Cargo Container

[Stimw]

Regular steel 20's are ballpark 5000# 40's are ballpark 10,000#.
You can probably drop one end 4' and not hurt them if the doors are closed and all 4 lock rods are fastened. You should see how they are treated at the ports!
I've delivered and picked up many of them with a 48' Landaul. A company that I used to work for rented them out for storage and construction sites. We just tilted and pulled out from under them. To load there was a hydraulic winch on the front of the trailer. The hard part was keeping the box straight on the trailer when loading. The Landaul beds were flat with no sides. I would have to stick a piece of pipe in a pocket and use it for a guide. We used a 15,000 forklift or a 4 high stacker in the yard to move them around and store them.
If you can put it outside that would be better than wasting under roof space.

 

[rgood]

Thanks for the Ideas Stimw - Covenant wouldn't allow it outside - I think another advantage of it is due to it's strength I can build a loft above it.

Or store hay on top of it

 

[Willl]

I think another advantage of it is due to it's strength I can build a loft above it.

Or store hay on top of it

Up to a point, the top panels were never designed to support a lot of weight.

 

[Lawnman TX]

RGood,
I have a 20 footer inside my shop and it is great. Metal buildings are not very secure, you only need a cordless drill to get in...

I am about to build a new building and am going to move my container in there as well. Makes a great tool room or controlled access area.

Hay on top should be no big deal, I have 2 300 gallon water tanks up there at the end and just welded a piece of channel iron across inside the contianer to the sills and it has held up great.

Just have it delivered on a roll off truck and they can get it pretty close to location. Have them drop it on some pipe if you need to push it up into a cornor, A 763 bobcat will scoot it around, just won't lift it.

You can lift it up onto blocks with 2 high lift jacks in the cornor holes.

 

[rgood]

Thanks for the feedback - I think I'm setting up delivery for Friday.

Had 2 different vendors competing for the sale - But only one offered roll-off delivery - The other said, "Rent a fork lift". I wouldn't mind pushing the container with a fork lift, but I'm not putting it on the ground.

 

[rgood]

The Container arrived today - I ordered this from a Major Vendor - And the Container was a Major POS. Beat to heck on both sides - Had some holes in it that had been filled with sealant - 3 different colors of paint.

I sent it back - Called the vendor before I turned it around - They apologized, said the salesman was on vacation. I didn't expect it to be in perfect condition - But I plan to put walls inside of this thing and my walls would be crooked. We'll see what their response is - They seemed apologetic on the phone - We'll see what the result is - Bad deal cause shipping is not cheap.

 

[tommu56]

The Container arrived today - I ordered this from a Major Vendor - And the Container was a Major POS. Beat to heck on both sides - Had some holes in it that had been filled with sealant - 3 different colors of paint.

I sent it back - Called the vendor before I turned it around - They apologized, said the salesman was on vacation. I didn't expect it to be in perfect condition - But I plan to put walls inside of this thing and my walls would be crooked. We'll see what their response is - They seemed apologetic on the phone - We'll see what the result is - Bad deal cause shipping is not cheap.

They should eat the shipping product wasen't what was advertised!

tom

 

[EddieWalker]

When I bought my containers, I went to their yard and picked out the two that I wanted. It was about an hour and a half drive each way, but worth it when I saw how bad some of them were. I just wrote down the numbers of the two I liked, and that's what they delivered.

I don't thin anybody really cared which ones went where, and if I hadn't been specific on the two that I wanted, they would have just loaded the two closest to their truck.

Eddie

 

[Taylortractornut]

We got a cheap 53 footer from a man for storage at work. the passenger side had been damaged and we got it for 500. it was an insulated American brand Freuhaf or Great Dane I cant remeber. Had wood floors. he boled 2 pannels of composite 1 1/4 sheets to the inside to stiffen the week side and provide protection from my fork lift when driving it in there. We had some 2.5 foot 3 latered shelving built into it and left the front of the trailer opern for Tire storage and spare engine and drive line storage. I found another in similar shape and a friend bought it and has it on a farm as a house. He has flouresent shop lights and conduit added in it like ours and a shelving unit and a bathroom and a wall seperating his bed room. He is building a slant roof top on it no to make a sight attic and to hold back hard weather. It doesnt take much to heat or cool it. Hes made a nice house for around 2200. He thought about this alot and had decided this because 6 months of the year he works away from home.

 

[schmism]

check your local craigslist

in the st louis area there are usually always a few for sale.

20' and 40' are the most common around hear.

FYI the 20' weigh about 5Klbs the 40' is about twice that.

also FYI a ~80hp Case tractor with FEL will lift a 20'. (ask me how i know)