Can Floors In Manufactured Homes Support A Gun Safe?

[PegLeg45]

You'll be fine, Bill.

Think of it the way my dad puts it...... "When you see a house mover moving a stick built house, they put it on a truck and go 2 mph. When you see a pre-manufactured house on the road, it is going 60-70 mph."

Check the specs, try to get one made to level II hurricane specs, but standard will hold up. A safe might be heavy, but the flat bottom spread the weight to a manageable level. Look at a fridge, I had a waterbed set-up guy tell me once that the fridge has the greatest load since it only has four 1" load-bearing pads.

[Solus]

More like a large upright freezer full of frozen meat.

I assume the house will be placed on some type of foundation.

If necessary, perhaps support and be built up on the foundation where the safes would go.

[Pathfinder]

Ah, billt, movin' on up, eh? ? ? ? ?   

I had a very nice doublewide once, did not have a gun safe in it.

HOWEVER, I also did not have a basement, and I lived in tornado country. I was a mite spooked, especially after the granddaughter moved in during the summer of '07.

FWIW, I would find a site where the home can be put on a basement/foundation with a walk-out for the basement, and put the safes in the basement. Also, basement-mounted modulars are more secure and usually looked at differently by the local .govs. I actually had to buy a title ($5 and an hour of my time) so they could shred the title, just because mine was on piers and still had the VIN plate.

My new safe is in a corner of solid reinforced concrete walls and floor, so 50% of the access is secure (2 sides and bottom).

Also, check with the modular manufacturers on their recommendations for support. They can build something to spec too, if it is needed.

Also FWIW, I heard that modulars will start to shred at 120-130mph winds, whereas a true stick-built will start at around 160mph.

[red364]

I live in a triple wide and have three gun safes in one room. They've been there a couple years now with no problems. They are fairly big and mostly full and the floor is still there!

[billt]

Thanks. Good to know.

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[PegLeg45]

The biggest thing is to verify the specs first......... make sure the floor joists are the right size and spacing (usually not an issue with reputable brands).