Shipping Containers

I am looking at the 20' shipping containers for use as storage for equipment. I'm wondering if anyone has experience or ideas with them for maximizing storage. My initial thought is a shelf at about 6' high down one or both sides of the container, giving me the ability to still store ATVs, tractor, etc.

Anything else I should keep in mind?

 

I am setting one on a concrete slab then welding brick tabs to the sides and bricking around it. I will then pour a concrete top over it. We are going to pour the slab this week, weather permitting.

 

There is a spray on ceramic insulation that has something like an R26 value. It sprays on like paint and is about as thick. I saw a TV show where they were making houses out of shipping containers and there talking how well the stuff works. I think it was this old house.

 

Here they still get $2,000-$2,100 for one, and they get up to $700.00 to deliver them!
OUCH!
They have them for rent, but they will only deliver in a 25 mile area.
I wanted to rent 4, but they said NO!
(20 footers: $50.00 a month, 40 footers: $100 a month)
I wanted them delivered 160 miles away, and was willing to pay the extra mileage too!

 

Thanks for the responses, it gives me a bit to think about. My plan is to put them on railroad ties and cut vents if they don't already have them. I think I'll paint em to give them a uniform and discreet appearance. I think on average we get maybe just a handful of 90 degree days.

I heard in hot climates plastic parts can melt, but I think it would have to be somewhere down south for that.

 

my brother-n-law bught a 40' container from these people he said he paind something like 4500.00 with delivery he lives in gibson louisisna and they are out of new orleans . the container is about 5 years old and in perfect shape.


http://tigerstorage.com/sales.htm

 

In Iraq they are currently storing 4 guys in this one. Haha. Ours is 40 foot. The way it is with this one is we have a door, and air conditioner in one end. I guess in order to make it habitable, they added an inner wall and sometimes that inner wall builds up condensation and drips. I don't know what it would be like if it weren't a living environment. Maybe no water drips. Don't know.

 

Welcome back TMH.

The condensation is because the ac keeps the inner environment cold, but I am assuming that the inner wall is not insulated, so the heat from the outside and the cold from the ac meeting at the wall is creating the condensation.

 

I don't think there is insulation between the outer and inner hulls, so you may be right there. Almost lost some electronics due to it. Lucky it only dropped a few drips before I noticed it. I like this thing and am even thinking some crazy thoughts of making a house out of them. May be even cheaper than building a standard house. What is a house anyways but something to keep you covered from the elements. Haha.

 

Shipping containers taste like chicken, sometimes Chicken Kiev sometimes Cordon Bleu.