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Is a "normal manufactured home" a mobile home/trailer?

by MuffinFlavored 7y ago

GrumpiNerd 7y ago
No. Many modern homes are manufactured off-site and then assembled on-site.
- badfrog 7y ago
  "manufactured" is the modern equivalent of a mobile home. You're referring to "modular" https://www.claytonhomes.com/studio/defined-mobile-manufactured-and-modular-homes/ https://www.claytonhomes.com/studio/defined-mobile-manufactu...
  - nimblegorilla 7y ago
    The link you provided makes a distinction between mobile and manufactured homes...
mikeg8 7y ago
Yes. The other replies are missing the distinction. A manufactured home is traditionally a mobile home. There is a wide range of sizes (single wide, double wide, triple wide) with a range in quality/price. These are the ones you see cut in half on a truck trailer on the highway. A more modern approach has become the Pre-fab homes. These can have a wider range of shapes than the rectangle which helps avoid the “mobile home” stigma. The manufacturing is also done in a warehouse to build pieces Of the house on a production line, like the walls, floor and roofs, that are stacked on a trailer and then erected as a puzzle on the building site. The advantage of pre-fab is that there is less waste and because components are built in a warehouse, they can be built during winter for assembly in spring. Hope this helps.
- taborj 7y ago
  > A more modern approach has become the Pre-fab homes. This isn't just a modern approach. See the Sears kit homes of the early 20th century. My parents built their ~2800sq ft (not including basement) two story house back in 1976, and it came as a kit on a truck. My dad and uncle, with help from friends, built it, farming out specialist jobs (plumbing, including septic system, etc) as needed.
Spooky23 7y ago
No, they can build modular homes in all sorts of different configurations. A relative had a ~2,000 sq ft house built this way, it was faster and cheaper to build than a traditional hose. It came in 5-6 sections iirc.
dwild 7y ago
Doesn't a mobile home have wheel?

Is a "normal manufactured home" a mobile home/trailer?

GrumpiNerd 7y ago

No. Many modern homes are manufactured off-site and then assembled on-site.

badfrog 7y ago
"manufactured" is the modern equivalent of a mobile home. You're referring to "modular" https://www.claytonhomes.com/studio/defined-mobile-manufactured-and-modular-homes/ https://www.claytonhomes.com/studio/defined-mobile-manufactu...
- nimblegorilla 7y ago
  The link you provided makes a distinction between mobile and manufactured homes...

mikeg8 7y ago

Yes. The other replies are missing the distinction. A manufactured home is traditionally a mobile home. There is a wide range of sizes (single wide, double wide, triple wide) with a range in quality/price. These are the ones you see cut in half on a truck trailer on the highway. A more modern approach has become the Pre-fab homes. These can have a wider range of shapes than the rectangle which helps avoid the “mobile home” stigma. The manufacturing is also done in a warehouse to build pieces Of the house on a production line, like the walls, floor and roofs, that are stacked on a trailer and then erected as a puzzle on the building site. The advantage of pre-fab is that there is less waste and because components are built in a warehouse, they can be built during winter for assembly in spring. Hope this helps.

taborj 7y ago
> A more modern approach has become the Pre-fab homes. This isn't just a modern approach. See the Sears kit homes of the early 20th century. My parents built their ~2800sq ft (not including basement) two story house back in 1976, and it came as a kit on a truck. My dad and uncle, with help from friends, built it, farming out specialist jobs (plumbing, including septic system, etc) as needed.

Spooky23 7y ago

No, they can build modular homes in all sorts of different configurations. A relative had a ~2,000 sq ft house built this way, it was faster and cheaper to build than a traditional hose. It came in 5-6 sections iirc.

dwild 7y ago

Doesn't a mobile home have wheel?