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Shipping Container at your private shooting range
Captplaid
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What would you put inside a one time use new shipping container at your private shooting range?
Gun workbench?
Grill?
Griddle grill?
Bunch bed?
Would you make it into a small hunting cabin? Put a door and window on the end? Figure a container will be cattle proof and varmint proof.
Got the bench painted today. Got a 1" thick rubber mat for the top and 4" bolts with rubber hoses for the unistrut. Can hold 13 rifles across. Yeah, I should mount a vice but I hate to cut the mat.
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In the Northern Territory of Australia, people put several together on stilts and live in them. The possibilities are endless.
Definitely put in somewhere you can relax on a rainy day :)
Also, why did you buy a baby one? You'll fill that 20'er up so fast!
I have 7, 40'ers.............all are full. :)
Merc
Whatever you leave inside one of those containers should be heat proof. Even a moderately sunny day will push the inside temps way past 100*.
They're relatively secure from thievery, insects, and rodents. We use one to store ag chemicals. Even sitting under a large shady tree, it's like walking into an oven on hot days. At around $5K, they're more practical for such use than a 'yard barn on runners' like many of the MidWest Amish places sell.
Home, storage, warehouse, bug-out,,,,,
Cuz the trailer is 20ft with a 4ft bravettail. No shipping costs and 26 miles from home. Been waiting 3 weeks for my kandscaping cousin to do his part before I set it down.
Sweet! Love the bench. Some QOL items (chairs, BBQ etc.,) might be nice. Enjoy the new setup. Pics of the crew exercising their rights would be appreciated.
Our club here in CCT has one filled with clay pigeons
I would hide the getaway car in there.
we have seven of them at our shooting club. We keep everything in them, from targets, to our backhoe, bulldozer and all our supplies. We bought shelving units to put our clay pigeons on, along with targets, nuts, bolts nails, and lumber. They have been there for thirty years now, and work great as a storage facility. We have one on all our ranges. Someone was giving them away, so we took them.
Target stands, paper & steel targets, first aid kit, some camp chairs.
I could fill it up for sure!
I'd store my stockpile of TP in it.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
And you only need one container? That's surprising. 😂
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
That's just my shooting range stockpile.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I had been looking at them to build and off grid retreat. But after looking into them further it would be took much work unless you have some serious cutting and welding equipment.
I built a shop (20 years ago) using 4 twenty-foot containers parked side by side and bolted together. Small MIG and plasma cutter and I took out the middle walls and had a nice shop/barn. If I were doing it again I'd sure get the "high cube" version.
Baffles, lots and lots of baffles.
Best recommendation: find and install some sort of solar powered ventilation fan.
out here at my son's high school track and field complex, the throwing area has a 20x10 container to store approximately 200 discus', 35 shotput, 30 javelins and assorted marking equipment. plus a rudimentary open face locker rack for shoes and other personal equipment of the athlete. team is discussing adding a 2nd unit.