The impressive thing is that the wheels and hitch are still there. Bug-out house?
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We had a mobile home in my town that was mounted on a platform on a hillside. It was amusing to still see the A-frame hitch sticking out two stories up. The town finally harassed him enough that he climbed up there and torched it off. I vaguely remember snapping a photo a couple years ago. I'll have to look for that...
There are a few houses like those in Iowa. Most are not done that good through. They build a shack or addition on the mobile home or camping trailer for the wood burner. I really like your new place by the way. I would like to move away to a different state, but my wife will not move more than a hour from her folks. So that is out I guess.
I smiled to but I wasn't thinking the same thing lol I've never seen something like that
It was faster to drive by today and snap a photo on our way to a hike. I would love to have seen how he got it up there.
I needed to get out of the house and enjoy before the March winds get serious.
I needed to get out of the house and enjoy before the March winds get serious.
I vote a series of jacks... take your pick, either jack from the middle, wall in perimeter, add cross brace, repeat,
Or
Jack from perimeter, add support beam down middle, frame edges, repeat.
I was going through my phone and found some pics I neglected to post about a month ago. My dad is about at a stopping point on his boat project. The mechanicals are ready for a water test but the closest lake doesn't open for another month. Electrical is cleaned up, engine is in and runs good on a hose, transmission shifts but needs to be load tested.
He also replaced the cutlass bearing, which is actually a rubber bushing, in the strut just ahead of the prop that the shaft passes through.
The other thing he did was detail the dash. The gauges were dingy, some of the switches weren't working, and the black gelcoat was heavily oxidized. The nice original steering wheel from the blue boat was installed in place of the cheap aftermarket one that it came with.
He also ran the buffer around the outside. It looks better but the age and abuse still shows through. Once he gets it in the water and the mechanicals are deemed fit he'll put in the new carpet and decide what to do about the seats.
The blue boat has been completely scuttled and the burnt hull went to the dump. Some of the parts are for sale and some will be saved for spares.
He also replaced the cutlass bearing, which is actually a rubber bushing, in the strut just ahead of the prop that the shaft passes through.
The other thing he did was detail the dash. The gauges were dingy, some of the switches weren't working, and the black gelcoat was heavily oxidized. The nice original steering wheel from the blue boat was installed in place of the cheap aftermarket one that it came with.
He also ran the buffer around the outside. It looks better but the age and abuse still shows through. Once he gets it in the water and the mechanicals are deemed fit he'll put in the new carpet and decide what to do about the seats.
The blue boat has been completely scuttled and the burnt hull went to the dump. Some of the parts are for sale and some will be saved for spares.
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