How to Move your Mobile Home: SOIL COMPACTION and LOT POSITIONING

SOIL COMPACTION Equally as important as drainage is soil compaction.  If new dirt has been brought in to solve the drainage issue, it must be compacted before the home is delivered.  Soft, loose soil will cause a huge problem with leveling of the home.  Additionally, it may be hard to bring the home in if the soil is too soft.  It is not uncommon, is such instances, for homes to sink to the axles in the dirt. POSITIONING ON THE LOT Where the home goes is, for the most part, is a matter of personal preference.  However, there are many points to consider.  For example, where are the utility hook-ups?  If the home is very far from them, it may result in costly additional utility costs to run extra lines.  Also, where is the parking space?  You don’t want to put the home over your parking area.  You will also want to consider such things as trees for shade, and the direction of the western sun (it drives some people crazy).  Remember that once the home is in position, it will cost a fortune to move it again down the road.  In fact, it will require all the steps to move it as it did on this move, except for the long highway ride.  So give the positioning a huge amount of thought. By Frank Rolfe Frank Rolfe is a mobile home park investor and owns over 100 parks with his partner Dave Reynolds. Frank also leads regular Mobile Home Park Investing Bootcamps through the MobileHomeUniversity.com.