Method for moving a house section or the like

Abstract

Abstract A TRAILER FOR MOVING A PREASSEMBLED HOUSE SECTION TO A FOUNDATION, INCLUDING A PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL BEAMS AND TWO PAIRS OF REMOVABLE LOAD-SUPPORTING WINGS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE BEAMS ADJACENT TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE TRAILER, RESPECTIVELY, EACH WING HAVING A THREADED BOLT PROJECTING UPWARDLY TO ENGAGE THE BASE FRAME OF THE HOUSE SECTION. FOR TRANSPORT OF THE HOUSE SECTION, THE BOLTS ARE TURNED TO EFFECT VERTICAL SEPARATION OF THE WINGS AND BASE FRAME, CAUSING THE BEAM ENDS TO BEND DOWNWARDLY UNTIL THE HOUSE SECTION RESTS ON AND IS STABLY SUPPORTED BY THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE BEAMS, UPON ARRIVAL AT THE FOUNDATION SITE, THE TRAILER IS POSITIONED TO ALIGN THE HOUSE SECTION WITH THE FOUNDATION, WHICH SUPPORTS A PAIR OF REMOVABLE HORIZONTAL TRACKS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE ALIGNED HOUSE SECTION. THE TRAILER STRUCTURE FURTHER INCLUDES TWO PAIRS OF LIFTING WINGS, WHICH ARE PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO THE TRAILER BEAMS AT FORWARD AND REARWARD LOCALITIES, RESPECTIVELY, AFTER THE TRAILER IS THUS POSITIONED, ONE LIFTING WING OF EACH PAIR IS EXTENSIBLE AND IS DISPOSED ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER FACING THE FOUNDATION. THESE LIFTING WINGS ARE PIVOTED UPWARDLY UNTIL THEY ARE STOPPED BY ABUTMENT WITH THE BEAMS, BEING THEN DISPOSED IN HORIZONTAL POSITION PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE BEAMS, ALIGNED WITH THE TRACKS AND SUPPORTING THE HOUSE SECTION BASE FRAME. THEREAFTER THE TRAILER AND HOUSE SECTION ARE ELEVATED TO TYHE LEVEL OF THE FOUNDATION TRACKS BY JACKING UP THE LIFTING WINGS, THE LOAD-SUPPORTING WINGS BEING DETACHED FROM THE TRAILER, THE TWO EXTENSIBLE LIFTING WINGS ARE EXTENDED TO ENGAGE THE TRACKS, AND THE HOUSE SECTION IS SLID FROM THE TRAILER TO THE FOUNDATION ACROSS THE LIFTING WINGS AND TRACKS, WHICH ARE SUBSEQUENTLY DISASSEMBLED AND REMOVED FROM THE FOUNDATION.

Inventors

• 👤 John E Hyland
• 👤 Frank C Mclaughlin

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