I'd love to do something like this but we don't have the backyard space to pull it off. There was a show on HGTV that was all about small space living. In one episode there was a vacation home made of two shipping containers. If memory serves it was completely "off the grid" with solar power and whatnot. It was pretty amazing considering what little space they had to deal with.
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Shipping container workshop
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Better photo of my container shop. We welded brackets on the edges to hold 4X4's and placed the trusses on teco fittings. The old boy that dropped these in place got them within a quarter inch side to side and front to back!
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THat looks great Good job
robertjohn2
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I would love to live in these shipping containers as they are best designed. The thread is much appreciated.
Pathfinders
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Zombie thread?
junkyardwarrior
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there's 3 or 4 at the local drag strip; guys "rent" them to park their hotrods in them during the offseason or between races. But I can tell you this, once a car is inside, there is zero room to get into/out of the car, and certainly no room to work on it. My friend's Chevelle is kept in one.
Years ago one of my friends found/bought some property in the hills, alongside the river (creek). There was no shelter of any kind, so he bought a couple old connex's, set them side by side, and buried them in the side of the hill. Once buried into the hill, they cut out a couple doorways inside to "connect" them. They were really nice! I spent many a night in "them", you know, take the girlfriend(s), or a lot of times just by myself to get away from the dang city. Take .22 rifle and a fishing pole; stay a week, eat off the land. Hard way to live but it was a nice break. The connex's were STOUT. They stack those things 3, 4 high on the docks and in the yards, so if they can handle that kind of weight on top of them they'll be fine--and those two in the hillside are STILL there; gosh, has to be going on 15 years now.
Years ago one of my friends found/bought some property in the hills, alongside the river (creek). There was no shelter of any kind, so he bought a couple old connex's, set them side by side, and buried them in the side of the hill. Once buried into the hill, they cut out a couple doorways inside to "connect" them. They were really nice! I spent many a night in "them", you know, take the girlfriend(s), or a lot of times just by myself to get away from the dang city. Take .22 rifle and a fishing pole; stay a week, eat off the land. Hard way to live but it was a nice break. The connex's were STOUT. They stack those things 3, 4 high on the docks and in the yards, so if they can handle that kind of weight on top of them they'll be fine--and those two in the hillside are STILL there; gosh, has to be going on 15 years now.
BruceMc
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The connex's were STOUT. They stack those things 3, 4 high on the docks and in the yards, so if they can handle that kind of weight on top of them they'll be fine--and those two in the hillside are STILL there; gosh, has to be going on 15 years now.
It's been discussed more than a couple of times before, but those connexs aren't designed to carry any weight at all on the roof panels. All of the weight is carried on the corners and transferred down through the corner posts. If you're ever around a yard, take a closer look and you'll see there a few inches gap between the top of one container and the floor of the one above it.
https://www.supercubes.com/blog/2012/05/how-to-stack-containers
Kevin54
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Pinterest has a lot of pics for container usage. Our fire department bought about 6, put them together, and uses them for fireman training.
R6 Racer
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Google "Tin Can Cabin"
Great read & LOTS of great info.
Steve
Great read & LOTS of great info.
Steve