Using Shipping Containers............

[banzaitoyota]

I may be in the process of moving, which means I have to build a new shop. Has anyone successfully utilized shipping containers as a basis for their shop?
Zoning is not an issue.

 

[mike944]

You mean, like these?

http://www.polarinertia.com/march04/images/container/con05.jpg

I dunno, I guess you could. Would you really want to though? i've been inside them before, they're not that big, very loud (echoey), VERY hot in the summer, low ceiling, i don't remember what the floor was like.

I think the size would probably get me, if i could ignore the rest of the faults. For car storage, maybe. For a shop, i don't think so. Just too small.
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[banzaitoyota]

You arent thinking outside the box...........................

Place 2 40' long shipping containers 32' apart. Attach 40' trusses and roof.Cut access doors in the sides as needed...

 

[stihl036]

You arent thinking outside the box...........................

Place 2 40' long shipping containers 32' apart. Attach 40' trusses and roof.Cut access doors in the sides as needed...

What about thinking "inside the box?"

If they can do this you can do a shop in one, you may need an awning on the outside.

Check out this link

http://www.energistx.com/spaces/8x40instanthome.html

I saw an ad in a forestry mag for a young guy who builds very detailed dozers/graders/excavators etc that had a cool shop in a container and it was portable. Great units!

I am trying to convince my wife to buy a Unimog and tow one of these around instead of the run of the mill travel trailers.

WW

 

[banzaitoyota]

one shipping container would be used to house the STUSKA engine dyno

 

[Spencer Was Here]

Here is a good read. Eddie is a great guy.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33401

 

[banzaitoyota]

thanks spencer...Thats EXACTLY what I was looking for.

 

[kartracer55]

Can you imagine your air compressor kicking on while your hammering away at something with an imact gun


CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK

 

[imported_banzaitoyota]

Can you imagine your air compressor kicking on while your hammering away at something with an imact gun


CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK

Actually I cant imagine hearing the compressor, since it is currently mounted outside the shop in its own enclosure (Where it will be in the new shop also) and I am not running one of them oilless noisemakers that are sold by the box stores.

If you have any CONSTRUCTIVE comments I would be pleased to hear them.

 

[Rrumbler]

The General Contractor on a large industrial job I once worked used the forty footers for jobsite office, shop, and storage. They cut and welded door frames into both sides of all of the boxes, and could set as many as they wanted side by side, bolt the frames together, remove the doors if they desired, and make as large a complex as they wanted. They also had built some setups to join them end-to-end, if they wanted to. The insides were lined with styrofoam sheet insulation, and paneled with plywood, with shelving brackets floor to ceiling, and lights wired in. They had also framed a second roof, with insulation between the two. The ones set up for office use and crew lunch and locker space, had A/C units. They made great portable workspaces, except for the low ceilings, and that was seldom any problem. I worked three different jobs with these folks, and setup was reasonably quick and relatively easy. They would contract with intermodal trucking people for delivery, and use a jobsite crane - there was always a fairly large "squirt boom" on the jobsite; just like building with toy blocks - almost.

 

[rizzorace]

The General Contractor on a large industrial job I once worked used the forty footers for jobsite office, shop, and storage. They cut and welded door frames into both sides of all of the boxes, and could set as many as they wanted side by side, bolt the frames together, remove the doors if they desired, and make as large a complex as they wanted. They also had built some setups to join them end-to-end, if they wanted to. The insides were lined with styrofoam sheet insulation, and paneled with plywood, with shelving brackets floor to ceiling, and lights wired in. They had also framed a second roof, with insulation between the two. The ones set up for office use and crew lunch and locker space, had A/C units. They made great portable workspaces, except for the low ceilings, and that was seldom any problem. I worked three different jobs with these folks, and setup was reasonably quick and relatively easy. They would contract with intermodal trucking people for delivery, and use a jobsite crane - there was always a fairly large "squirt boom" on the jobsite; just like building with toy blocks - almost.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3944

is the link to what I had! there are some pics for you to see.