Thinking about getting on of these for storage. Maybe make a little ramp so I can drive my mower or 4 wheeler into it. Just for housing tools and materials for fencing. I got a few acres and don't want to commit to a pole barn yet and sheds that are about the same size that don't require a foundation cost as much or more.
Ok. Good luck
Lol. I guess I should have ended my post with something like, "Has anyone here done this?" or "Does this seem like an ok idea?"
I haven't, but I've looked into it. You're hitting the common use case for them since they make good storage. Since you have acreage you won't have to worry about any HOAs or other buttholes complaining. Make sure you put down good footers for the corners where all the weight rests, and as long as you can buy one and have it delivered at a good price go for it.
>Make sure you put down good footers for the corners where all the weight rests, and as long as you can buy one and have it delivered at a good price go for it.
This is what I particularly like about them because we get monsoon-like rain on expansive clay soil.
You just need to focus on good deep footings for the corners. Hell, even with imperfect footings, a 20ft frame doesn't bend as long as you're just storing stuff like mowers/fence/spare tires and not super heavy shit like a pallette of brick. You can also re-level it without cradling it like a baby.
Forties level just fine too. Twenty footers fail to be High Cubes.
I got a 28 on some land that I'm improving. Thing gets amazingly hot, it's a big ass solar oven. Besides that it's just a big box in a field.
They aren't good as houses but they can be good storage depending on how expensive they are in your area. Just don't make too many large holes in them and don't puncture the roof.
Are you in a hot climate? 70F nights and 140F afternoons aren't kind to motors.
Placement in a spot that is shady in the afternoon is a good idea.
The standard vents are designed for cooler ocean climates or ports where the cargo isn't sitting in the sun for very long, or where the thermal mass of all the containers can resist temp extremes.
You might need to add some vents to the sides, they have kits for that. Vent fans would be helpful if you have a nearby power source (or solar vent).
If you're in a very hot place like Texas, it wouldn't be crazy to strap battens of different heights to the roof and attach some cheap corrugated roofing panels to the battens. This would both reflect heat and air gap.
Try to get a container that is white, grey, or yellow. The common maroon, brown, and dark blue containers get very hot inside just due to the paint jobs.
Do it.
Like others have said they can get hot inside. I just ordered some fans off e-bay and will make a solar vent fan for this one when they arrive.
Fans wont do shit, glue foamboard insulation and get vents set up
>Fans wont do shit,
>get vents set up
You do realize the vent I am going to make will be a vent powered by fans? To force air movement. Yes there will have to be another intake vent on the opposite side. But saying fans wont do shit is quite short sighted on your part.
Vents are for moisture dumbass, bare metal sheets in the sun might as well be a giant infrared heater pointing straight at your face, pencel dick fans wont do shit against 1500w of solar heat per square foot. Get foam insulation
yeaj it will dude, justa hole in the roof is enough to make heat come pouring out of the box. its still goingto be a miserable hell inside, but nowhere as hot as before.
all of these people need to just build polebarns around hte containers put solar on the roof for lights and leave well enough alone.
>Fans wont do shit
>they were totally designed to just look nice and not actually move any fricking air
>fans are snake oil
get a load of this frickin tard
>thinks passive vent will cool scorching hot radiating metal
I sincerly hope you ignore my advice so you caj get cooked in a hot box like all your Black person ancestors did
LOL, you totally missed the point of my post. it was in response to some other moron who said fans were useless. fricking idiots dont follow the conversations and just reply with stupid shit. frick you
They are useless, for cooling bare metal shipping containers. Again how far did your Black person dad bounce you against the moldy brick wall before he got taken to jail, moron
>racism outside of /b/
That's moronic.
build a pole barn around the container to keep it out of the direct sun.
What if I live in a climate that's cold?
Study and copy industry. If you're serious become your own SME. Non-serious people are not DIYers.
I don't know what you're trying to say.
The obvious. If want to set up where it's cold study how industry and the military do container structures. Become your own expert to the level your project requires. None of this is difficult even for ESL as containers are global along with example websites.
Do you people only come to PrepHole for information? How do people born in the internet age not know how to swiftly find technical information why they have thousands of hours of computer time?
I did it therefore so can anyone else and it's so easy there is no excuse for not doing it if serious. If not serious then don't bother.
Enterprising DIYers even garden in the frozen north:
https://phys.org/news/2016-11-arctic-farming-town-hydroponics-fresh.html
I was just asking if anyone here had used a shipping container as a shed. Like, paying a company 3 grand to have them drop a container on my property. Gardening at the north pole and black ops shipping container towers aren't really in the realm of what I'm trying to accomplish, like keeping my lawnmower out of the rain.
In that case throw down two railroad ties (the first where you want the outboard end of the container as delivered on the truck or trailer to sit permanently) then when the delivery truck drives out from under most of it position the second tie. Driver lowers container and done. They're all experienced and rollback drivers deliver most small containers.
Never leave a container on the ground as they need air circulation beneath. That's basically all there is to it. You can more precisely level containers by shimming if want by jacking (large bottle jack with wood or metal load spreader beneath will do) and shimming.
I haven’t used one to be a shed but I use them for advertising. Make sure you get one that’s waterproof. Also make sure you aren’t buying one that was used to ship deadly chemicals here from china.
Can I get one that was used to ship deadly chemicals from somewhere else?
They can all be used to ship dangerous chemicals, they just change the warning signs on them for it.
here we go
you can buy a real shed for around the same price
they drop them off just like containers
just dont miss your payments or you will be on shed repo on youtube
>same price
>payments
Who makes payments on a shipping container?
broke ass rednecks who want to bury them for bunkers
post link to repo
https://www.youtube.com/c/Shedhappens
Burry it as a bunker.
How would I store my vehicles then? Make like a ramp down to the doors? Wouldn't it flood? Or wouldn't exhaust fumes collect? Won't the sides rust out if they're constantly against damp, abrasive soil? Having a bunker sounds cool but impractical.
Ignore bunkertards as they're mentally ill and their goal is not functional but autismal.
Mowers and four-wheelers fit fine and containers protect them well. You'll want a simple metal ramp or "dock plate" for easy driving in and out for small-diameter wheeled vehicles like mowers. Quads won't care.
Bonus, you can weld a jib off a corner fitting to hang a snatch block and use that to lift your mower or quad for maintenance.
Don't do this. They're only designed to carry load at the hard points where the twist locks go. Everywhere else they're about as strong as the foil hat worn by the guy who recommended burying it in the first place.
needs adequate air ventilation both high and low or you're going to make a gas box of death
This. This is the exact reason why everyone who's ever parked a car in a garage has died, because leaving the door open isn't enough when you're running the engine for a grand total of 5 seconds inside the buidling. Especially with the exhaust more than likely pointing out the open door.
Not in real life. Driving shit in and out is simply not a big deal. My High Cube with doors on both ends makes a delightful motorbike shop (though I now need a second as bikes keep breeding).
We did exactly this at a place I used to work at, used one to store the riding mower and gas, one to store materials, and one as a workshop
They get very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter, the one that was set up as a "shop" wasn't really usable in the summer because of this, it was more of a "get what you need and set it up outside" situation.
We also ran electricity to it and put lighting up, even had running water outside.
We also had a cabinet that was super insulated and heated with a light bulb for storing stuff that would be destroyed by freezing in winter (paint, etc)
isn't really an issue as long as you're not leaving it running inside. that said you'll want ventilation for the heat anyway
My dad has had one of these for years, just random storage for stuff, plus yard equipment.
He had it put down on the north side of the pole barn, so it gets a decent amount of shade. Works as it should. Just make sure you get one in good condition, there's a lot of crap out there.
Truth. Get either "cargo ready" or "one trip" grade unless you can personally inspect and choose a lesser grade box rather than deal with crap like holes, rust (Corten most fricking certainly rusts), twisted containers and bad door gaskets.
If you get one with top (horizontal) gasket seepage you can weld some angle or flat bar above the door gasket as a water deflector.I did on the two cheap containers I bought before I learned better grades are worth the money.
if you want it to last put a corrugated iron roof with optional spouting on it and also sit it on some concrete filled drums or bricks. Pros are they're solid, secure and you can move them around easily enough even with the roof. Cons are they are c**ts to modify, heat up like a b***h and tend to rust (i.e. why you put a roof on them. Also thieves tend to target them because they assume you're storing expensive shit in them like motorbikes and what not.
The only ones that tend to rust were condemned for cargo use and are sold as WWT or "storage" grade. Best to buy "one trip" or certified "cargo ready". Learn container grades.
Do you guys think it'll get less hot if you cover the container in dirt.
>the weight of the dirt totally wont cave the roof in and the sides since they are made of corrugated metal and are not designed to withstand alot of force since containers are meant to be stacked and the corners are the strongest part of the container and take much more weight and force than the roof and walls
sure. go for it
Can you reword that in a way that you don't sound like a sarcastic b***h so maybe you can actually get your point across?
I got my point across. if you got offended by the "wording" then thats your fricking problem b***h. not my fault you cant comprehend what I said.
did someone hurt you as a child anon?
people building underground bunkers with these is a bit of a meme here
Couldn't you build a little scaffolding over the top so and stretch a tarp over it so that you would have a foot or two of air space between the tarp and the container to prevent it from getting too hot?
They are kinda over priced, but also hold their value than other types of sheds. I have 3 and would say go for it.
How's a fan supposed to help? Am I supposed to point it at the inside wall of the container and blow hot air on the already hot metal? Should I cut a hole for it?
Naw dawg, you just need to have it.
doesn't matter how you use it, all that matters is that the air is circulating. there are gases and fumes that are heavier than air and will accumulate unless you make drain holes.
it's easier, cheaper, and more robust to just do it with wood
Not easier (containers are instantly usable on delivery).
Not cheaper for the equivalent weatherproof result.
Certainly not more robust unless you're rich and using lignum vitae or something and then it can still burn down.
Wood requires a floor unless you like earth.
Containers are quicker, but longer term I much prefer something with more space in every dimension.
>more space in every dimension
just buy two of those and stick them together lmfao with your dumb wood
I'd still rather just build something that's exactly the way I want it instead of continuing to pour money into a bad idea.
Then do that but its a proven useful idea for other use cases than yours. I really think container threads should be banned because there are only three people here who actually own then and have real life experience working with them.
Spoonfeed needers will never do it.
https://www.steelmasterusa.com/quonset-huts/kits/shipping-container-covers-roofs/
Good for you, OP literally said he was looking for a short term solution.
Woodbrew has a video on doing that.
you in VA? I'll sell you my moms, it's wired for electricity
Post mom naked with wires.
containers aren't as cheap as you think, especially right now
>“When the supply chains start to shorten – and eventually they will – this will release a large amount of empty containers, especially in the US. This will cause widespread congestion problems in the second half of 2022 and in 2023, in terminals as well as container depots, unless carriers and container leasing companies start planning for this development now,” said Sea-Intelligence in its latest weekly report.
Sounds like another glut of containers is coming, which could drive the cost down to the cost of transporting them offsite.
They are, I priced them.
Which GRADE did you price and what do you need a c**tainer to do for you?
Cost will drop (we need a recession so I can get at least two more HCs with doors on both ends) but normally not to transport cost since they can be scrapped onsite, the scrap loaded into intact containers then sent offshore with other scrap. Basic torch work and done all the time, the crappiest boxes would go first not the pretty ones which will easily sell as always.
Noobs frequently self-assrape buying trash WWT boxes. You can replace the end door gaskets and fix them but the corrosion is an asspain so no more for me.
>what do you need a c**tainer to do for you?
You container gays are unreal, he literally said he needs to store random shit in it so it's not out in the rain. Do you "study" containers like so many other people on this board?
Storage needs are actually specific and climate matters.
If you get a WWT grade (they usually are not water tight because end door gaskets are a major cause of their rejection from cargo-worthy status) they can become humidity traps as rain makes its way inside.
If you weld a piece of flat bar or angle between the corner fittings with room to clear the end door bars and leave no gaps that prevents water getting a direct shot at the end door gasket. You can also buy gasket kits but that's more money and work including derusting then coating the surfaces gaskets mount to and crush against as those are normally rusty.
https://www.chassisking.shop/products/shipping-container-door-seals-gasket?variant=33258610000012