Shipping & Delivery Policy

At Oakwood Mobile Homes (accessible at oakwooddmobilehomes.com), delivering a manufactured home is a specialized heavy-transport operation regulated by federal HUD codes, State Department of Transportation (DOT) guidelines, and local municipal zoning authorities throughout the United States.

Our logistics team coordinates every step of delivery—from factory dispatch or sales lot staging to final placement on your private land, manufactured home community, or foundation pad.

We coordinate deliveries across our service regions within the United States:

• Standard Radius: Many purchases include baseline freight delivery up to a specified mileage radius from our distribution point or factory partner, as noted in your itemized sales contract.
• Extended Distance Delivery: For properties located outside the baseline delivery radius, transportation rates are quoted on a transparent, per-mile basis factoring in DOT permits, bridge tolls, and required pilot/escort vehicles.
• Multi-Section Homes: Double-wide and triple-wide models require separate transport trailers for each section, with freight and pilot costs scheduled individually.

To ensure a safe, damage-free delivery and placement, the buyer is responsible for verifying property access prior to the transport date:

• Access Road Clearance: Roads, driveways, and gates must have a minimum width of 14 to 16 feet and an overhead vertical clearance of at least 14 feet, completely cleared of low-hanging tree branches, telephone wires, or power lines.
• Ground Firmness: Ground along the access route and around the pad site must be firm, dry, and capable of supporting commercial heavy-haul trucks and totters (often exceeding 20,000 to 40,000+ lbs).
• Pad & Foundation Completion: Foundation piers, runners, or basement foundations must be fully cured, inspected, and approved by local building inspectors before delivery.
• Zoning & Placement Permits: All municipal placement permits, driveway culverts, and zoning approvals must be active and displayed on site.

Estimated delivery timelines depend on whether your home is an in-stock lot model or a custom factory build:

• In-Stock Display Models: Typically scheduled for transport within 1 to 3 weeks following closing, permit issuance, and pad readiness confirmation.
• Custom Factory Orders: Factory production build times generally range between 4 to 12 weeks, with delivery scheduled immediately upon completion and factory inspection sign-off.

Safety is paramount. Under state DOT rules and commercial safety regulations, oversize manufactured housing transports are prohibited from traveling during high-wind advisories, torrential rains, snow/ice storms, or major holiday travel blackout windows.

If heavy rain creates excessively muddy or saturated soil on the delivery path, delivery may be rescheduled to prevent equipment from sinking or damaging your home and property.

All shipments are transported by fully licensed, insured, and bonded commercial manufactured housing haulers:

• Transit Insurance: Your home is insured against road hazard damage while in transit from our staging facility or factory to your property line.
• On-Site Delivery Inspection: Upon arrival, a preliminary inspection is conducted to confirm exterior siding, shingles, and underbelly road wrap condition before set-up begins.
• Setup & Trim-out: For turnkey packages, our certified set crews complete leveling, foundation tie-downs, weather-tight marriage line joining, and carpet/drywall finish trim-outs.

Our delivery dispatchers and site evaluation coordinators are available to answer your site readiness or route inspection questions: