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Shipping container in the ground

nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
edited February 2012 in General Discussion
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  • reloader44magreloader44mag Member Posts: 18,783 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    made a wine cellar out of it....
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  • SWAT 50SWAT 50 Member Posts: 4,074 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would add seal it with an undercoating or Line x.
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  • Night StalkerNight Stalker Member Posts: 11,967
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by SWAT 50
    I would add seal it with an undercoating or Line x.
    That's EXACTLY what I was thinking! [:D][:D][:D]

    I'd also cover the entrance with an extremely large doghouse with a false floor in it. I'd finish the task by hammering the name "tiny" to the front of the doghouse! [;)]

    NS
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  • Leeroy JenkinsLeeroy Jenkins Member Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How long before that thing rusts through?
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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Also seem to make great homes.
    http://designcrave.com/2009-06-22/10-brilliant-boxy-and-sustainable-shipping-container-homes/
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,191 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    12500 wow and this would be great as opposed to a barn where there is a good view in the picture. thanks
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    One would last a long time if it were buried in a way that water would drain away from it. Like sitting on a bed of gravel and have gravel along the sides.

    Been considering using two 48' containers to build a storage/shop with on the farm. My plans are to set two on block foundations aprox 3 feet high and space them about 28' apart then add rafters and a roof. It would give me two 48" long storage buildings and a 28'x48' shop with a ceiling of close to 12 between them.
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  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    We bought a "new" one several years ago sight unseen, the floor could not support our highlows, I ended up rebuilding it[:(!]
    Look at them first, they are only sold after they are no longer seaworthy [;)]...
    Don
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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  • IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,587 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you do it would want o bury it below you frost line or it will rust from the top
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  • bhale187bhale187 Member Posts: 7,798
    edited November -1
    It's an overseas shipping container, it sits exposed on a ship to cross the ocean in wet salty air. Doesn't seem to me rust would be an issue, but that's just an uneducated guess
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Neat storm cellar.
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  • MercuryMercury Member Posts: 7,840 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That isn't true at all......they are routinely sold while in good condition. I had 4 40'ers and 3 20'ers at one point. I now have just 2 40'ers. Both were 10 years old when I bought them, both are still in great shape, 10 years later.

    Merc

    quote:Originally posted by dongizmo
    We bought a "new" one several years ago sight unseen, the floor could not support our highlows, I ended up rebuilding it[:(!]
    Look at them first, they are only sold after they are no longer seaworthy [;)]...
    Don
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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,038 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    We bought 5 20 footers for our storage business, brand new delivered for $2,500 ea. County building code wouldn't let us put any more buildings in because of rules about possible future drain field area.
    Got tired of arguing with them, put in the containers and everyone is happy. "No permenant structure". This was four years ago, they still look new and have paid for themselfs 1 1/2 times over.[:D]
    W.D.
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  • yoshmysteryoshmyster Member Posts: 22,024 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would've done a better job at ground water removal than just the barrel.
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    pretty ingenius
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  • Waco WaltzWaco Waltz Member Posts: 10,836 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks I am going to look into doing this.
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  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mercury
    That isn't true at all......they are routinely sold while in good condition. I had 4 40'ers and 3 20'ers at one point. I now have just 2 40'ers. Both were 10 years old when I bought them, both are still in great shape, 10 years later.

    Merc

    quote:Originally posted by dongizmo
    We bought a "new" one several years ago sight unseen, the floor could not support our highlows, I ended up rebuilding it[:(!]
    Look at them first, they are only sold after they are no longer seaworthy [;)]...
    Don


    Merc, the one we got wasn't, and it replaced one that the floor was completely rusted out of. We have 3 in our yard now....[;)]
    Don
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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  • chollagardenschollagardens Member Posts: 4,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wonder how much EMP protection it would give?
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  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is what you can get sight unseen for $2K:
    I had to pull most of the floor, weld in some reinforcements and re-deck, if you not running a fork lift on it, you could probably just resheet the existing deck.
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    This is what you end up with after 30 years sitting on dirt:
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    These are steel containers, but even the aluminum have the same steel undercarriage, I scrapped 2 aluminum 30' containers in MA last spring.
    Don
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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  • MercuryMercury Member Posts: 7,840 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dang Don,
    YA GOT SCREWED! [:(!] Sorry to hear that. I selected mine personally. The ones they showed me first were crappy......I looked about 20 before I got a good one.

    Merc
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  • Riomouse911Riomouse911 Member Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I retire and move to the woods, I want one as a shop, and two end to end buried as the start of an indoor pistol range.

    Dunno if it'll ever happen, but a guy can dream....
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  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mercury
    Dang Don,
    YA GOT SCREWED! [:(!] Sorry to hear that. I selected mine personally. The ones they showed me first were crappy......I looked about 20 before I got a good one.

    Merc

    Ya, didn't know better and the seller didn't offer...
    Don
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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  • MrGunz22MrGunz22 Member Posts: 2,086 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All that work for a half * wine cellar. Just stupid. I could build the same thing entirely out of concrete block for half the price. Pistol range is a nice idea
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  • tacking1tacking1 Member Posts: 3,844
    edited November -1
    No offense, and I admire his creativity, but $12.5K and you have a buried storage container? Why not a cast in place bunker? All that work to bury a storage cube. I ain't so sure I would do that.
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  • yoshmysteryoshmyster Member Posts: 22,024 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    I think if you put a slab under the container it might've lasted a wee bit longer. Wood on dirt don't last but 30 years is pretty good I don't care where you're at. But now if you flip it you'll have a sunroof [:D].
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  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by yoshmyster
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    I think if you put a slab under the container it might've lasted a wee bit longer. Wood on dirt don't last but 30 years is pretty good I don't care where you're at. But now if you flip it you'll have a sunroof [:D].

    The new one is over crushed concrete setting on treated 6"x6". The wood was not the problem, the structure that held it was gone..
    Don
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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