 4:45, truck about did a wheelie
yeah I could tell the front end was extremely light lol
What state are you in?
done it with 95 k1500 suburban several times
nice
Great job, can i ask were this is at.
Thanks. North west USA
😂😂😂😂😂wow !
You deff needed a low gear I can here that trans burning up a lil bit lol
Would have definitely helped, especially when I was parking it 😀
I been wondering if I 3/4 ton or one ton dually or non duality can tow a trailer house. I need a real tow in the highway
Well it’s possible, I definitely wouldn’t go down any hills unless I could get the trailer brakes functioning and don’t go anywhere with any traffic lol.
I’m gonna attempt this with my 66 c60 with a four speed
Your truck is much heavier than mine so it will handle the weight, as long as the brakes are good I’m sure it will be a piece of cake for that truck.
Great job!
Whats the size of this mobile?
Thanks, I think it is 14x60 maybe 14x55, I can’t remember, I never measured it 😀
Chevy SSSL edition. Super Sport Slum Lord. LOL
I don’t consider myself a slum lord but I can appreciate the humor. 🤪😂
My anxiety was thru the roof watching this 😮😮😮😮😮 y would u even attempt such a stunt?
I was relaxed Lol and I was the one driving.
Cuz why not. Cost less to buy a new pickup lol
probably close to the same, my truck is not expensive.
Now do it with a Ford Ranger. I bet it could handle that.
I have an f-150 i can try that next time, what do you think?
@@frugallandlord6974 Screw it! Why not?!
@@qazqa5 it’s going to be a few months before I move any, I will give it a try.🫣
Through the 90s, they all made great trucks. Ford and dodge were a bit tougher, but with the right owner GMs would last 250k.
This truck has 220k, I would imagine it would make it well past 250k. I also like fords, I have never owned a dodge but I’m sure they are also good trucks.
I wonder if my 2005 international school bus could pull a mobile home??
I would think so but I watched a video with a uhaul truck towing a mobile home and the front tires were completely off the ground a few times, it’s a lot of tongue weight.
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Not sure what you mean but the tranny is pretty tough.🧐
Did you get stopped?
No on this road there is very little chance of that. Would have made for a good video if I gotten pulled over though lol.😬
Tell me why I was Nervous threw out the whole video 😩😩😩😩😂😂😂
On the edge of your seat?
Go rent a uhaul or pensky truck. They will pull it no oroblem
Yeah maybe I will do that next time great tip 🤣
The real question is can you stop it once you get it moving 🤷♂️
Stopping distance is going to be greatly increased, I wouldn’t go down much of a hill with this setup, that’s for sure
Que motor tiene la pickup? Y trasmisión manual?
5.7 liter with 4L80 automatic transmission
what u going to do with it?
Its going to be another rehab home
Orale
I bet you averaged 1 mile per gallon pulling that lol
Definitely single digits that’s for sure
I might be a dumbass but can you camp in trailers like those? Or no, because it's likely near impossible.
well moving them is a bit of a challenge, after that they don’t have propane appliances or holding tanks for fresh water or sewer, I don’t think you will find a space at the lake to park one either.
Just as what I expected.
please put subs on we cant nhear and we have to read please
I will work on that, thank you so much for letting me know.
That's nothing, many years ago I saw a guy moving one with a jeep cj5. His front wheels were completely off the ground 90% of the time.
Wow that’s a lot for a little jeep to tow.
Yeah I thought it was funny as hell. I think I was about 20 at the time. It was in Coldwater, Michigan. We didn't have cell phones back then or I would have gotten a video of it.
@@michaelvernier1584 yeah a cj5 is a very light weight vehicle I can’t imagine if he needed to stop, even with my truck the front tires slid easily, so he really only had his rear brakes.🫣
He was all over the road (back road) too. The only time the front wheels touched the ground was when he applied the brakes. Soon as he gave it some gas the front came off the ground. I don't know if he ever made it to his destination. I was turning the corner onto the road he was on and I stopped dead in my tracks, backed off the road and got out of his way and just watched as he went past.
@@michaelvernier1584 that’s a great story, I love the mental image.😀
Why
Why would I move a mobile home or why wouldn’t I hire an expensive mover? I like doing things that are risky as long as I know I won’t hurt anyone else.
That is a big mistake
Thanks for the tip
Transmission now say Chitty chitty bang bang. . . 💥BOOM💥
4L80 transmission is a beast though
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Not if u keep transmission oil cool
He wasn't even giving it much gas
@@briantruck2284 good point, this truck came from the factory with 2 transmission oil coolers, first it goes through the giant radiator, then it goes through a separate transmission oil cooler.