Mobile Home Transport, Setup and Anchoring in Louisiana
Louisiana is one of the few states with land in all three HUD wind zones. We move and set manufactured homes in every one of them, with DOTD permitting and flood-elevation siting handled up front.
Manufactured housing is everywhere in Louisiana, and almost nowhere is it the same job twice. A double-wide going onto a Terrebonne Parish lot is a different piece of work from one headed to a hillside outside Ruston. Green Mobile Home Transport covers all of it — the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metros, Acadiana around Lafayette, the southwest around Lake Charles, the Florida parishes north of the lake, and the piney uplands from Alexandria to Shreveport and Monroe. Transport, permits, blocking, leveling and anchoring, from one crew.
Local Louisiana Crews, One National Company
Our headquarters address is 2951 Owl Creek Rd, Lucasville, Ohio. Nothing about that helps you get a home down LA-1, and we do not pretend otherwise. Louisiana moves belong to our Louisiana agents and crews — people living in the state who already know which parish floodplain administrator wants the elevation certificate before the home lands, which bayou road has a posted timber bridge, and how differently a pad behaves in Ouachita Parish red clay versus Terrebonne marsh. They own your job on the ground. Behind them is one licensed, insured company carrying the permits, the coverage and the schedule, so there is a single accountable name on the paperwork rather than a chain of introductions.
- Louisiana agents — our own crews in-parish, from the bayou country to the north Louisiana hills.
- All three wind zones — eight parishes are Zone III; we verify the data plate before quoting.
- DOTD permits handled — oversize approvals, routing and the Louisiana registration requirement.
- Soft-soil foundations — bearing area and drainage planned for alluvium and high water tables.
- Flood-elevation siting — set to parish requirements, not to whatever the last home sat on.
Hauling Across Louisiana
Two things define Louisiana routing: water and elevation, or the lack of it. I-10 crosses the state through the Atchafalaya Basin on a long elevated bridge, over the Calcasieu River at Lake Charles on a steep narrow span, and across the Bonnet Carré Spillway east of LaPlace. I-55 rides a causeway over the Manchac swamp. Those crossings offer almost no shoulder, which for a wide load is a routing and escort question, not scenery. I-12 gives the north-shore bypass, I-49 and US-165 run the state north to south, I-20 carries the top, and US-90 handles the sugarcane country toward Morgan City. Below the interstates, bayou-side roads and levee routes get narrow fast.
Main corridors we run in LA: I-10, I-12, I-20, I-49, I-55, US-90 and US-165.
Cities & Towns We Cover in Louisiana
We regularly move homes in and around New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles and Bossier City — and everywhere in between. If your origin or destination sits anywhere in LA, we can plan a route to it.
- Mobile home moving in New Orleans, LA — Orleans Parish is HUD Wind Zone III; elevation drives the whole setup.
- Mobile home moving in Baton Rouge, LA — Wind Zone II parish where I-10 and I-12 split; bridge routing matters.
- Mobile home moving in Shreveport, LA — North Louisiana Wind Zone I, red clay uplands, an entirely different job.
- Mobile home moving in Lafayette, LA — Acadiana hub in Wind Zone II with a heavy rural park and dealer market.
- Mobile home moving in Lake Charles, LA — Calcasieu Parish, Wind Zone II, and a steep narrow I-10 river crossing.
- Mobile home moving in Bossier City, LA — Wind Zone I work across the river from Shreveport along I-20.
- Mobile home moving in Monroe, LA — Ouachita Parish uplands; firm ground compared with anything down south.
- Mobile home moving in Alexandria, LA — Central staging point where I-49, US-165 and US-71 come together.
- Mobile home moving in Houma, LA — Terrebonne Parish is Wind Zone III, on soft marsh with a high water table.
- Mobile home moving in Hammond, LA — Tangipahoa Parish, Wind Zone II, at the I-12 and I-55 junction.
- Mobile home moving in Slidell, LA — St. Tammany north-shore setups planned around flood elevation.
- Mobile home moving in Ruston, LA — Lincoln Parish piney hills; Wind Zone I and genuinely solid footing.
Louisiana Permits & Oversize-Load Compliance
Oversize and overweight permits are issued by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development through its truck permit office, with applications taken online, by phone or in person. Manufactured homes, mobile homes and oversized modular units all require valid Louisiana permits, and Louisiana adds a registration wrinkle most states do not: a mobile home moving from a point of origin in the state must have a valid Louisiana registration certificate, while units delivered by manufacturers to dealers travel under an in-transit sign instead. Installation is a separate license entirely — the Louisiana Manufactured Housing Commission, under the Office of State Fire Marshal, licenses installers, and setting a home without one is against state law unless you are the homeowner. Our agents carry both sides.
Permit handling is part of the job, not an extra. See what our permit assistance service covers before your LA move.
Setting, Leveling & Anchoring in Louisiana
We never assume a Louisiana wind zone from a mailing address. Eight parishes — Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Mary and Terrebonne — are HUD Wind Zone III. A wide band of south and central parishes, East Baton Rouge, Calcasieu, Lafayette, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa among them, is Wind Zone II. North Louisiana is Wind Zone I. We verify the data plate first, because a Zone I home has no business on a Zone III lot. Ground is the second problem: soft alluvium and organic marsh over a high water table, consolidating under load, in a subsiding region. Piers get bearing area, drainage is planned, and where the parish requires it the home sits above base flood elevation. Frost is no factor here; water always is.
When to Schedule Your Louisiana Move
October through March is the working season. The ground is at its driest, the heat is gone, and the tropics are quiet. June through November is hurricane season, and no Louisiana crew books a coastal setup without watching the basin — that is simply how it is done here. In spring the tornado risk and high water on the Mississippi and Atchafalaya arrive together, closing river-side and levee routes with little warning. Summer moves start at daylight and finish before the afternoon storms.
Complete Mobile Home Services in Louisiana
A move isn't finished when the home reaches the lot. Across Louisiana we deliver the full package, all in-house:
- Mobile Home Transport in Louisiana — Safe and secure transport for single wide, double wide, and sectional homes.
- Setup & Installation in Louisiana — We set, level, and secure your home the right way from start to finish.
- Permit Assistance in Louisiana — We handle permits and paperwork so you don't have to.
- Leveling in Louisiana — Proper leveling for safety, stability, and lasting peace of mind.
- Anchoring & Tie-Downs in Louisiana — We anchor your home to meet state and local requirements.
Louisiana Mobile Home Moving FAQs
Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Mary and Terrebonne. A wide band of south and central parishes, including East Baton Rouge, Calcasieu, Lafayette, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa, is Wind Zone II, and north Louisiana is Wind Zone I. Louisiana is one of only a handful of states carrying all three, so we always read the HUD data plate rather than guessing from the address.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, through its truck permit office, with applications accepted online, by phone or in person. Manufactured homes, mobile homes and oversized modular units all require valid Louisiana permits. Louisiana also requires a valid state registration certificate for a mobile home moving from a point of origin in the state, which we take care of alongside the travel permit.
Yes. The Louisiana Manufactured Housing Commission, which sits under the Office of State Fire Marshal, licenses manufactured home installers, and installing a home without that license is against state law unless you are the homeowner doing your own. Installer licensing is separate from the DOTD travel permit, and we cover both so transport and setup are legal end to end.
It changes everything under the home. Soft alluvium and organic marsh soils consolidate under pier loads, much of the coastal region is subsiding, and standing water works against anchors. We spread pier loads over more bearing area than an upland site needs, plan drainage before the home lands, and re-level after the ground has taken the weight rather than calling it done on day one.
In many parishes, yes. Floodplain rules commonly require the home set above the base flood elevation, and the parish floodplain administrator is the one who confirms what applies at your address. Elevation changes the blocking height, the pier design and the anchoring plan all at once, so we settle it before the move rather than discovering it on delivery day.
Get Your Free Louisiana Quote
Send us the addresses, the size of the home and the parish it is landing in, and we will come back with the route, the permit picture, the wind zone requirement and the setup scope in one price. The estimate is on us, and that is the end of it unless you say go. A Louisiana agent stays with the job through the final level and the last anchor.
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