How hot does it get inside a storage container?

[Hay Dude]

You need 2 vents 1 down low to let cold air in and 1 up top to let the hot air out , They make ones that open on 1 end and open on the side but cost more money.....My wife has 1 at work real nice to load and unload you can get at everything....

Probably has central AC to keep your thoroughbred race horses cool :laughing::applause::rotfl:

 

[buck12]

I have two shipping containers on our property. I park my tractor in one and ATVs in the other. They do get hot but for storage it really doesn’t matter. The good is they are super cheap in my area and no rodents or bugs. The bad is they are ugly so you need to hide them and it always seems what you need is in the back behind everything else. Check prices on 20’ versus 40’. In my area there is very little difference in price. For the money I think shipping containers are the best bang for my dollar.

 

[WranglerX]

I have two shipping containers on our property. I park my tractor in one and ATVs in the other. They do get hot but for storage it really doesn’t matter. The good is they are super cheap in my area and no rodents or bugs. The bad is they are ugly so you need to hide them and it always seems what you need is in the back behind everything else. Check prices on 20’ versus 40’. In my area there is very little difference in price. For the money I think shipping containers are the best bang for my dollar.

Paint with camouflage and nobody can see them....

Dale

 

[WranglerX]

Its's all about how much ventilation you want to provide.. As mentioned above, cool air in at bottom and warn air vent (wind turbines) at top....

The irony locally is a company is providing 4 wind turbines on top of container, BUT the are not expanding where the air inlets are in the four corners...Yes most containers have a crude small amount of vents in upper corners...

Dale

 

[newbury]

<snip> With no ventilation how hot will those things get? <snip>

Figure it this way - Most of the stuff from China has ALREADY spent a month in a container.
A little planned solar powered ventilation can only make it cooler.
If you can squeeze it in get a 40' and put a door on each end.

 

[buck12]

Paint with camouflage and nobody can see them....

Dale

The containers are half mile off the road in the middle of no where and an hour from my house so they look good to me. If I look out my bedroom window of our cabin I can see one corner of one container so they are fine. I would not want one in my yard but for rural storage they are perfect.

 

[BTDT2]

I have four (2 20's and 2 40's) They do not get as hot as a parked car in the sun does because there is no glass exposed direct to the sun. They have small vents at the four corners that help to cool but painting the roof with a mobile home reflective paint or putting in the shade is your best bet. Another option is a simple 40$ wind turbine vent from the box stores.

I like them for the security they provide as they are very hard to break into unless the vandals have bolt cutters. The are also great for controlling 'critter damage' as there is nothing quite like the joy of installing a new wiring harness because a mouse, rat, squirrel, raccoon etc. took a liking to the plastic wire coating. If it is used strictly for secure and dry storage go with the 40' if you want use the stuff inside pretty regularly I would choose the 20' foot model.

FWIW- Have you Googled some of the far out homes they are making with these containers? Pretty impressive

 

[newbury]

<snip> they are very hard to break into unless the vandals have bolt cutters. <snip>

I thought the tool of choice would be a battery powered angle grinder with a good thin blade.
I'd prefer a flexvolt angle grinder.

 

[ovrszd]

World trade creates the need for 50,000(guessing) containers atany given time full of cargo with no additional ventilization. 5,000 (guessing) of them are full of tractors or tactor equipment.....

 

[Industrial Toys]

But, stuff is in there probably for no more than a couple of weeks. And likely with some ships holding thousands of these things, buried somewhere, out of the sun.

I had planned on putting vents on mine, after it rained in there from condensation, but after moving it to the shade, I have no indication that has happened again. Mine is rusting (Hey it was free) and maybe that makes for some extra ventilation.