Re: [GBlist] Green Modular Home -Portland

[Alan Courtright <acourtri@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us>]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Gloria wrote:

> At 09:14 AM 8/29/01 -0700, Alan Courtright wrote:
> >it also seems to be the case that the people
> >who make manufactured homes tend to take considerable license and refer to
> >themselves as modular home manufacturers when it seems convenient.  Which
> >is irksome, particularly when is trying to do Web searches.
> 
> Well, they both arrive on site on axles. Many "modulars" are no different 
> than double-wide trailers in construction techniques or materials. Many 
> trailer dealers are also modular dealers. Both trailers and modulars can be 
> installed on permanent foundations. I guess if it looks like a duck and 
> walks like a duck you could call it a duck....

'T'ain't the way I've heard it, unless you wanna get real nitpicky about
what constitutes "on axles."  What I read is that with a mobile/mfd home
the structure must be built on a steel frame, to which axles are then
attached for transport; the steel frame is required to remain attached.  A
modular home, in contrast, does NOT need to be built on a steel frame, and
is usually placed on a truck for transport, from which a crane lifts it
into its appropriate place in the overall structure, which might consist
of several such modules though it could also be just two or three as in a
double- or triple-wide mobile/mfd.  

                         -|//*Alan Courtright*\\|=   
                                Poulsbo, WA
                             acourtri@krl.org
                       



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