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Moving of mobile homes on the interstate
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:44 am
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:44 am
The moving of mobile homes on the interstate, particularly those in two pieces, is one of the traffic quandaries that frustrates me the most. Now, I have no issue with mobile homes or anyone who lives in one, but they are an extremely frustrating thing to encounter on the interstate at 8am when there is still a lot of "work traffic." This morning, there was a two piece mobile home (so two trucks) going through downtown Birmingham (which is already a traffic nightmare city) with one piece blocking the middle and left lanes, the other blocking the middle and the right lanes, thus clogging up the entire southbound side of I-65 through downtown.
My firm belief is that mobile homes should not be allowed to be moved on the interstate between 7am and 9am on weekday mornings.
My firm belief is that mobile homes should not be allowed to be moved on the interstate between 7am and 9am on weekday mornings.
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Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:45 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Need to include 4pm - 6pm too.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:45 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Roll Tide.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:45 am to Roll Tide Ravens
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, there was a two piece mobile home (so two trucks) going through downtown Birmingham
updating the governor's mansion?
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:46 am to Roll Tide Ravens
I think Mexicans towing vehicles on I-10 west is worse.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:48 am to Roll Tide Ravens
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My firm belief is that mobile homes should not be allowed to be moved on the interstate between 7am and 9am on weekday mornings.
Overweight and oversize permits do include time restrictions. I know this for a fact. I also know that the authorities could not give a shite less about enforcing it. They would rather sit in a parking lot checking out what's new on the web. Maybe some of them are reading TD.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:49 am to Roll Tide Ravens
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The moving of mobile homes on the interstate, particularly those in two pieces, is one of the traffic quandaries that frustrates me the most. Now, I have no issue with mobile homes or anyone who lives in one, but they are an extremely frustrating thing to encounter on the interstate at 8am when there is still a lot of "work traffic." This morning, there was a two piece mobile home (so two trucks) going through downtown Birmingham (which is already a traffic nightmare city) with one piece blocking the middle and left lanes, the other blocking the middle and the right lanes, thus clogging up the entire southbound side of I-65 through downtown.
I agree with that shite. I also would go far as transporting industrial equipment.
If the equipment delivery is time sensitive and transport is necessary during peak traffic times, then a much higher fee should be required.
Basically, tax the shite out of all of these oversize transports when not conducted on weekends/off peak traffic times.
This post was edited on 1/22/19 at 8:50 am
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:49 am to Boudreaux35
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I know this for a fact. I also know that the authorities could not give a shite less about enforcing it.
That might be the issue here.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:50 am to Boudreaux35
Your right. In Louisiana there are certain cities where they have to sit between 7-9 and 4-6.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:54 am to Roll Tide Ravens
This is the most 'Alabama' post ever made on the internet.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:55 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Should move such big things only at night
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:56 am to oreeg
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This is the most 'Alabama' post ever made on the internet.
Don't pretend that there aren't just as many mobile homes in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, or Georgia.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:56 am to jordan21210
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I think Mexicans towing vehicles on I-10 west is worse.
What the frick is up with that... does anyone know?
Posted on 1/22/19 at 8:59 am to Napoleon
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Should move such big things only at night
hey baw, looks like the closer is either broken or out of adjustment on one of my oven doors(kitchenaid double oven,) looked at some youtube videos, is it possible that it can just be out of adjustment(will not hold in the closed position,) and not broken?
Posted on 1/22/19 at 9:00 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Percent of Housing Units That are Mobile Homes (most recent) by state
Rank States Amount
# 1 South Carolina: 18.8 %
# 2 North Carolina: 16.8 %
# 3 New Mexico: 16.6 %
# 4 West Virginia: 16 %
# 5 Alabama: 14.7 %
# 6 Wyoming: 14.5 %
# 7 Kentucky: 13.9 %
# 8 Mississippi: 13.8 %
# 9 Arizona: 13.3 %
= 10 Montana: 12.8 %
= 10 Arkansas: 12.8 %
# 12 South Dakota: 12.1 %
= 13 Louisiana: 11.7 %
= 13 Delaware: 11.7 %
# 15 Georgia: 11 %
# 16 Idaho: 10.9 %
# 17 Florida: 10.4 %
= 18 Oregon: 9.9 %
= 18 Tennessee: 9.9 %
# 20 Oklahoma: 9.5 %
# 21 Maine: 8.9 %
# 22 North Dakota: 8.6 %
# 23 Texas: 8 %
# 24 Nevada: 7.9 %
# 25 Washington: 7.5 %
# 26 Missouri: 7.3 %
# 27 Vermont: 7.2 %
# 28 Alaska: 6.9 %
= 29 New Hampshire: 6.5 %
= 29 Indiana: 6.5 %
# 31 Virginia: 6.1 %
= 32 Wisconsin: 6 %
= 32 Michigan: 6 %
# 34 Kansas: 5.2 %
# 35 Colorado: 4.9 %
# 36 Pennsylvania: 4.6 %
# 37 Nebraska: 4.5 %
= 38 California: 4.4 %
= 38 Ohio: 4.4 %
= 40 Iowa: 4.2 %
= 40 Utah: 4.2 %
# 42 Minnesota: 3.9 %
# 43 Illinois: 2.8 %
# 44 New York: 2.6 %
# 45 Maryland: 2 %
# 46 Connecticut: 1.2 %
= 47 Massachusetts: 1 %
= 47 Rhode Island: 1 %
# 49 New Jersey: 0.9 %
# 50 Hawaii: 0.2 %
# 51 District of Columbia: 0 %
Rank States Amount
# 1 South Carolina: 18.8 %
# 2 North Carolina: 16.8 %
# 3 New Mexico: 16.6 %
# 4 West Virginia: 16 %
# 5 Alabama: 14.7 %
# 6 Wyoming: 14.5 %
# 7 Kentucky: 13.9 %
# 8 Mississippi: 13.8 %
# 9 Arizona: 13.3 %
= 10 Montana: 12.8 %
= 10 Arkansas: 12.8 %
# 12 South Dakota: 12.1 %
= 13 Louisiana: 11.7 %
= 13 Delaware: 11.7 %
# 15 Georgia: 11 %
# 16 Idaho: 10.9 %
# 17 Florida: 10.4 %
= 18 Oregon: 9.9 %
= 18 Tennessee: 9.9 %
# 20 Oklahoma: 9.5 %
# 21 Maine: 8.9 %
# 22 North Dakota: 8.6 %
# 23 Texas: 8 %
# 24 Nevada: 7.9 %
# 25 Washington: 7.5 %
# 26 Missouri: 7.3 %
# 27 Vermont: 7.2 %
# 28 Alaska: 6.9 %
= 29 New Hampshire: 6.5 %
= 29 Indiana: 6.5 %
# 31 Virginia: 6.1 %
= 32 Wisconsin: 6 %
= 32 Michigan: 6 %
# 34 Kansas: 5.2 %
# 35 Colorado: 4.9 %
# 36 Pennsylvania: 4.6 %
# 37 Nebraska: 4.5 %
= 38 California: 4.4 %
= 38 Ohio: 4.4 %
= 40 Iowa: 4.2 %
= 40 Utah: 4.2 %
# 42 Minnesota: 3.9 %
# 43 Illinois: 2.8 %
# 44 New York: 2.6 %
# 45 Maryland: 2 %
# 46 Connecticut: 1.2 %
= 47 Massachusetts: 1 %
= 47 Rhode Island: 1 %
# 49 New Jersey: 0.9 %
# 50 Hawaii: 0.2 %
# 51 District of Columbia: 0 %
Posted on 1/22/19 at 9:13 am to Roll Tide Ravens
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a two piece mobile home (so two trucks)
Must be a local baller to afford a 2 piece trailer
Posted on 1/22/19 at 9:25 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Whenever I pass one of these mobile homes traveling down the other side of the interstate, I offer my sympathies to the mile long backup of cars going 15 mph below the speed limit that are stuck the mobile home.
Posted on 1/22/19 at 9:29 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Alabama probs
Posted on 1/22/19 at 9:41 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Alabama problems
Posted on 1/22/19 at 10:06 am to Roll Tide Ravens
When my husband bought a wooden boat in California and paid to have it trucked cross country, we learned a lot about moving big things.
Most states require a permit to move anything large. (Friends in Houston wanted to move their house boat from Austin to Arizona and decided not to because of the permit costs and the required escort cars all the way through some states.)
Getting our boat moving was easy, but for the driver, the challenge was timing his ride approaching cities, because even places like Knoxville limit the time that big things can pass through. Not with a general rule, but how traffic is moving that particular day.
This, though, is interstate commerce. Maybe double wides are moving intrastate, and maybe the wide of a single wide, even two double wide segments are decided to keep the 'thou shall not' clauses from kicking in, if such clauses exist in state law.
Most states require a permit to move anything large. (Friends in Houston wanted to move their house boat from Austin to Arizona and decided not to because of the permit costs and the required escort cars all the way through some states.)
Getting our boat moving was easy, but for the driver, the challenge was timing his ride approaching cities, because even places like Knoxville limit the time that big things can pass through. Not with a general rule, but how traffic is moving that particular day.
This, though, is interstate commerce. Maybe double wides are moving intrastate, and maybe the wide of a single wide, even two double wide segments are decided to keep the 'thou shall not' clauses from kicking in, if such clauses exist in state law.
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