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This is why people buy them and turn them into eclectic houses. It's a fun idea. I'd never be able to sell my wife on it, but the boy in me likes it.

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~19 feet wide by ~12 feet high sure beats a used shipping container at 7' 8" wide x 7' 10" high, despite the ovalish shape. Probably terrible to hire some pilot driver service to move it about though, even if it is just the fuselage.

The people who tried to haul the carcass of a 747 to Burning Man discovered how difficult it is to coordinate anything that is such an oversized load, on public highways.

Most of the places I can think of that I could get local government permission, and buy cheap land, to put a 747 house in place... Have a near 1:1 venn diagram overlap with places that might have a half mile dirt driveway with trees on both sides, where it would be difficult to get a truck and traditional dimension single-wide mobile home into, nevermind a 747.

They didn't just try, they did it. I've partied in it multiple separate Burns.

This year they definitely had some issues getting it off of the playa, but your comment might imply to the unfamiliar that they didn't succeed in getting it on-playa.

I didn't say they didn't get it there, but it took a lot of coordination with electrical and telecom companies to remove wiring (it's way, way over 13'6"), and they were only hauling it through mostly empty desert and rural areas. Time and effort from local law enforcement to shut down public roads and such. I can't even imagine trying to take a 747 fuselage down a road anywhere more populated that has aerial electrical/telecom wiring.

There is a guy in Oregon who lives in a 727-200, but that's a lot less work to take down a road.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/airplane-home-in-the-woo...

> I didn't say they didn't get it there

I know, I tried to word my comment carefully to avoid implying that you were being intentionally misleading. I was just clarifying for the benefit of the unfamiliar

Yes. I imagine just getting someone to cut off the fuel-tanks-througout wings is a challenge. Moving it afterwards is likely very hard.

It's just a kerosene/diesel tank (jet fuel is basically kerosene or diesel depending on grade) an aluminum one at that. As far as cutting up fuel tanks goes it doesn't get any easier. Though that won't anyone you hire from trying to screw you on price "because fuel".

Or a boat, where 1000s of people live. Dry comfortably.

Haha yes, I just watched 3 videos on YouTube, and so far they have been all been single men. My wife says she's interested though, as long as it's a comfortable place to live and looks decent. (Some of the ones I found on YouTube sort of looked like someone was squatting in an abandoned plane.)

One of the people also talked about turning a second one into an AirBnb, so I think that's a great idea. It would be a very unique place to stay, so I think it would be fully booked if you're in a decent location.

Not an example of living in the fuselage, but a unique take on building with one:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/747_Wing_House

Oh yeah! I remember seeing that on The World's Most Extraordinary Homes. You can watch that episode here: https://www.netflix.com/watch/80213105?trackId=200257859

Don’t sell your wife on it. Sell your wife for it.

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