Fun in South Dakota? (home, construction, trailer) - Page 3 - City-Data Forum

SD4020 · 01-20-2011, 07:08 AM

I did the trailerhouse thing. It was okay. It's economical. I vowed that I wouldn't do that again. Most everywhere you live even the bigger towns you can be close to it all or be there in 15 minutes.

Old man. My brother has a 7410 with MFD and a 6410 (I think).

ElkHunter · 01-20-2011, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mechelle01

Thanks guys! I guess you buy a 4 wheel drive if you are gonna live in rural areas and have to get out no matter the weather. I am not sure where to live yet. I would like to be near everything but be in a little neighborhood outside of it and not spack'dab in it. I will come out in the spring. I think a double wide mobile home would be a good single girls house. No upkeep really and easy for me. I would like a garage though and my own lot with no park fees. Does that make sense in the cold weather? Or is a trailer a cold place to live with little walls? I have never been to SD so I am looking from here which is thousands of miles away and ocean side. Thanks again!

Depends. There are trailers and there are modular homes. Both come in Double Wides. The difference?

Trailers meet HUD specs and cannot be parked on private lots in town and many places near town.

Modular homes meet IBC or UBC (Internations Building Code or Uniform Building Code) and can be parked anywhere, on any private lot and in any park. They come on wheels but only designed to be moved once.

Both require as much, if not more, maintenance to maintain.

Both can be winterized and handle the cold as well as any house built stick or custom.

Most Trailers have 2x4 walls but good insulation (newer ones) where as all modulars have 2x6 walls with a little better insulation.

Most people I've seen pour a foundation, or basement and then set a modular on it and bolt it down. The really good thing about modulars is they are built indoors and then moved. Unlike a stick or custom home that is framed, rained on, blown on, and sets in the weather, sometimes months before being completed. Modulars meet better Quality Assurance then a regular built home.

People will tell you that the insurance is higher in a Modular. That HAS NOT been my experience. I have found that my Modular had better fire specs then my stick built and the cost of insurance was cheaper. However, my modular was considerably cheaper so that's a factor also.

When building, you can wait weeks or months for a stick built home to be complete, or you can wait days to move into a modular. Your call.

airboat5 · 01-20-2011, 12:58 PM

Iam looking forward to the city wide garage sale but cant remember when it is.

kbat · 01-20-2011, 02:25 PM

FWIW, modular homes are easier to finance than manufactured. I was seriously looking into it before I had to put my land up for sale. I was going to get a modular and bolt it onto a basement foundation. Financing was the same as for stick-built.

Mechelle01 · 01-23-2011, 05:27 PM

I went to NH for the weekend. cold weather place. There were things there that reminded me that I didn't ask you SD lovers about. Are there roller skating rinks, snow mobile trials in the south western part of the state, ponds or swimming holes and can snow machines ride the roads in winter? Do tell, please.

SD4020 · 01-23-2011, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mechelle01

I went to NH for the weekend. cold weather place. There were things there that reminded me that I didn't ask you SD lovers about. Are there roller skating rinks, snow mobile trials in the south western part of the state, ponds or swimming holes and can snow machines ride the roads in winter? Do tell, please.

Yes there is a several great snowmobile trails through out the state.

The snowmobiles have their own trail system... As far as being on pulic roads they are usaully cleared, and not permitted. You may however ride in the ditch (as far as I know.)

There are plenty of ponds and lakes to play in too.

Mechelle01 · 01-23-2011, 06:00 PM

Can you live near a town in the South Western corner of SD and be close to trails? Or are they only up north or west? I know on the tv the weather is always warmer there but it must be cold enough for snow all winter. I would like a couple acres or at least one and a garage and a double wide on my own lot near trials and a town or city. Wanna play in town and out of town after work. How much snow do you have now on the ground. NH had 2 feet. Thanks again.

Mechelle01 · 01-23-2011, 06:39 PM

Hi there. Thanks for your input. I want to move there and just find what I want. I just don't want to upkeep alot of house and stuff. I have a huge yard and a house now and want less when I move. I want to enjoy the country in all the seasons. I am finding that very nice people live in SD and the winter sports are fun. I know summer is fun. Are the yards there fairly large outside of the city? Not in the woods. Thanks!

SD4020 · 01-23-2011, 06:49 PM

There are plenty of trails around Hill City, Custer, Lead Deadwood. Or live in Rapid and have a short drive.

Best if you can come visit and check things out before making the leap.

Mechelle01 · 01-23-2011, 08:10 PM

Thanks I will visit. It is hard to be so far away and think about it and not ask. Nuts I know.....human. How many feet of snow is there now, there?