How would you finish this 'tractor shed'..

[wrooster]

Well done Wrooster! That is some nice work you did.

It's not my project, but I too was impressed by the craftsmanship and the end result.

That said...

Here's a pretty good example of what I am aiming for.

I have to ask, why are you married to that container? The two example structures you have shown can be built fairly rapidly using standard wood stick framing on either a true foundation, or even a slab. Trying to "expand" a container might end up to be more work.

I'm sorry if I sound like your wife.

What is your total desired square footage?

Wrooster

 

[EddieWalker]

I have to ask, why are you married to that container? The two example structures you have shown can be built fairly rapidly using standard wood stick framing on either a true foundation, or even a slab. Trying to "expand" a container might end up to be more work.

I'm sorry if I sound like your wife.

What is your total desired square footage?

Wrooster

Ask yourself what you would build if you didn't have the container? What do YOU WANT? Might just be better to sell the container and build something really neat looking like you posted and not even mess around with the container.

Eddie

 

[wetstuff]

Of course, you are both 100% correct; the simplest answer is usually the best.

However, I am one of these nut cases that has to figure out a use for what I have. The attraction is: I have had this for probably 10-12 years and other than the particleboard rear door - it's beautiful. Hardwood floors, Lume'num roof, clean walls ..and dry as Arizona. It also fits my JD-1070 w/FEL perfectly. I must use it.

I'll let you know how I get on after we get thru Jan/Feb. Cheers, have a healthy 2012.

Jim

 

[BHD]

I am some what of the same opinion, by the time you roof it, and if you add any side walls, and any other to it, all your doing is building a building over the box, and I really do not see how that helps one, build your building and put the container behind it. now you have the space of the building and the space of the container,

even if the tractor fits in, I bet is tight to get on and off of and out the door,
I have a old gainery building and the center drive way was built for horse drawn wagons, yes the truck will fit, but you can hardly get in to or out of the truck and or into or out of the building, with the truck in it, It is not worth the work to put the truck in the building,

you build your self a tractor shed, and make it so your implements that you may want some protection from the elements can fit as well, and some extra side room and if the thing has a battery die or what ever and needs to be worked on in the shed, you can do it, with having to crawl over it to do it, Like I said my opinion

 

[pat32rf]

We put a shed roof (could have done gable) using steel removed from elsewhere. Built it high enough off the tainer roof for pipe & steel storage out of sight up above.
Found real inexpensive (cheap) 1/4" wood panel siding that we put on the exposed sides with roofing screws, then a coat of brown stain.
Low cost and much less likely to get broken into than a wooden structure.....Would have cost a lot more except we had the aluminium box to start with.

 

[wrooster]

The attraction is: I have had this for probably 10-12 years and other than the particleboard rear door - it's beautiful. Hardwood floors, Lume'num roof, clean walls ..and dry as Arizona. It also fits my JD-1070 w/FEL perfectly. I must use it.

Put your beloved container *next* to (or behind) your shed, not *in* your shed. You can still store stuff, including your tractor, in the container. But as a result of this approach you will have a shed and a container. Compared to building a shed around your container, the marginal additional cost for ending up with both a shed and a container is trivial. I doubt you will save a single dollar using the container as a basis for the shed itself, and the end utility will be less.

Plus, you won't get "uhhh, that's interesting" looks when folks see a shed built around a truck body...

For an example small shed/shop, see
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/photos/206459-show-us-your-shop-building-4.html

Wrooster

 

[imgone52]

Keep in mind that this is not a shipping container. The truck body is very lightly built by comparison. I would be very careful about the amount of weight added to the roof. You can do a lot with this unit but it will require a lot too. Have fun with the project, that is most important

 

[mx842]

I was faced with the same dilemma awhile back. I have a 20' container an it was in need of some long neglected work. The roof had a couple leaks and the only way to fix one of those things once they start to leak is to replace the medal sheets with new medal and this would have been too much trouble. I decided to build a pole barn over top of it but once I got to thinking about it, I'm like Eddie, what a waste of space and material. I moved the container to the rear of the new building where it was out of sight....wife didn't like the looks of it either. I figured by the time I got done with the barn I would have enough scrap to cover it up with some kind of roof.

I had two 16' 2X12's that were left over from another project that I planned on using for a ridge board and was going to use some left over 2X6's I had to use as rafters spaced every 4' and place perlins on that and cover it with the same medal I used for the roof of the barn. The 2X12's gave me enough height to get the pitch I wanted and just used the container top edge the same as you would a top plate on a regular wall. I used regular hurricane clips to attach the rafters to the container with medal self tapping screws and regular Teko nails for the wood. Then you can just paint it of you could even cover it with siding and box it in if you wanted to be fancy. The main thing is to keep the little lady of the house happy or you and the box van could end up on the side of the road somewhere.:laughing:

 

[RoyBrooks]

I came across this website Tin Can Cabin | Building a Shipping Container Cabin It show some detailed pictures on how the roof was done and how it attaches to the containers.

 

[mx842]

I came across this website Tin Can Cabin | Building a Shipping Container Cabin It show some detailed pictures on how the roof was done and how it attaches to the containers.

That was an interesting read. I love to see how different people attack small projects like these. You never know when you may come into a situation where some of these ideas may fit in nicely with a project you are working on.

He said it himself, he probably over did the roof design a little but that is the way it is with most projects people do on their own......I know it's true with my projects.:laughing: