Using a container to store implements

[Thing]

Seems a fellow could add a man door and better venting. If you covered the walls with 5/8 plywood and insulated behind that, then you could then hang junk from the walls. Of coarse by the time you're done this and that, maybe you could have built a garage?

If your going to that expense just build a shed

 

[ArlyA]

We have a 40 ‘ container off grid in NY, $5000, in which we store tractor, quads, tools etc. Condensation is an issue in NY, during the fall and winter things inside get damp. You’ll need 4x8 sheets of rigid insulation strung across the inside roof to catch the condensation. Your solar idea won’t fly as your looking at $500 minimum for 100 AH battery and panels. (That’s good for a few lights). You won’t ever get enough voltage to charge batteries or heat. We are going through the same issues and have decided to put in a power pole from the street. I’m told it’s about $1500 from NYSEG. Good luck.

Did you add more venting to yours?

 

[Thing]

Yesterday I asked about modifying an old barn. Thank you for your responses.

You have me thinking about buying a high cube shipping container with side swing doors. The container would be off gird and I would like to have electricity. Does anyone have experience with solar panels and a battery to store electricity? I only need 110; I would have a few lights, a battery charger, and a few tools (grinder, circular saw, ect.) maybe a block heater for the few cold days.

All thoughts about containers are welcome. How high should it be elevated; I can pour a concrete ramp?

On another note. Be careful with your ramp. The door latches extend well below the container floor and swing outward the ramp cannot be level with the floor… Been there done that

 

[Thing]

Did you add more venting to yours?

No. They have vents in the upper corners

 

[ArlyA]

If your going to that expense just build a shed

We have serious snow loads here. Plus if one puts axles under it, it could be a tad more mobile.

 

[ArlyA]

No. They have vents in the upper corners

Yes, but as you have learned, its not enought. If we had one, we'd be increasing it.

 

[ovrszd]

No. They have vents in the upper corners

My all steel machine shed isn't anywhere near tight. Easily ventilates around the two sliding doors. In the Spring/Fall it sweats. After all, it's a pop can. Same with containers. Geographic location will provide different results.

 

[ovrszd]

Yes, but as you have learned, its not enought. If we had one, we'd be increasing it.

I should have read down and "quoted" your post rather than "Thing's".

 

[Thing]

I bought one so long ago, that it was cheap and worth a lot more today in scrap than it cost back then!
How many of you know that they used to build them out of aluminum, with the only non aluminum parts being the wood floor and the two endcaps, and the wood inside the doors (although still covered in aluminum)? Even the beams under the floor are aluminum.
I paid $275 for it when I bought it from the company I worked for. They purchased a lot of 10 of them to use for outside storage and decided they didn't need but six or seven. I came to the party late when it came to putting a claim on one, but one of the maintenance supervisors was wishy-washy about what he was going to do with the one he claimed, so I convinced him that it was a lot of work to move one, and then fix it up!
I borrowed a truck and flatbed trailer from Cypress Truck Lines here in Jax (try that nowadays!!) and moved it. I couldn't get enough traction in my yard to pull it off, so I called a wrecker who charged me $100 to set it off. I have moved it a couple more times by building a trailer out of mobile home frames and using a Simplex jack, reinforced wooden reels and a single I-beam. Mine weighs just shy of 3000 pounds and at todays scrap prices it, it is worth a lot more than I paid for it back in the early 1980's .
David from jax

They’re $5000

My all steel machine shed isn't anywhere near tight. Easily ventilates around the two sliding doors. In the Spring/Fall it sweats. After all, it's a pop can. Same with containers. Geographic location will provide different results.

The reason we chose a container is they’re mouse proof. We can’t afford ventilation or loose doors mice could access

 

[ovrszd]

They’re $5000

The reason we chose a container is they’re mouse proof. We can’t afford ventilation or loose doors mice could access

Yep. I totally understand that. Just explaining to the unknowing that a container is going to sweat dependent on location. Here in Missouri, definitely.