Moving a 40 ft Trailer office?

Any idea on how to move something like this? It looks like a great deal if you don't have to pay a mobile home moving guy several thousand just to move it. Any ideas here?

https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=Main.Item&itemid=3776&acctid=464

It says it has no axles on it but they are included. Tires are not included.

After that problem is solved you may still need Oversized Load permits.

I think the help of pros could be a good idea.

Call the DOT and ask what the requirements would be due to the width of the trailer. That may decide things for you.

One ton truck could handle the size and weight.

It sounds as though the axles and hitch are not on the vehicle, but are present. Being 14' wide, its going to require a permit. Sounds like the easy button would be hire a trailer mover.

I think that a shipping container mover would do that on a flatbed. See them on the roads here all the time. Port on Miami to Port Everglades. You have that up there?

I am sure that there must be someone up here doing that. Most are moved by rail but there has to be a few doing it by trailer.

I'd call a mobile home mover and get a quote. They have tires and wheels, which will save you from having to source them. They also have a truck that is already permitted for over-sized loads. They might just be as cheap as moving it yourself.

You can probably save some money by hanging the tongue and axles yourself.

Yeah, I found this on too short of notice to gather quotes and whatnot so I will have to keep my eyes out for another one. When these come up, it looks like they go cheap. Would make a stupid cheap cabin to drop on some property somewhere.

Last time I looked into this it was pretty crazy expensive. I wanted a free railroad car that was only 12' wide. The free railroad car was going to cost me about $20,000 to get it 100 miles. The laws required not only permits, but certain rural roads had to be closed. I had to pay DOT crews, police escorts, the works. That was 20 years ago, and that railroad car is still being offered free. No takers.

The kicker was that it was Bobby Kennedy's personal campaign railcar and he signed the wall. They couldn't even get a museum estate to pay for it.

Not to discourage you, just be careful and dot your i's and cross your t's. It might be super expensive. Hopefully your experience is better.

In reply to singleslammer:

Friend of my dads did that back in the 80's. Far as I know it's still out in the woods. Unfortunatly I have no advice but at least talk to a pro before you try to do it alone.

curtis73 wrote: wanted a free railroad car that was only 12' wide.

Ah, another person who got a free railcar. I was given a caboose.

Like you, I couldn't afford to bring it home. Weight was issue as I recall.

foxtrapper wrote:

curtis73 wrote: wanted a free railroad car that was only 12' wide.

Ah, another person who got a free railcar. I was given a caboose. Like you, I couldn't afford to bring it home. Weight was issue as I recall.

Wait...that is/was a thing? I'm close enough to the RR tracks they could possibly lift it onto our property straight from the tracks with a big enough crane.

One problem with moving rail cars is they take a really big crane (or two) at each end that cost a big pile of money. I've seen enough cabooses on private property to know it can be done more affordably some how.

A person in my town donated a caboose to the local railroad museum that was on some land he wanted to sell. A local company that does rail work, as well as haz-mat work, donated the moving cost of the car, as well as paint removal and repainting. We did the asbestos and lead testing on it. It's in its new location and beautiful.

petegossett wrote:

foxtrapper wrote:

curtis73 wrote: wanted a free railroad car that was only 12' wide.

Ah, another person who got a free railcar. I was given a caboose. Like you, I couldn't afford to bring it home. Weight was issue as I recall.

Wait...that is/was a thing? I'm close enough to the RR tracks they could possibly lift it onto our property straight from the tracks with a big enough crane.

It can be done. Here's a not too terribly old article on buying and bringing home a caboose. Own a caboose

Mine was a delapedated old caboose that sat out front of an antique shop that was closing up. All I had to do was haul it away. The track was probably included, and I had friends with tractor trailers and lowboys. No cranes though. The permits though.

Somebody did though. Some years later and it was finally gone.