Dave, you need to get yourself a high amperage breaker, maybe 50A, and get yourself a transformer to go from 120v to 220-240VAC. I can't see why that wouldn't work, unless I'm missing something.
So your new place doesn't have any 220v outlets either? I would think the service going into your house would be 220 and you would just need to add the right breaker, but I'm probably very wrong. I'm spoiled with 240v 200A service...
In your breaker panel, do you have two vertical rows of breakers or just one?