Alternative Storage

[missesalot]

I have a 50 acre piece of land that we use for hunting and screwing around with crops. I have a tc45d out there right now, just sitting out in the weather, and I want to get it under cover. The town won't let me build a pole barn, as there is no residence there and its zoned rural residential. Seems that my options are left as a shipping container, or a temporary building of some sort. Anything else you guys have seen used for tractor and implement storage that has worked well?

 

[Peter 315]

Shipping containers are cheap 2 or 3k make sure it has vents, you can get 20 foot high cube 9ft 6in tall

 

[Phillip w]

Boy, that's a tuffy, they want the tax money here so if you want to build its like the bigger the better. I'd have to suggest a container or build something on skids and tell them it's a portable shed. Don't know if you can get buy with that where you live.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I would go shopping container, easy enough to make a foundation for and get it delivered and set in place.

Use creek gravel or buy the gravel for the foundation, just needs to be flat and drain well.

Just to give you an idea on prices in my area.

 

[Phillip w]

I would go shopping container, easy enough to make a foundation for and get it delivered and set in place.

Use creek gravel or buy the gravel for the foundation, just needs to be flat and drain well.

Just to give you an idea on prices in my area. View attachment 536345

I do believe this guy is on the right track

 

[RjCorazza]

20 years ago I put a standard 40 ft container on my property for the tractor and mowers. Laid a gravel bed and 8 railroad ties for the box to sit on. It worked great over the years, although my 2 year old Kubota L4060 won’t fit in it height wise. I should have gotten the High Cube version.

 

[Peter 315]

20 years ago I put a standard 40 ft container on my property for the tractor and mowers. Laid a gravel bed and 8 railroad ties for the box to sit on. It worked great over the years, although my 2 year old Kubota L4060 won稚 fit in it height wise. I should have gotten the High Cube version.

I don't think they had high cube containers back then 20 years ago

 

[AWSubie]

My Kioti in a 40 foot high-cube. Shipping containers are the way to go, if you decide you don't want it they are easily sold.

 

[missesalot]

I wonder if the town will let me get one. Do u keep attachments in there too? Did u add any other doors?

 

[prichard]

My Kioti in a 40 foot high-cube. Shipping containers are the way to go, if you decide you don't want it they are easily sold.

View attachment 536371

How would you go about selling it? Or buying private party? How you going to move it?

 

[Peter 315]

I wonder if the town will let me get one. Do u keep attachments in there too? Did u add any other doors?

40′ Double Door High Cube Container This is the one you want

 

[missesalot]

How much would one of those cost? I got a price from one place that was 4000 for a single door high cube

 

[Peter 315]

One Trip Container >> 4′ Double Door High Cube Container

 

[tcreeley]

Can you put up a small cabin- one or two rooms - modular and then a pole barn for the tractor and implements? Or build a small living area into your pole barn to satisfy the town?

 

[missesalot]

Gonna find out about those options, but it doesn’t sound like it will be worth it especially with the resulting increase in taxes, NY sucks

 

[Peter 315]

In NH people use box trailers if registered you pay for plates only, no property tax

 

[AWSubie]

I wonder if the town will let me get one. Do u keep attachments in there too? Did u add any other doors?

I don't keep large attachments in it, like a rotary cutter or a box blade because the space is so confined it would be a pain to hook up. I usually drive in with my backhoe attached. Otherwise I keep a generator, tools and other odds and ends. I have not added a pedestrian door or windows because I wanted it to be as secure as possible.

 

[Phillip w]

I new a guy, and he dabbled in about everything I think. Anyway, he had a few trucks and fiddle in the trucking business. He also fiddled with these containers. Where he got them I don't know, but he'd sell.them for say 3000-4000 dollars a piece.

 

[AWSubie]

How would you go about selling it? Or buying private party? How you going to move it?

Craigslist is a good place to find them but they don't last long, you have to be watching for them everyday. Freight companies will move them for you. If you are buying or selling be sure to have it understood up front whether delivery is included in the sales price.

 

[bindian]

I paid $600 each for two 20 foot containers, in 2016, at the Richie Brothers auction in Ft. Worth. But I had to go to the port in Lake Charles to pick up. Turned around and sold them for $1200. There are deals to be made, but you gotta hunt for them.
hugs, Brandi