Have anyone build or buy a crane or mechanism to load/unload shipping containers?

[MossRoad]

The container is 20' x 8', correct?
How wide is your car hauler trailer?
And how high up do you have to have it sitting above the trailer deck to clear your fenders?

It may be cheaper (and safer) for you to find a flat-deck trailer so you don't have the fender clearance issues and won't need cribbing, raised platform, etc...

You remember pickup truck campers that had legs that you could jack the camper up and drive out from under it? You could do something similar, but with the ability to lower it to the ground.

As others have mentioned, you could get 4 hydraulic rams, fashion some fittings to lock into the shipping container mount points, and use either a powered or manual pump to raise and lower it. You may need some sort of spanner beam to get wide enough to clear your trailer.

Or you could fit some wide rollers to the front and back of the container with pump jacks to raise and lower them. Then you could use a winch to roll them off and on a flat trailer.

Or maybe something like this?
Weberlane | Trailers :: Super Roll-Off Trailer

Or the stuff further down in this discussion?
I Need Info On The Roll Off Business - Page 3 - Demolition - Contractor Talk

Domatex Gooseneck Roll-off Trailer

https://www.google.com/search?q=dum...AQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg#tbm=isch&q=rolloff+trailer

 

[bcp]

Container jacks:



Jackstand mechanical ISO container handling system


Several kinds here:
High Lift and Leveling Systems


Bruce

 

[aczlan]

Container jacks:
View attachment 406805

Thats pretty much what I was thinking of, but with a hydrualic ram to make loading and unloading a one person operation (although, you might need a davit crane on your truck to load/unload them).

Aaron Z

 

[MossRoad]

Sounds like a lot of work and expense any way you look at it. The kinds of equipment we're looking at ain't cheap.

 

[Jim Timber]

Build the container into it's own trailer.

Ice House Colors | Ice Fishing House

 

[Brad_Blazer]

Ideally you get a dolly set and don't mess with putting it on a trailer. This company seems to make all of the things that are being discussed here. CLT Dolly Sets

 

[Baby Grand]

Would it be possible to lift one end , using a pair of farm jacks - one at both corners?

 

[aczlan]

Possible, yes. Safe to do day in, day out, not so much...

Aaron Z

 

[GPintheMitten]

3500 rolling pounds is quite within the working load of self recovery winches and cables. But you have to assure your cables don't rub on anything.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

The PODS folks use a system called PODZilla:
PODZILLA Lift System | PODS