The Manufactured Housing Forums

We are considering buying an acreage and putting a new manufactured home on it. The land we want has an unlivable double-wide on it (probably a late 80's early 90's). The repossessing retailer didn't even want it back. What options are there for removing the old home? Will retailers take something like this if it means being able to sell a new home?

You can pay to have it hauled to the dump or torn apart.
maybe if your lucky & run an ad in the paper someone will pay to move it off the property.

What kind of $$ are we talking to haul a doublewide to the dump? Thanks!

I've been cleaning out an old park. It costs me here in Colorado about $200 to haul to the dump. Each single section is costing between $1000 and $1500 depending on length tipping fees.

I tried to cut them up and put them in roll off dumpsters. It cost more in time, mess, and dollars to do it that way.

They don't call me DUMBnEASY for nuthin'!

Why not contact your local fire department or Div. of Forestry and see if they'd like to have it for a training burn. The best experience young fire fighters can get is fighting real fires and what could be better than a real fire with real training controls.

Offer it free on the condition that the county removes what's left after the burn. Upon completion, offer a percentage-of-savings contribution back to the community or Fire Department.

The other thought I have is this: If they agree, the department and firefighters will all know you. Hence, if you have a real fire (God forbid...) they'll already know exactly where you live. LOL!