or how to feel secure in a tiny house

Albert Einstein once said; ” If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. ” I can say I’ve worked hard enough to discipline my mind that way. My greatest joys have been,  not just reaching the goals I set, but then in setting the next one. Looking for the next mountain, the next adventure. This not only keeps me going, but gives me excitement in the journey.

And I have noticed something else, my adventures seem to almost follow the seasons, come winter I tend to hibernate, lay low, store up energy, and recharge the batteries. I do a lot of reading and surfing the web for new ideas, new sparks of insights for the coming spring, just as a seed lies below the snow, my mind is gathering up data and energy for the next great adventure.

A few nights ago, I was reading in the loft of the Wildflower, and noticed that the wind was starting to howl and whistle around the roof eves. In the midst of reading, I felt the cabin shake. It sits on temporary supports, so it is not tied or anchored to the earth. Then I remembered last fall and how one night, we had a front move through with high winds and we had lost power. It was after dark and someone texted me and as I was texting back an answer, the wind picked up velocity and lifted the cabin. Not a lot, and yet it was unnerving. I remarked that in a text to my friend and she texted, “mean, you are going to get blown away!”

I never did get blown away that night, however I spent a restless night as the wind calmed and then ratcheted up for another cabin tipping moment. In a brief glimmer, it occurred to me that maybe a tiny house needs a way to anchor it, even if on wheels. Then I forgot about it.

Until two nights ago when it happened again; the answer started to surface.  People tie their dogs out with a corkscrew in the ground, maybe, just maybe, something like that would work. So, I searched the web and found that mobile home use a similar device for anchoring them down. My first thoughts were, “curses, foiled again…I thought I had a new idea” and wondered if tiny house builders use them. I searched and did not see of find anyone that did, and knew that Tiny Green Cabins needed to include them with each tiny house. It would be easy to weld a hook to the trailer and supply the tie downs for people to feel a little more secure in a tiny house.

Tiny Green Cabins Shipping Zones

Over the last year and many inquiries; our potential and current customers have expressed an interest in the costs to ship/deliver a cabin or tiny house to their location. We feel providing a good answer up front will allow customers to make an informed decision easier. Our primary zones are the dark green and lighter green shade. We do ship into the other zones and purchase offset credits and plant trees for creating more carbon emissions than in the green zones.