37chief said: (quoted from post at 20:31:09 03/02/09) Has anyoue used a shipping container for storing things? The ones I have seen are around 8X8X20, or some even 40ft long. for some reason it is cheper for other countries to build new ones, rather than ship them back. Here on the west coast they are available for around 1,500.00 Stan
I have six 40 footers out behind my warehouse that I use to store bulky items or excess items in. They are real handy for that and we can drive our forklift truck right in at ground level. We shopped around pretty good when we bought these, they are in good shape and we paid $1500 each for them, delivered. Some we looked at were in poor shape with the floors shot or banged up and leaky roofs. We did paint these just so they would all be the same color and not be an eyesore. The other posters are correct, they sure get hot in the summer. They make good storage units and you can sell them if you don't need them anymore. Since they are temporary you don't have any codes/permit issues, at least we don't here.
We also have a large Bekins Moving trailer. This works OK but of course the floor is 4 foot or so off the ground and we had to built a ramp, dock to get into it. The trailers are not built near as sturdy as the containers and don't hold up as well. We have had to work on the roof and reinforce the floor in it.
A friend of mine bought two of the 40 foot containers for his small horse ranch, put them side by side with 12 feet between them. He them built a roof over the 12 foot space and keeps his tractor and equipment there. He uses the dry storage for hay, straw and etc. Works pretty good for him. He got a lot of secure dry storage and equipment shed for the money.
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