Shipping Container shop project

Only difference is height and length.

I drove container freight in LA when I lived there during Rodney King 1992 / LA riots time frame.

Rail yard to harbor back and forth all damn day long.

Enjoyed bottom dump hauling sand and gravel much more.

One of the ideas was to use the standing seam roof material I have on hand and make the trusses fit the length 18'x40'.


YotaAtieToo said:
They're all limited to 8 foot width, so none are going to be any different than the others.
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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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Interesting....we have rattlesnake and mice as I'm rural.....

I have a high cube 1 trip that cost me 3500....no mice or snakes under...and it sits 4in high due to driveway...been up for 2 yrs now:confused:
 
DT75FLH said:
Interesting....we have rattlesnake and mice as I'm rural.....

I have a high cube 1 trip that cost me 3500....no mice or snakes under...and it sits 4in high due to driveway...been up for 2 yrs now:confused:
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The first one I ever got came with skunk smell:laughing:

It was pretty bad for about a month.
 
We've been using a 40' for storage the 14+ years we've lived here. Came with the place. I always feel as if I just need to walk a liiiiiitle bit further and it'll open up into something not claustrophobic. Has yet to happen.

That said, I think I could make use of a pair of them joined at the center with the inner walls cut out like some of those attention seekers do when making "awesome little homes out of containers" on youtube. But I might as well lay a slab and stick build the thing at that rate.

Looking forward to seeing what shakes out here.
 
PAE said:
Only difference is height and length.

I drove container freight in LA when I lived there during Rodney King 1992 / LA riots time frame.

Rail yard to harbor back and forth all damn day long.

Enjoyed bottom dump hauling sand and gravel much more.

One of the ideas was to use the standing seam roof material I have on hand and make the trusses fit the length 18'x40'.
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so you have roofing material on hand, it maybe be cheaper to get new in AK vice ship / haul it there from CA. after all that is a long drive. food for thought.
 
Most items that have gone up have come via barge.


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Personal posessions, tools, Caterpillar back hoe, track steer, old beater truck the 3rd of my squares.

Do you want the address?

You can go up and take inventory personally and satisfy your curiosity.

About 160 miles SW of Anchorage.

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Roofing materials already close by, 20 miles or so away.


CJF said:
What items?
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PAE said:
Personal posessions, tools, Caterpillar back hoe, track steer, old beater truck the 3rd of my squares.

Do you want the address?

You can go up and take inventory personally and satisfy your curiosity.

About 160 miles SW of Anchorage.

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Roofing materials already close by, 20 miles or so away.
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The fucks s square?

Yes, produce the nearest city and pics of the property, most people are thinking this'll never happen.
 
I dont GAF what anybody thinks, it matters not to me what others think.



RusM said:
The fucks s square?

Yes, produce the nearest city and pics of the property, most people are thinking this'll never happen.
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PAE can you expand more on how you are getting paid to live in AK? I would love to look into something like that! :smokin:
 
Its called permanent fund or something like that, it doesnt cover all rhe cost of living there maybe not even 5% of a yearly cost depending on what your costs are.

But its something I don't get in communist California.

75cruisin said:
PAE can you expand more on how you are getting paid to live in AK? I would love to look into something like that! :smokin:
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PAE said:
Its called permanent fund or something like that, it doesnt cover all rhe cost of living there maybe not even 5% of a yearly cost depending on what your costs are.

But its something I don't get in communist California.
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The 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) amount is $3,284. The taxable* amount of the 2022 PFD is $2,622. The portion of the 2022 PFD that is not taxable* is the energy relief portion of $662. The state's Federal Tax Identification number is 92-6001185.

this it?
 
You didnt notice the whole county has gone or is going communist?

Amd not as communist as what Alaska was 156 years ago.


The expense and logistical difficulty of maintaining this distant possession prompted its sale to the U.S. in 1867 for US$7.2 million (equivalent to $140 million in 2021). The area went through several administrative changes before becoming organized as a territory on May 11, 1912. It was admitted as the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.
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RusM said:
Isn't getting paid to live somewhere more communist? :flipoff2:
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75cruisin said:
The 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) amount is $3,284. The taxable* amount of the 2022 PFD is $2,622. The portion of the 2022 PFD that is not taxable* is the energy relief portion of $662. The state's Federal Tax Identification number is 92-6001185.

this it?
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That's it.
 
PAE said:
Its called permanent fund or something like that, it doesnt cover all rhe cost of living there maybe not even 5% of a yearly cost depending on what your costs are.

But its something I don't get in communist California.
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So who owns the property up there?
 
Height and square is correct.

That is one reason for the concrete pad to ensure the cans are parallel and same height with each other.

I would expect I should install anchor points in the concrete in which to tie down the cans, and keep them from shifting when the earth moves.


Gbkeith said:
PAE loves him some right angles. Wants to get those containers square with one another.
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CJF said:
So who owns the property up there?
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Land in private ownership (other than Native land) comprises less than one percent of the total land in Alaska.
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When Alaska became a state in 1959, the federal government gave it 28% ownership of its land. Congress in 1971 passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which gave 44 million acres to local villages and natives. However, the federal government remains the largest landowner in Alaska today, and more than a dozen federal agencies oversee Alaska's federal lands, which include national parks (like Kenai Fjords seen here), wildlife refuges, national forests, military installations, and the North Slope National Petroleum Reserve.
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Alaska Constitution Article IX, Section 15
Section 15. Alaska Permanent Fund.
At least twenty-five percent of all mineral lease rentals, royalties, royalty sale proceeds, federal mineral revenue sharing payments and bonuses received by the State shall be placed in a permanent fund, the principal of which shall be used only for those income-producing investments specifically designated by law as eligible for permanent fund investments. All income from the permanent fund shall be deposited in the general fund unless otherwise provided by law.
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