Posted: 9/25/2008 11:34:16 AM EDT
This may be a crazy question, but does anyone know if the floor in a mobile home will support the weight of a gun safe weighing just over 500lbs, or is this the mother of all bad ideas? Thanks in advance! |
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put it near an outside wall for most floor support. Maby even put a few extra braces under the floor. I personally wouldnt worry about it.. Like said above fridge, water heater full or water etc.. all weigh alot. I wouldnt want it sitting in the very middle of a floor span, tuck it up like I said, close to the outside foundation. |
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It can be done, but a important thing to remember never place a safe against an outside wall. There have been many safes stolen by theives that back a pickup against a mobile home wall use a chainsaw to cut the wall out and pull the safe right out. As far as the floor goes just shore it up with some cinder blocks and some pressure treated lumber, from under the trailer. Place the safe on a 3/4 inch sheet of hardwood plywood that extends about 6 inchs out the side and the front. the plywood will distribute the weight over a greater area and the blocks under the trailer will prevent the floor from sagging. |
Well, I checked underneath and it just so happens there is about a 12" I-beam which runs the length of the trailer and it happens to be smack underneath where the safe would be going. Even better there is a concrete pier which supports it in almost that exact spot, so I should be to go!  Thanks guys! |
| I have built mobile home, modular homes, and have set them up in NC. The load of a mobile home and all the weight in it is supported by the two long steeli-beams that run the length of the trailer. They are supported by cinderblock piers. Steel straps are grounded by anchors that literally must be screwed or concreted in the ground really deep( how far depends on what co you're in). If the home is in goog shape, lpacement will not be an issue to the tune of 1000lbs for a 3x3 area. If you're really worried, place it directly over an I-beam. It can be bolted or secured to the the I-beam as well. I had a King sized watedbed for 16 years in a '89 Oakwood with no problems, no settling or sinking floors! They're stonger than you think! |