Shipping Container shop project

If you want a shop and the "secured storage" that you feel you'll be getting from the containers, why not build a regular post frame shop with a lean-to on one side to put a shipping container under. That way in a few years when you realize that shipping containers are not that great for long term storage in most climates, you don't have to tear down and start over. You can just get rid of that one container and still have the lean-to for something else.
 
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Southernfriedcj8 said:
They will 100%.

Every time we move one, we get a surprise. Skunks once. Rattlesnakes a couple of times. Always a rat or two.
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A million %

If you don't have a vole family of 6 pushing mounds of dirt outside the edge of your container by late wintertime/early spring, you just ain't hip.
 
Containers were nice when they were $1800 for a decent one. $6500 times 4 goes a long way to a real shop.

Muh secure storage is also pointless. You move out of tweekville and people don't just steal shit constantly.

Or, if they do, a container isn't going to stop anyone who wants inside. A cordless sawzall will get into a container.

I wouldn't mind having one to store some random truck parts in. Or 2 of them with just a roof between for covered storage isn't too bad. No way I'd build a shop around them.
 
Im kinna set in my ways, the 8 inch concrete slab is to hold anything I might put on it and yeah gonna put the cans on the slab also as its gonna have a total of 4 cans and a structure between them on it as well as in a floor made by 2x12's at the Junction between the top of the bottom cans and the bottom of the top cans.



At the moment I live on California.

87manche said:
don't you live in california?
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Have in mind to use this design cans on top doors facing in and it will have the look of the bottom pic.
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What’s the point of stacking the containers? You want space you can’t use? Or at best space that is a huge pita to use?

You may be stuck in your ways, care to elaborate on why you like this idea? I see no benefit over building a post frame.
 
NORDFORD said:
What’s the point of stacking the containers? You want space you can’t use? Or at best space that is a huge pita to use?

You may be stuck in your ways, care to elaborate on why you like this idea? I see no benefit over building a post frame.
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Permanent stairs to the upper boxes that hard to use?
 
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Even on 20’ cans the container can warp a little or the latch rod gets sloppy and makes it a bitch to operate the end door latches. I couldn’t imagine having to fight doors on an upper level.

I still think you’d be better off and happier with a regular building and lean-tos for setting containers out of the weather if you are set on having them.
 
PAE said:
Im kinna set in my ways, the 8 inch concrete slab is to hold anything I might put on it and yeah gonna put the cans on the slab also as its gonna have a total of 4 cans and a structure between them on it as well as in a floor made by 2x12's at the Junction between the top of the bottom cans and the bottom of the top cans.
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This is obviously the right decision and any detractors are just liberal cucks trying to keep you from your dream.

Please fully document your shop build to prove them wrong. :smokin:
 
"North to Alaska go north the rush is on"





CJF said:
Let's get to the bottom of this, shall we?

PAE, where the fuck are you supposedly moving to?
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I still say that you would be money ahead just building a regular pole barn. It's not like a metal sided building is going to be less secure than a metal sided container.
Can defeat your average padlock in like 30 seconds.

I think any semblance of the "temporary structure" argument went away the moment you started talking about stacking them on a concrete pad and putting a roof over them. That's a fucking building.
 
87manche said:
that also consume more shop space into useless space?

perfect.
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NORDFORD said:
And take up more of the floor and head space he’s already covering?

This is not a well thought out plan.
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Why TF would the stairs be inside? If it’s doubling as a shed for storage only, a simple stairway outside would be easy enough.

I’m not even making a case for the op. But in his picture above. The doors for the bottom units face the street side while the top units are spun around where the end doors are the back side. Within a fraction of a second of looking at that picture I envision stairs to access the doors to the top units on the side of the picture not shown
 
C'mon guys, let's stay on track:

PAE, do you actually own land in AK? Or have the funds to purchase it? When's the last time (if ever) you were even in AK? Got a timeline for this supposed move?
 
Yes, and yes, was there a little more than a year ago put in a few fences and dropped a 20 ft can on a leveled gravel area for tool storage etc, didnt leave anything in it and left it unlocked.

No real timeline at this point, thinking of 2 years.
 
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