Who grew up in smallest house?

Quote: petroglyph

How can you tell it is a half ton?

Glad I'm not the only one who went extreme detective mode on a totally pointless sidebar ;)

My money is on the originally-mentioned 1/2 ton. It's not an F150, I can see as much on the badge. And I don't recall a whole bunch of 350's being offered during that era, nor is it big or beefy enough to be a 3/4. F250, all the way.

I don't imagine the trailer could weigh that much, although I would agree that a house trailer like that isn't balanced properly. Still, I feel that it's much less a case of bad design and almost entirely the fact that it's a 40yr old truck that's likely rolling on original suspension. You put those tired springs to bed and you'll no longer have to get on the binders to turn ;)

As for the RV debate, you need to define "RV". RV to me is a house with a motor, like the WarWagon featured in some of my threads. This ain't that and it's sort of an apple-oranges thing. This is more like a pop-up or 5th wheel to me, and there I think a comparison can be made. Tbh, I'm having a hard time seeing where the tiny house is better. A pop up is light enough to be towed by an econo-box (as long as it's no longer under warranty), sleek enough to be relatively aerodynamic, and likely has more room. My entire extended family creates a temporary town on family land, all in pop-ups. I can't think of a single time I've been in one and though "I wish it just had...". Most times, I feel overly spoiled.

Then again, the tiny house is likely to be more a permanent thing, and I think it would take the cake in that regard. Real construction, real-ish materials, it's not going to fall apart, rip, or mold in weather like a pop up. Should I ever obtain the land I so covet, I'll have one of those houses before I plop a pop up out there.

On topic, I grew up in the house I'm in now. You've seen it. I've no business in this thread =)

I grew up in a big house. There was a rare confluence of favorable factors when my parents had it built.

I'm sure the dogs appreciated the room. I think the cat regarded it as an imposition.

Quote: Evenbob

This house will still be here 200
years from now if nobody tears it down.

I wouldn't bet against you still being around in 200 years. You "crotchety old guys" seem to live forever.

Quote: AZDuffman

Some of you here are lucky, when I was a kid we lived in a rolled-up newspaper!

Reminded me of the joke.

Yo' Mama is so poor, I saw her kicking a can down the street, and when I asked her what she was doing, she said, "Moving." ...

Quote: rxwine

Reminded me of the joke.

Yo' Mama is so poor, I saw her kicking a can down the street, and when I asked her what she was doing, she said, "Moving." ...

Hillarious. I love the final punchline. You try to tell that to the young people of today and they won't believe you.

Quote: Evenbob

My dad was 30 and bought
his first car in 1950 when he was 35. Didn't need one
till then.

very similar story with my dad, 1949 I think for him. Of course, right after the war you 'couldn't get a car for nothing'.

Quote: odiousgambit

very similar story with my dad, 1949 I think for him. Of course, right after the war you 'couldn't get a car for nothing'.

The only cars available after the war were
old cars, they stopped production in 1942.
I think 47 was the first full production
year.

The house I grew up in was built in the 30's, and was the front end of a duplex. It was about 1000 sq. feet with two bedrooms and one bathroom. The crazy part is that there were six of us in this space. One bathroom for six people is a recipe for trouble, especially when dinner was "10 chili dogs for a dollar" at the "Pup 'N Taco" on the corner.

Quote: Evenbob

The only cars available after the war were
old cars, they stopped production in 1942.
I think 47 was the first full production
year.

They had 1946 models, mostly they were warmed-over pre-war models. It took until 1948/49 to get the all-new designs.