Seven weeks ago I ordered a custom trailer for Maya’s tiny house project. Lead time was quoted as 5-6 weeks and it was to have been delivered while we were traveling in Ecuador.  Today I learned that the lead time has been pushed out to an “estimated” 10 weeks.  Such a delay would make completion of the project this summer entirely impossible.  I spent the day searching the country for an unsold, already-built trailer.  Eventually, I found one in Connecticut.  It is 4 feet longer, sits 4 inches higher and costs $1000 more than our original choice but it can be here by the end of next week. With no other viable options, we canceled the order for the initial trailer (helping the vendor see the wisdom of returning our non-refundable deposit) and began modification to the house plans.  The extra length was relatively easy to compensate for.  The loss of 4 inches of build height required a fairly massive redesign.