This is common in the USA. For various reasons, usually the property is
a prime site for a development, or sometimes highway or other uses, the
house needs to be gone, either move it or tear it down. There are
contractors that specialize in this work. If I was to wild guess, in the
USA there are 50 houses moving down the roads every day. The house is
jacked up, some beams slid underneath, and a truck under one end, and
some trailer wheels under the other, or the whole house if small goes on
a low trailer. The move may be anything from a few 100 feet to 100 miles
or more, may be on open roads, across a corn field, or through tight
city streets.
The wheels are expensive, and the contractor not likely to leave behind,
like you probably wouldn't' leave an oscilloscope behind after a field call.
The truck driver would get cited since he is the motive power and his
insurance have to pick up the bill. The cost of the house if demolished
would depend on the contract wording with the house owner. I guess there
is a chance that the bridge weight limit signs were none existent. The
oversize load normally would need a special travel permit, but on back
roads with local lowest level of government control, who knows what the
requirements are. :) :)
Tamas Rudnai wrote:
> Guys, you are talking about engineering, insurance and stuff, but seriously,
> I have never seen a house on wheels! That must be a joke! So the real
> question is this:
>
> 0# How much is the chance for the builder do not notice that someone left
> some wheels on the construction site so it stuck underneath the foundation
> therefore the house will roll away when it finished?
>
> Tamas
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:17 AM, AGSCalabrese <
agscal@...> wrote:
>
>
>> I wanted to mention the clever designer who put railings
>> next to the bridge for gawkers to lean on.
>> Gus
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