Anyone used storage pods?

[Innovate1]

Getting a 16' pod for temp storage while the garage floor is flaked. We have the room and no issues with HOA and such. Putting the door closest to the garage would make the door end about 5-6" higher than the other end. Wondering how the doors are and how likely I am to get water inside. I suppose I could throw a tarp over if if it looked like leaks were likely. Or I could turn the pod around and just cart my stuff an extra 20 feet (it's going right by the garage so about 5 feet from OHD to pod door or 25 the other way round) and be sure of no water inside. Anyone had one that can comment?

 

[Jlanciani]

Have them put cribbing under the low end when they deliver it so that it is level.

 

[Old tool guy]

Used them twice, both by PODS. Essentially water tight. If you are concerned, install it on a slightly down hill slope and keep everything up hill in the pod.

 

[4xdog]

I had two 16-footers last spring for my thousand-mile move from Saint Louis to Santa Fe.

No issues. The pods were in good condition and the company did what they said they would regarding drop off, pickup, and delivery at the new location.

Mine were at the front of my old driveway, so slightly sloping so any rain (which we had on the STL end while loading) ran away from the opening. But had they been the other way I doubt there’d have been a problem. The door fits pretty tight in its slide up/slide down channels and there’s sort of an angle-iron drip rail across the bottom of the door.

 

[Innovate1]

Have them put cribbing under the low end when they deliver it so that it is level.

I doubt they have cribbing with them at delivery but just a guess. I have some blocks so could have it handy when they deliver.

 

[Jlanciani]

I doubt they have cribbing with them at delivery but just a guess. I have some blocks so could have it handy when they deliver.

When i rented one to use like you are they did, and the driver was fine with taking a minute to use it.

 

[Innovate1]

When i rented one to use like you are they did, and the driver was fine with taking a minute to use it.

That's good to know. I have a long drive with 180 turn at the end to enter the garage. I saw something like "driveway is straight" on the checklist and wondered how particular they were on things. It's got a sweeping curve also. Guess I will find out.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Take a couple pictures and email them. Common sense tells me they would appreciate it and offer advice on it.

Parents used a Cow Pod brand...I can't remember the details but they had no issues with it leaking.

 

[Hooked]

We rented one for temp storage while we redid flooring in one room. PODS brand, very easy to deal with and the driver was great. The machine they use to unload/load makes it easy to place the box in any position/location you wish. In our case it was set on our flat parking area slab but cribbing one end to make it level would be simply adding a couple blocks.

 

[mike93lx]

A 26' uhaul truck is only $40 a day...

 

[Old tool guy]

A 26' uhaul truck is only $40 a day...

And requires a ramp to get into the box.

 

[mike93lx]

And requires a ramp to get into the box.

Yep, and it's built in. Plus you can put the truck where you want, then move it. Load right at the door, get it out of the way and then move it back for the unload

 

[reader2580]

I have used companies that deliver shipping containers a number of times. The shipping containers have always been water tight.

 

[drmarkr]

Getting a 16' pod for temp storage while the garage floor is flaked. We have the room and no issues with HOA and such. Putting the door closest to the garage would make the door end about 5-6" higher than the other end. Wondering how the doors are and how likely I am to get water inside. I suppose I could throw a tarp over if if it looked like leaks were likely. Or I could turn the pod around and just cart my stuff an extra 20 feet (it's going right by the garage so about 5 feet from OHD to pod door or 25 the other way round) and be sure of no water inside. Anyone had one that can comment?

I had five of them sitting outside my shop after the fire, where we put essentially everything in my 2500 ft² shop area while the rebuild occurred. This was for a few months. It doesn't rain a lot in Tucson but they were completely watertight. We actually used one of them as an ozone chamber to treat the stuff that needed ozone treatment. Insurance paid for it all of course.

 

[Innovate1]

A 26' uhaul truck is only $40 a day...

Interesting suggestion but we are going to need it for at least 2 weeks - probably more like 3 or 4. For two weeks at $40 a day that's $560. For less than that I can have a pod for a month that is much lower and easier to load and doesn't take up as much space although as you say it can be moved so space wouldn't be an issue in this case.

 

[Sumboodie]

What is flaking a floor?

 

[Innovate1]

What is flaking a floor?

Epoxy flake floor. Is flaking the proper term. I have no idea. I'm not an English major.

 

[Innovate1]

Pod was delivered today. Wasn't able to put it closer to the OHD with the open end slightly up because they need double the length to get the wheeled support off. So it went just slightly farther away turned 90 degrees and door is slightly low. They didn't seem to have any blocking or maybe they didn't want to be bothered. It leans slightly to the side but only a little.

 

[niget2002]

We used Mayflower brand for a move. Had to store the pod at their facility for a month. It rained and one corner leaked and damaged a shelf. We had their insurance and they sent us a check for the cost to replace the shelf.

 

[Sumboodie]

Epoxy flake floor. Is flaking the proper term. I have no idea. I'm not an English major.

I was thinking it was some sort of concrete finish or repair i guess.

I've painted a few floors, always threw out the flecks that came in the kits. Hard enough finding stuff i dropped, don't need more camouflage!
In commercial shops, it's normally just grey. This one is from 2003...

 

[Sumboodie]

Lot of forklift traffic, dragging pallets, etc.