Shipping Container Shops

[redjalopygarage]

I am not sure if this has already been covered or not. A friend of mine owns a small dump truck and dozer. He needed a secure place to keep his tools and supplies (plus his sled) and bought a shipping container. I must admit that using it as it came worked really well. I imagine that adding the correct doors and perhaps a nice facade and some electric it would be very good as a small shop and storage. I am considering one for the side of my house to replace the shed that was 40+ years old. My town has a max of 192 square feet for a shed. As these are moveable, they would have no jurisdiction on it.
So, have any of you guys tried this, how well did it work? Pitfalls?
Of course, pictures would be fantastic!!

 

[LXCam]

Yup there are several of us here that utilize these. My 40ftr is my machine shop and it's Parallel with a 40x18 shop. I installed a roll up door mid point so I don't need to egress the exterior door. There's also a 20ft unit parallel to it for storage. Thankfully both those are completely covered by two very large pepper trees. I painted them camo green and you honestly don't even see them until you walk to the front of my shop.

 

[jblnut]

We use one on the farm to store seed and other supplies. It was a 40' double door high cube one trip and was around $5200 delivered. It works amazing for what we do with it.

I don't have pictures but could possibly get some of a farm that used 4-40 footers to build a machine shed that is 80' long with a roof over the 40' in between them.

I know there are a few build's on here with containers.
"The Jungle" - Wonderful build with a pair of 40's
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=404733&highlight=shipping+container

There is another I cannot find that uses a single container as an AMAZING metal/machining shop. Tons of stuff packed in there for it being a container ....

 

[Unruh]

I know there are a few build's on here with containers.
"The Jungle" - Wonderful build with a pair of 40's
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=404733&highlight=shipping+container

Yeah I was gonna mention “The Jungle”. Great thread.

 

[welder57]

Looking on craigslist, they have these used delivered here for around $2,800.00, so look there to start..

 

[jblnut]

Looking on craigslist, they have these used delivered here for around $2,800.00, so look there to start..

I looked at a few used ones up here and although they were about half price most were beat up pretty bad. I figured I'd own it for the rest of my life so I went with a one trip container. Because of that the high cube double door was WAY easier to find. I really really like having doors on both sides.

 

[PhantomEB]

My buddy has a few on his land left by the PO.

Great to store his toys inside and lock up.