Thread: Shipping containers need moving.

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

For the studio we just used four concrete pads as the container is only 20'.

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And a very comfy 6.096m container it is too! Looking forward to another sleepover in it one day soon.

I do have doubts about the wisdom of setting up a container terminal in Millmerran though. The tides are a bit low.

This is a mobile test lab using 2 twenty footers. ALS Mobile Test Lab..jpg

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

And a very comfy 6.096m container it is too! Looking forward to another sleepover in it one day soon.

I do have doubts about the wisdom of setting up a container terminal in Millmerran though. The tides are a bit low.

FF

You will be welcome anytime.

In Millmerran a grand total of four containers constitutes a "terminal."

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

This is a mobile test lab using 2 twenty footers. ALS Mobile Test Lab..jpg

Chris

They are really only suitable for permanent instalations, plus Matt's 40' containers are already butted together with access holes cut out. There is a weather issue too. Particularly this year!

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Chris

They are really only suitable for permanent instalations, plus Matt's 40' containers are already butted together with access holes cut out. There is a weather issue too. Particularly this year!

Regards
Paul

I only posted it as an idea but it was developed and used as a mobile lab for a coal sampling company and was always meant for movement as needed. A few were sent to Mongolia and I supplied the Clearvues needed for the labs both here and in Mongolia.

Just out of interest, I know it doesn't help you Matt, I was recently quoted $120k for this
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Complete with engineering certificates.
Side loaders will easily move your containers. We used to get 40 footers packed tight with steel light poles and outreaches. The only way they could fit everything in was to use soft top containers with a big tarp secured in place prior to loading on the ship. Don't know exactly what they weighed but it must have been close to 20T. Max for a 40' is 22T I think.

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The irony is that a 20' container can be loaded, theoretically at least, to a heavier weight! The tare and gross weights are usually on the outside of the containers, but I have painted over mine. The first of these links is US so there may be some differences and I assume the truck they call a slider is what we call a tilt tray.

A Complete Guide to the Cargo Container Weight Capacity - Straight Forwarding (sfi.com)

20-foot Container - Dimensions, Measurements and Weight | iContainers

Much depends on the transport and lifting equipment available as to what can be practically loaded. Matt will have to be aware of the cut outs in the side of his containers that the contents do not decide to abandon ship en route. The shed design you posted looked interesting but the cost is a little elevated, along with the two storey 40' containers, for most of us woodworkers. I am thinking that it was a quote for a commercial installation related to work.

Regards
Paul