Mobile home facts for kids
A mobile home, or house trailer, is a moving home which can be pulled behind a truck, tractor or strong car on major roads.
Some mobile homes have multiple sections, such as with a double-wide trailer, which can be joined together after being pulled onto a lot as separate trailers. Some also have front or back porches which can be joined outside the doors of the house trailer. Mobile homes can also be referred to as simply trailers or caravans.
Mobile homes are usually left in one location permanently, but they have possibility to move in emergencies or other events.
Images for kids
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Typical mobile home from the late 1960s and early 1970s: 12 by 60 feet (3.6 × 18.3 m)
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1958 photo of Zimmer trailer in a trailer park in Tampa Florida, this area is now a gated community with new houses
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Example of a modern manufactured home in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania. 28 feet × 60 feet (8.5 × 18.3 m)
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Exterior wall assemblies being set in place during manufacture
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Home struck by F2 tornado
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Posting of caravan in Mitzpe Hila, Israel, 1982
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Construction starts with the frame.
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Interior wall assemblies are attached.
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Roof assembly is set atop home.
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Drywall is completed.
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Home is ready for delivery to site.
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A modern "triple wide" home, designed to look like an adobe home
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A mobile home is being moved, California
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A mobile home being prepared for transport
See also
In Spanish: Mobile home para niños
