Shipping Container Parts Storage Layouts

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A supplemental roof is always a good idea. ISOs get scrapped because after they have been on the bottom of huge stack 8 or 10 high on the open deck of a pitching cargo carrier ship, they develop cracks and stresses. A timber frame and sheet material roofing skin will keep rainwater from pooling and furthering the deterioration.

Someone mentioned ISOs falling under military lifecycle material management.

As I recall, that is a task assigned to Canadian materials technicians. I believe that during and after the UN missions in Bosnia, the Mat Techs were given care and scrapping duties. So yes, just like managing a properly "built" building, managing the "built-in" infrastructure is important. The best example of unplanned construction I know was the British field print press' container was installed in the middle of a huddle of ISOs inside the Banja Luka Metal Factory. when the press needed to be replaced or was needed somewhere else, the carpenters and structures folks realized it had become a structural member of a multi-level installation, and could never be removed without unbuilding everything around it.

[Lynn Eades]

Lang, Thanks for the info. I never knew what those things were called. And I would never have guessed a Whirlybird. I've just sent an email for a quote.
Cheers.
BTW I have two shipping containers for storage. Both are insulated. Only the ends of the roof rust. The corners of course are steel as well but the insulated containers are made of stainless and aluminium I've never had any condensation, but do open them up often.

[David Herbert]

Before I moved to my present location I had three 20 foot demount-able truck box bodies for storage. These had roller shutter doors at the end and also a personnel door on the side. They were made of quite thick plastic coated plywood with a translucent fiberglass roof. Although they were not insulated they were much better than ISO containers (and cheaper). I never had trouble with condensation which is an achievement in the UK. They came with fold down legs so that the truck could be driven out from underneath and I originally intended to remove the legs but the covered space underneath proved too useful for storing big stuff. I wish that I had brought them with me when I moved but I didn't think that I would need them then.

David

[Mike K]

Instead of shipping containers my neighbour buys old buses that are running. He figures you can move the bus around your property easier than a shipping container . He recently got a 1968 Leyland bus ex Brisbane City Council , its huge, 83 passenger . The Leyland Diesel engine is 11 litres and it runs like a Swiss watch. The price of the bus is around the same as a shipping container.

[Tony Smith]

It would pay for itself in the long run if you swiped your MYKI card every time you went in to fetch something.

[Mike Cecil]

Lionel,

We had three 20 foot containers at Gunning, NSW. Two were mine, with shelving along one wall, walkway along the other. The third belonged to a friend who stored his Jensen in it for several years before taking it to the UK & restoring it. Purchased them in Victoria and used them to move everything to Gunning when we moved in 2000, so useful for transferring 'stuff' as well as static storage.

Never had any problems with rust or moisture, spiders or rats. I sometimes let off a insecticide can 'bomb' inside to be sure to eradicate any spiders I had not found. The containers were there for 10 years without any extra roofing - good intentions to roof them over but never quite got around to it. Each one was supported on a concrete block at each corner.

One was sold to Qld with the Dingo packed inside; the other two went in the clearing sale. It was the cheapest storage I've ever had: all three sold for more than I paid for them 10 years earlier.

Mike

[Lang]

Mike


How often do you need to move your container around your property?

Every bus I have ever seen being used for storage looks like some derelict Steptoe and Son junk pile. A container outside still looks like a nice square box even if it is a bit rusted after 20 years while a bus sitting there will be most unattractive.

Anyhow to each his own.

Lang