This looks like a great place to ask. My wife watches those tiny home shows and I see many of them in passing. Years ago I bought a moving semi trailer and while stripping it of tooling shelves it occurred to me this would be perfect for parking on some land and not being taxed for its value.
It has been on my mind that I could make mine into a home and possibly putting it on some land and renting it for hunters and fishers. Then seeing all these expensive 16' trailers made into tiny homes got me wondering if I could build them for others and make some money without working at some heavy stress job. Some thing is not adding up and I need some help. Is there something wrong with semi trailers that I don't get? What got me was a stay at the Oshkosh Air Show and noticed a semi mobile home there. Sure that was elaborate, but I can make one very practical. Custom built seems full of problems and guessing is uncertain. There must be a compromise AC/DC, Compost/Grey Water, number of bedding, heating/cooling options, ect. Any ideas? My gut feeling is not to ask and just do it and they will come. I suppose financing is out so what is the glass ceiling for approx.. 45' X 8' X 9' ceiling in cash?
Seems like each would benefit from the shows I've seen. I am very perplexed that one could spend such money on just a 16' trailer. I built a nice 1440 sq.' home and a 1680 sq.' machine shop from a empty lot for less than the tiny homes I've seen. I almost bought a Volvo Semi Tractor with full sleeper for my trailer that ran perfect up too 55mph and would stop because of a computer problem for $3,000! Does anyone happen to know if I can get around a full blown CDL for driving my own trailer?
This seems to be my best option, that is to build one for myself and then try to sell it to see what will happen. I'm just kicking around the idea as I am an electromechanical troubleshooter / inventor by trade and tired of working for government bureaucracies as a civilian. Maybe redundancy is possible as in AC & DC. North Central USA
