anon125
*
Full Member
Joined: 01/04/2006
View Profile
 Offline
|
scoose spelling!
If FEMA has to move everyone out of trailers because formaldahide is dangerous what do you full timers do about it?
|
skipnchar
Topeka Kansas USA
Senior Member
Joined: 12/17/2003
View Profile
|
A two year old trailer should NOT be still off gassing. Those trailers were made from inferior materials and or building techniques that has caused most of the problem. With MOST trailers simply airing them out for a few days eliminates most of the problem and a small amount of use takes care of the rest. Lowest bidder and VERY fast production schedule don't make for first class units. Good luck / Skip
2004 F-150 HD 3,050 lb. payload
Rockwood 8314SS 34' travel trailer
We have enough YOUTH...how about a fountain of SMART
|
SAR Tracker
Sandy Eggo, Calif
Senior Member
Joined: 05/29/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
Original Topic HERE
Rusty & Cheryl & Serendipity (dog & Chief Security Officer)
2000 F150 4x4 5.4L/3.55 (108k miles and goin' STRONG!)
2008 Weekend Warrior FB2100
"Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education" - Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
|
charwan
Dawsonville, Ga.
Senior Member
Joined: 02/05/2004
View Profile
|
SAR Tracker wrote:Original Topic HERE
This is about the sixth post on this subject. After 3 years why are these people still in them? Peanuts make some people sick but there still on the shelves. M2cents
N4FAP
|
DianneOK
Sioux Falls, SD
Moderator
Joined: 03/19/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
Moved from Fulltiming
Dianne
Fulltimers (8 years)
Volunteering/workamping
Heise Hot Springs, ID for the summer
DataStorm
HAM WB6N (Terry)
2005 Teton 39' Frontier Grand
2003 Freightliner FL60
Life Member Good Sam
Escapees
Geocache..."RVcachers"
RV net Blog
|
|
|
3D
Tennessee - but have itchy feet
Senior Member
Joined: 03/20/2004
View Profile
|
Ashtrays and toilets are full, and the trailer is dirty, so time to change. Attitude...no....just see who benefits. Build homes.
|
daytona7
Florida
Senior Member
Joined: 04/01/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
There were a lot of the FEMA trailers that were sold to the public by RV dealers. Some were supposedly to be sent back to the manufacturers due to a rejection by FEMA for problems but the dealers were able to purchase them instead. Others were just taken from the storage lots where they were to be held until FEMA requested them. Since no serial numbers were on FEMA's lists until they were released to FEMA from the storage lots, they were fair game. I personally know one dealership that was selling them for between $15,000 down to $12,000 depending on how much dickering you did for a lower price. Not too many people wanted a travel trailer with twin bunk beds. That was one of the main reasons I did not purchase one.
|
crop guy
Monroe, Georgia
Full Member
Joined: 06/20/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
I saw on a website today that 38,000 families are still living in these trailers. I asked the above question when camping in south MS this summer to a family in a FEMA trailer and the reply,,,,,,,IT'S FREE.
|
daytona7
Florida
Senior Member
Joined: 04/01/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
I contacted CDC about my above post. Their reply stated that they forwarded the information to ATSDR (the agency for toxic substances and disease registry). Apparently they did not know that some of those trailers specifically made for FEMA never went to their intended destinations and instead were sold for other than temporary housing. All those FEMA trailers were to be put in storage for any other emergency housing needs after the homes they replaced were rebuilt. They were built only for short term usage.
|
anon125
*
Full Member
Joined: 01/04/2006
View Profile
Offline
|
still no answer to my ORIGINAL question!
|
|
|
