anyone one else think this is a bad idea

[SleepTech]

I was at my Lfs the other day and a man came in and was ordering a 240 tank and stand. He said he had moved his furniture around in his trailer (mobile home) and was ready to setup this tank. This sounds like a floor crashing expereince to me.
Opinons

[migston]

How can someone living in a mobile home even afford a 240g and all the associated startup and monthly expenses?

[kau_cinta_ku]

just because you live in a mobile home don't mean your poor. actually i have seen very wealthy ppl live in nice mobile homes. they just don't need the room of a 15 bedroom house or need to brag about havng so much money they have to have a manson.

however if the fool is propery braced it could handle the tank. who knows the home may sit directly on concreat.

[victor_c3]

.... or they are old and live in florida

[kau_cinta_ku]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12251491#post12251491 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kau_cinta_ku
just because you live in a mobile home don't mean your poor. actually i have seen very wealthy ppl live in nice mobile homes. they just don't need the room of a 15 bedroom house or need to brag about havng so much money they have to have a manson.

however if the mobile home is propery braced it could handle the tank. who knows the home may sit directly on concreat.

[46FiatYamaha]

exactly, a tank that size very much could use some reinforcement in any 'regular' house, unless it's on concrete. There's all kinds of floor reinforcement ideas on the DIY forum

[migston]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12251491#post12251491 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kau_cinta_ku
just because you live in a mobile home don't mean your poor. actually i have seen very wealthy ppl live in nice mobile homes. they just don't need the room of a 15 bedroom house or need to brag about havng so much money they have to have a manson.

however if the fool is propery braced it could handle the tank. who knows the home may sit directly on concreat.

Yeah but I'd be willing to put down money that the rich person living in the mobile home is an exception as opposed to the rule.

Maybe he lives in a mobile home becaquse he spends all his money on his reefs? LOL Gotta have priorities I guess.

[corbett_n]

I lived in a trailer in college and I had to put extra braces under the floor to hold up my 55g

[DLANDINO]

I'd like to see him drive it around. Probably wouldn't need a wave maker then.

[DawnOctopus]

If it sits on a concrete slab it's probably more sturdy than my condo!

I think a lot of people with "double-wide" mobile homes keep them on concrete, especially if they own the land and aren't in a mobile home park.

[Freed]

Most manufactured or modular homes have steel frames or "trailers" under them, under the framed floor. Actual trailer type homes I don't know about but there is a difference between the "trailers" and modular/manufactured homes. I would bet he lives in a modular or manufactured home.

[RumLad]

Wow, talk about presumptions!
For all we know, this gent could have taken all of the needed precautions (hence the statement "I'm ready...") to do this install properly. Wish him the best of luck, as we would with any other reefer embarking a on such a large project.

[DazedandConfuse]

I used to live in a crappy 1968 mobile home. It was bought and paid for. But it was still crap. In it I had two 55 gallons, a 60 gallon, a 29 gallon and six 10 gallons (all fresh water and all set up at the same time). I also had a king size water bed. The mobile home didn't have any extra bracing and it held up just fine. Having a crappy home that was paid for left me more money to spend on the things I liked instead of rent or mortage payments.
Now I live in a nice house and only have one tank. Go figure!

[DazedandConfuse]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12252297#post12252297 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Freed
Most manufactured or modular homes have steel frames or "trailers" under them, under the framed floor. Actual trailer type homes I don't know about but there is a difference between the "trailers" and modular/manufactured homes. I would bet he lives in a modular or manufactured home.
Mobile homes (trailers) are on a metal frame too. I used to work with a group of people who would buy trashed out mobile homes. They would tear them down to the bare frame and make flatbed trailers out of them (portable stages for music events).

[jskaras]

Maybe he thinks it will help hold the trailer down during tornadoes and hurricanes.

[2fishy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12252580#post12252580 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jskaras
Maybe he thinks it will help hold the trailer down during tornadoes and hurricanes.

I was thinking the same thing!:lol: Actually our uncle is in his 80's and lives in a mobile home because he moved out of his condo and into the mobile home park that is for people over the age of 50, and he has no worry about money. I can say this. I think his mobile home is huge! And probably a lot nicer than MY house. I was really impressed! He moved there because he has his own privacy but yet does not have to worry about mowing his lawn and all the other stuff that you don't want to worry about when your his age. Plus he just has to walk or drive right down the road to their private marina and jump on his boat to fish all day!;)

[Freed]

I bet if you look under his house, he has what are called hurricane or tie down staps going from the frame down into the ground or bolted to the concrete slab that is under his mobile home. These are supposed to hold the house down in tornado like winds or in severe weather.

[SkyPapa]

Some people are quick to assume other peoples wealth based on where they live, appearances, etc.
I once went to a boat show with the intention of buying a 30ft.+ boat.
I was dressed in an old shirt, shorts and flip flops.
At one display, I was interested in a certain boat and the sales rep wouldn't give me the time of day.
I walked across the isle to another dealer and got immediate attention. I paid cash for a 130K boat from that dealer.

[aquaman67]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12253279#post12253279 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ecr111
Some people are quick to assume other peoples wealth based on where they live, appearances, etc.
I once went to a boat show with the intention of buying a 30ft.+ boat.
I was dressed in an old shirt, shorts and flip flops.
At one display, I was interested in a certain boat and the sales rep wouldn't give me the time of day.
I walked across the isle to another dealer and got immediate attention. I paid cash for a 130K boat from that dealer.

Sounds like "Pretty Woman"....you know, with Julia Roberts.

[jimwat]

"Mobile Home" can be anything for a single room camper to a triple-wide that doesn't even look like a trailer.

Anyway...probably best not to make assumptions...

[2fishy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12253279#post12253279 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ecr111
Some people are quick to assume other peoples wealth based on where they live, appearances, etc.
I once went to a boat show with the intention of buying a 30ft.+ boat.
I was dressed in an old shirt, shorts and flip flops.
At one display, I was interested in a certain boat and the sales rep wouldn't give me the time of day.
I walked across the isle to another dealer and got immediate attention. I paid cash for a 130K boat from that dealer.

Will you adopt me?:D J/K!:lol:

He probably knows that he doesn't know he will need that much living space anyway, because he will just end up like the rest of us with our nose pressed up against the glass of his tank anyway!

[john76]

if he said "trailer" he could have been talking about his tractor trailer container to take the tank home... just a thought

[SkyPapa]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12253613#post12253613 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 2fishy
Will you adopt me?:D J/K!:lol:


Got a picture?
Of yourself not your tank.:)

[sk8rreefgeek]

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r41/karlkidd/im.jpg

hahahaha

125 in the top floor...

[46FiatYamaha]

:lmao: sk8rreefgeek, is that Jethro swimming in the cement pond?

[tcollins]

In the early 80's I had a 14 x 80 ft mobile home in Biloxi Ms. We had two king size water beds at either end a 55gal tank in the middle. During hurricane Elena, we only lost the skirting on the trailer when there were homes nearby that sufferred alot of damage.

Also, I've seem some double wide homes/pre-manufacured homes in Florida that were simply gorgeous. With the Southern Building Codes, they're made with 2 x 6 stud walls, better then most stickbuilt homes.

[tonyman]

I had a cousin in NC who had a 240 in his double wide mobile home. The tank broke before the trailer did. lol

[SleepTech]

I was in no way referring to his wealth or anything else i just did not know if a trailer with no modifications would hold up. and i live in southeast alabama and there are not too many trailers on concrete here. you gottta leave them on wheels incase you want to move. just kidding but most are just sat on blocks.

[dogstar74]

Don't worry they build them Moooo Beeeel Homes Strong!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o206/dogstar74/lg_naked_fat_man.jpg

Cheers