Modular Homes for Under $50k

Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by prawn on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @03:10AM (#27685801)

Thought the same about the crane. Surely there is a way you could adjust these to avoid the crane? As in, have a pulley mechanism that could be built into the frame to lower the floor? And roof panels that slide across rather than fold over?

But I guess you need to deliver the thing, and that means truck and crane anyway, unless they're towed to site and the trailer is part of it. Couldn't slide it off a trailer without damaging it. Unless you reinvent the trailer which significantly ramps up your costs.

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Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by datavirtue on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @10:38AM (#27689091)

$400 a day for the crane. Not a big deal.

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Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by gangstead on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @03:20AM (#27685858)

There's a render on the site where a regular looking pickup truck tows it to a site, then it unfolds itself magically. The video of an actual unit had the crane assist. Elon's house aside the product seems to be mostly vaporware so who knows what it actually requires.

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Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:59AM (#27688609)

Crane is likely just for efficiency when working with labor paid by the hour.

You could rope a few friends in and put it up with cribbing and a come along but it would take longer.

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