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When I was a firefighter I dealt with people like this all the time. It would cost more to safely transport the home than the home is worth, particularly after it got stuck. It was probably already destroyed past saving when it got stuck due to torquing of the frame. Twelve people in a singlewide tells me these aren't very smart people, and they're probably not very good at life. In that respect, it is sad.

I wouldn't have made the comments the sheriff made, but would have thought most of it.

OTOH, made a call on a lawyer trying to get in a girl's pants that borrowed his friend's speed boat to take the girl on a spin around the lake. The boat was in a raised slip with the drain plugs out. It made the first circle okay, but as you know, boats don't float too well for a long time with no drain plugs. Anyway, when we got the call, they're both standing dripping on the dock, him in a tuxedo and her in an evening gown (they'd left some big evening bash for a midnight drive around the lake) and all that's sticking out of the water are the little blinking red and green warning lights on the prow. We got our boat and tried to tow it, but the weight of the water made it too heavy, so we called a wrecker. The lawyer was desperate to get the boat out of the water before his friend, the owner, saw it. He told me, "If you can't figure it out, let me use your boat and I'll tow it out of the water." I told him, "Buddy, you already sunk one boat tonight. You're not getting mine."

I love it when stuff like this happens to lawyers.