To ASK US a questionSteel Chassis For Log Mobile Homes
Hortons can supply 3 different types of chassis to cover any site conditions -
- Traditional wheeled chassis (prefabricated)
- Traditional wheeled chassis in kit form ("knock-down kit)
- All terrain steel chassis with full timber infill and lifting points
We can supply chassis of any size for our log cabins and timber framed houses (or any other type of function) - we list standard sizes and prices below but any size is possible.
Therefore we can convert our standard log cabins into fully transportable log cabin which then qualifies as a mobile home once installed upon our chassis, as dictated by "The Mobile Homes Act 2013".
Cabins over 4m wide need to be manufactured in a way that they can be separated into 2 halves and therefore 2 chassis will be required as it will need to be a "Twin Unit".
Twin wheel mobile home chassis
These are the conventional way of forming the base of a "transportable" building. They are fully fabricated and ready to build on. However, given the size of them, they are not the easiest or cheapest things to transport - they take up all of the space on a full sized articulated lorry. If you have good access roads and lots of room to manoeuvre it once on site then that is not a problem. But not every site is accessible for an articulated lorry, so therefore most people think that it's not an option. BUT, we have the solution...
"Knock-down" twin wheeled mobile home chassis kit
This kit is so much easier (and cheaper) to deliver and get to the actual site within the property. All of the parts are fully machined and are supplied with the appropriate cleats and bolts to assemble it on site. Once built, it is identical in structure to the pre-fabricated traditional mobile home chassis kit. There is no need for extra large lorries or tractors on site to pull them to where they need to go (making a mess as they do so). All of the parts can literally be "man-handled" by 2 men from the delivery point to the build site.
All terrain steel and timber mobile home chassis kit
This type of chassis rests upon a series of adjustable concrete plinths, concrete pads or a full concrete raft foundation (not included in the price). Therefore they can be sited on sloping ground - no need for a level site!
This kit includes-
- Full structural steel ring beam
- Intermediate steel spacer bars
- Red oxide primer applied to all steel components for long term rust protection (ready for you to apply your own finishing top coat)
- Structural tanalised timber joists
- Tanalised timber noggings all around perimeter
- Tanalised timber base plate (to be bolted onto the steel ring beam)
- OSB3 boards to give a flat deck over the whole structure
- All bolts and fixings supplied
NB - Timber parts need to be cut and notched on site.
We also sell wheeled caravan and mobile home chassis in various sizes and specifications
This is a brief summary excerpt from the caravan act -
Definition of a caravan
Section 29 of Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960:
The term “caravan” means any structure designed or adapted for human habitation which is capable of being moved from one place to another (whether by being towed, or by being transported on a motor vehicle or trailer).
Caravan Sites Act 1968 Section 13 – definition of twin unit caravans as amended by the Caravan Sites Act 1968 and Social Landlords (Permissible Additional Purposes). (England) Order 2006 (Definition of Caravan) (Amendment) (England) Order 2006:
- (a) length (exclusive of any drawbar): 65.616 feet (20 metres)
- (b) width: 22.309 feet 6.8 metres)
- (c) overall height of living accommodation (measured internally from the floor at the lowest level to the ceiling at the highest level): 10.006 feet (3.05 metres)
Transportable log cabins
Our steel chassis make any of our log cabins fully transportable to fully comply with the mobile home act - just adding this Hortons product gives anybody an easy and simple solution.
NB - mobile homes ca be built on site, they do not need to be built off site and then transported to site as a complete unit.
