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Help finding lease trailer? #5714143 04/24/15 03:11 AM
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Hello guys I'm new here and am extremely happy I just found my way onto a year round hunting lease for the first time since I was a teenager.

I am trying to locate a trailer (preferably a mobile home) to put out the in the Palestine area but I'm having one heck of a time locating one.

Can someone help point me in the right direction to locate one?

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Local newspaper down in South Texas south of SA or Craigslist for SA, CC or Victoria. With all the layoffs there should be some bargains to be made.
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See them for free on CL here every so often, bet it is the same in East Texas. Free to cheap, but likely pretty rough.


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welcome If I were you I would stick with a travel trailer. Leases don't always last as long as you think. Can be pretty expensive moving a mobile home.

I've seen some good deals lately on the classified section here. Good luck. up


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I sure would consider the travel trailer option too. There are always some smoking deals around this time of year. Heck I'm always tempted to get one and I don't even need one. smile


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I hear you guys and I may be forced to go with a travel trailer yet. But I'd really like more room as it's a year round lease with two lakes, we fish and boat and hog hunt and ect. So my wife and kids and grand kids like coming up to hang out on weekends.

The travel trailers just make it a bit cramped with 3 or 4 people in it and a baby or two. I really thought for sure I'd go on line in the Palestine or East TX region and find tons of mobil homes for sale but I'm not. I really don't want to have to resort to driving that whole area to find something.

Thanks and please keep suggestions coming!

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I agree with getting a RV. They make models with slide outs and the slide outs really open up the space.

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If I wanted something more "permanent" than a travel trailer, I would skip the mobile homes and go the park home/portable cabin route.


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FEMA trailer would be a good choice also.


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Originally Posted By: stxranchman
FEMA trailer would be a good choice also.


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There are some deals out there on those ..

Some of those suckers are nasty


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FEMA trailer would be a good choice also.


barf

There are some deals out there on those ..

Some of those suckers are nasty


Amen, but many are unused. They have a storage for them somewhere around Texarkana, news showed thousands of them there, they sell them to the G public.


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Originally Posted By: Pitchfork Predator
welcome If I were you I would stick with a travel trailer. Leases don't always last as long as you think. Can be pretty expensive moving a mobile home.

I've seen some good deals lately on the classified section here. Good luck. up


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FEMA trailers don't have tanks. Need city water and sewer for permanent hook ups.


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I keep hearing that the FEMA trailers are a good deal but I can't figure out where to find them. We do have running water and sewerage out there.

If I could only find where there's a lot of them or someone who buys them used and remodels them. That would be the deal I'm looking for.

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http://gsaauctions.gov/

(click on the Trailers, Tractors and Manufactured Housing category, left hand of screen)

We bought one off of this government auction sight. Great deal, but did need repairs. The one we purchased had fallen off the piers it was placed on and had a big hole in the floor. Was an easy repair. Also, the guberment improved the specs on the 2009 models (and later), after the big formaldahyde debacle. This site is updated as they sell off their inventory.

There's also a mobile home dealer in/near Sealy Texas that bought a butt load of them from the guberment, and they remodeled them and put a hefty price tag on them ($25k vs $5k) Think this is the dealer in Sealy... http://www.reliablehomesofsealy.com/homes-sale/

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Thanks Talkturkey! This is the kind of info I'm needing. I don't mind paying up to 20k if it's worth it but that's about my limit. Where did you go to acually pick this trailer up?

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http://gsaauctions.gov/

(click on the Trailers, Tractors and Manufactured Housing category, left hand of screen)

We bought one off of this government auction sight. Great deal, but did need repairs. The one we purchased had fallen off the piers it was placed on and had a big hole in the floor. Was an easy repair. Also, the guberment improved the specs on the 2009 models (and later), after the big formaldahyde debacle. This site is updated as they sell off their inventory.

There's also a mobile home dealer in/near Sealy Texas that bought a butt load of them from the guberment, and they remodeled them and put a hefty price tag on them ($25k vs $5k) Think this is the dealer in Sealy... http://www.reliablehomesofsealy.com/homes-sale/

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The GSA auction site we bid (and won) was located in Louisiana. Due to the road requirements regarding width/lenth permits and crossing state lines (LA/TX), we elected to hire someone to haul it. But from my understanding, the 40 ft park trailers can be pulled if you have a 1 ton (and permits). The GSA auctions also offer the longer 'mobile home' type trailers, 60ft I believe. Thinking the dealer in Sealy will haul for an additional fee as well. At the GSA auction site, some of the park trailers looked as if no one ever occupied them, yet some looked like they were destroyed. The other concern would be the manufacture date, pre or post the formaldehyde debacle. The GSA auction is the cheaper (less than) $5k route, and the Sealy location (upwards and over) the $25k cost.

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Can anyone come up with any other ideas? I have bombed out here.

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I just sold my travel trailer and bought a used mobile home for the deer lease. Did lots of research - craiglist, etc. Lots of junk out there. Found a used Fleetwood for 15 k in excellent shape. Cost 1900 to move and another 1000 for skirting. No comparison to a trailer


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Thanks for all the welcomes y'all!

tlk, mind telling me where and how you found the mobile home?

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I just sold my travel trailer and bought a used mobile home for the deer lease. Did lots of research - craiglist, etc. Lots of junk out there. Found a used Fleetwood for 15 k in excellent shape. Cost 1900 to move and another 1000 for skirting. No comparison to a trailer

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Thanks for all the welcomes y'all!

tlk, mind telling me where and how you found the mobile home?

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I just sold my travel trailer and bought a used mobile home for the deer lease. Did lots of research - craiglist, etc. Lots of junk out there. Found a used Fleetwood for 15 k in excellent shape. Cost 1900 to move and another 1000 for skirting. No comparison to a trailer


Turns out our ranch owner had one they used and decided to sell it and build something permanent - so I got lucky because I knew it had been taken care of. Again though I researched for a month or so and checked Craigslist plus googled Houston and San Antonio areas for them. Keep in mind that some of the ones online have been sold already - you might also call several mobile home sales places and talk to someone there to keep their eyes open for you. I think you can get a decent used one for 15 K range - may have to do a little fix up on it -

We just got mine all set up and stayed in this weekend - had 4 adults and had room to spare.

Last suggestion - if you do go with a mobile home when you set it up and put the skirting on, make sure to place some wire mesh under the skirting to prevent mice, etc. from getting underneath it. Place about 2 inches of the wire on the backside of the skirting and about 8-10 inches on the outside - then place the skirting on top and then pile gravel up against the skirting and on top of the wire on the outside. When an animal tries to dig the gravel to burrow under they kit the wire and quit. Works great and worth the little bit of extra effort


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here are a few from a quick Craigslist search using East Texas ... The second one might be a definite possibility.

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/for/4946932046.html $1500 fixer upper Gilmer bang

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/fod/4941782533.html 14x71 2/2 $17,900 totally refurbished, delivery, a/c, skirting & appliances with warranty in Commerce

Henlyhomesoftexas.com
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http://easttexas.craigslist.org/for/4973182051.html 16x60 2/1 plus office, $4000, south Tyler

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/for/4966753190.html 12x60 or 65, 3/1, new plumbing, $2000, Harleton

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/for/4969699586.html $600 (yes, $600) needs to be moved off property ASAP, South Tyler

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/for/4976088812.html 2/1 completely refinished, new kitchen, laminate flooring, newer siding and roof Athens

http://easttexas.craigslist.org/for/4972424011.html 2/2 some repairs needed, metal roof and new floors throughout, $3850, Mt. Pleasant.


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