fema trailers for sale. quick, cheap housing.

[rockriver]

i was traveling through albany ga recently.
there was a travel trailer sales lot with 125 travel trailers that had the
Fema look. basic white, few windows, base level interior.
there is an auction saturday...
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i wish i had a bug out location.
they weren't fancy, but they would sure beat a tent.
rumor is that they will go for 3000 to 5000 each.
and that they've been spread out around the country for the gov't to sell.
another rumor is that a so. ga. equipment dealer has bought 10,000 of them and is selling them off at 100 to 200 at a time at varied locations.

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anybody seeing any of these for sale?
rr

[eeyore]

If i had a location to put them i would not hesitate. There was some news stories about a formaldehyde problem with them, but it sounds like a good deal. I doubt they will come up this far North but will keep an eye out.

[Boyd]

If anybody finds out let me know. I have room on property, and with help of a a few chain saws and a couple John Deer's I could make a bug in location at my current residence :) My BOL is 5 hours north of me by car... need closer alternate in case car ride isn't feasible.

[eeyore]

Mid Michigan, 5 hours North? How about a snow moblie?

[Boyd]

I've got in the neighborhood of 7-10 kids with me at all times :) I drive a 15 passenger Dodge Ram one Ton van for trips to the "cabin". Wife inherited property and cabin her great grandpa built. Its in a beautiful area where compass's don't always point north, and the fishing is excellent... But the snow is also up to 10' in the worst of winter.

Firewood and Propane storage become a MAJOR factor in our BOL, and honestly, the last 2 years we were only up there for short trips to do maintenance and make sure everything was still in good shape. Furnace, well etc.

[Gordon]

I really think the formaldahyde problem was just some of the welfare freeloaders from New Orleans wanting something to whine about. The glues used in lots of building supplies have the stuff in them. I see them around here some. I was in Mississippi earlier this year and they have acres of them sitting around. If you can get one at a good price they would make a fine camphouse or bugout location cabin.

[rockriver]

i was unable to attend auction.
here's what i learned about it.
they started at 10:00 and very quickly 125 trailers were sold. most had boxes about 29.5 feet long and 8 ft. wide. several brands. jaco, cavalier, rambler, ?, ? a few had never been used. all were clean. all were basic models. an associate got there at 12:30 hoping to bid and all was closed down! except to let the folks who'd
paid, pick up their units. many had already been towed off.
selling prices was reported to be 3800 to 5500.
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regarding the formaldehyde, i'm guessing that these are about 4-5 years old.
put them in the sun shine with a couple of fans and "open them up"
?? just my idea.
an associate bought several acres at an auction recently. some open land. some wooded... densely.
it wouldn't be too hard to cut a trail into a dense area. drag the travel trailer in and secure it.
dig a homemade septic tank...
well.
generator.
roof over.
a few solar panels.
storage shed.
beginning of a BOL.
just a dreaming.
rr

[crossbow]

i was traveling through albany ga recently.
there was a travel trailer sales lot with 125 travel trailers that had the
Fema look. basic white, few windows, base level interior.
there is an auction saturday...
--
i wish i had a bug out location.
they weren't fancy, but they would sure beat a tent.
rumor is that they will go for 3000 to 5000 each.
and that they've been spread out around the country for the gov't to sell.
another rumor is that a so. ga. equipment dealer has bought 10,000 of them and is selling them off at 100 to 200 at a time at varied locations.

--
anybody seeing any of these for sale?
rr

travel trailer means that you could put a license plate on them for rd travel, I wonder if they would pass inspection for the rd in some of the states.

[rockriver]

crossbow,
i assume that these were allowed on any state's highways, assuming the pulling vehicle was proper.
you are correct.. this is the same thing we see going up and down the nations highways.
there were a number of cavalier's there. here's a link to one that is for sale, that does look like what i saw.

http://www.berrylandcampers.com/travel-trailers/cavalier/cavalier-28-travel-trailer-d001274.html

[Buster]

I don't know abouyt any auctions but I was working in Hope Arkansas a couple of weeks ago and there were ALOT of trailers at the airport---mobile home type and travel trailer type ---looked to be way more than a hundred --more like 2 or 3 hundred

[monkeybird]

If the trailers had a formaldehyde problem, the U.S. Government could not auction them off. Sounds like a great deal!

[HomeDefence83]

A thought on BOLs. They can get away from you very easily. One of my best friend's has an ideal situation for it... A pretty self-contained house in the middle of nowhere Kentucky. It's not hers, but her parents have more or less given her free access to it. That's all great, but it has become almost a full time job for my friend's mother to keep the place up to snuff. Changing furnace filters, checking on the water usage, and all that business. Not as important for a FEMA trailer, but still something I consider for these situations.

[WiseOwl]

I have some real good knowledge on these. I would not purchase these for even $100 unless you gut it and reconstruct it.

I was recently in the RV industry as of early this year. My company actually bought a ton of these. The plain jane Coachman Spirit of Americas, GulfStream Cavaliers and then other ones that were bought by FEMA when they did the buying sweep with our tax dollars after Katrina. 90% of these trailers are poo. These companies were pushing out a ton a day since FEMA wanted them in the Gulf States ASAP so "certain regulations" were dropped for the construction. Like MonkeyBird said, the put so much formaldehyde in em it was like making a sloppy PB&J sandwich. 90% of em have been sitting in South GA, Arkansas and Mississippi since Katrina.....

90% of them have had the rubber roofs crack and now have leaks in the rafters above. The water damage got down the walls into the frame and so forth. You can smell the rot and mildew in them from a mile away. They were built very shoddy and I would only recommend purchasing one for a BOL unless you are going to gut it and rebuild, which in that case I recommend finding one for pennies, gutting the components and building a completely new structure.

Again 90% of the components are in bad shape as well...but, when we bought our "package deal" of 100, I found about 10 to be trashed from "refugees", 25-45 that were rotted, 20 in PERFECT CONDITION which was very odd considering ones that were parked next to them were crap, and the rest to be in C+ condition but they were a bunch of Forest Rivers, Keystones, and Jaycos.....


Buyer beware on these. If anyone ever has any RV or Travel Trailer questions, please feel free to ask. I am very knowledgeable in this field and will help anyone out in anyway. The reasons I was successful selling these in a poo economy was because I was fair, knew the products head to toe and I did NOT LIE to customers to get a sale. Something that is few and far between these days is an honest salesman..........

[barfife]

I have seen a fair size lot loaded with these between Marianna, FL and Dothan, AL on Hwy 231. That is 4+ hours away from me. Maybe someone in that area can get you a name of the business. I agree with WiseOwl that it will be hard to find one that wasn't trashed. (Think of government housing projects made of thin paneling instead of brick.) I have seen them on Craigslist.com often with selling prices between $2200 and $3500. Definately, buyer beware.

[Grinnan Barrett]

Be very careful about buying FEMA trailers. If you can get a NEW one at a really good price then go for it. However, Be aware that many of the trailers come out of the Gulf Coast (New Orleans) and they were pretty abused by some of the tenants before they were taken out by FEMA. At the Auctions you cannot buy just one. In most cases you have to buy up to ten at a time. These trailers are not really set up for pulling as an RV type trailer. They are park models and intended for use in that kind of setting. If cost is above $5,000 walk away. They are not worth it. If they are used then walk away. I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble but these are not the bargains they seem to be. I looked at them several times on the coast within the last year and spoke with the guys doing the auctions down there.