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Post by jakesrocks on Dec 7, 2015 16:29:14 GMT -5
Bought myself a near new 20' shipping container to use as secure lock up for rocks & spare equipment. Plans are to have a concrete slab poured in late spring for it to sit on. Shelves will be built across the end & about 3' down each side. A small work bench will also be added. I plan to build in a 30 amp RV type electrical system with a water tight electrical connection on the outside of the container. For now, I can haul many boxes of rocks out of our living room which will make my wife happy. She'll be able to set up a Christmas tree for the first time in 3 years. Most important is that I have a water tight, (double seals on the doors), bug & mouse proof place to store me precious rocks & project machines in various stages of restoring. And I won't have to worry about our wild field cats getting in to have their babies & infest the place with fleas.   I'll add pics as work progresses. |
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indiana
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Post by indiana on Dec 7, 2015 16:35:11 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by Pat on Dec 7, 2015 22:25:53 GMT -5
Windows?
Nice size.
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micellular
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Rock fever is curable with more rocks.
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Post by micellular on Dec 7, 2015 23:10:40 GMT -5
Will you leave room for a little cot for visiting rockhounds?  |
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Post by mohs on Dec 7, 2015 23:35:06 GMT -5
that reconditioned nice!
my landlord as one in the driveway
he contacted a crane company
to lift it over the house
to place into the backyard
pricey
so he trying figure out way to put it on wheels
to push it through the alley
into the backyard
we shall see
ways things are going I may have to rent it..
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Post by jakesrocks on Dec 8, 2015 0:32:30 GMT -5
Hey Ed, this one's not reconditioned. It was a one trip container sent from the west coast to South Dakota. Except for a couple of very small dents in the back wall, and fork lift tire marks on the floor, It's brand new. I was lucky to find a one tripper locally.
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Post by jakesrocks on Dec 8, 2015 0:35:41 GMT -5
Will you leave room for a little cot for visiting rockhounds? Cot ? Heck, I could probably fit a queen size bed in there with no problem. Hmmm, may not be a bad idea. Never know when I'll find myself in the doghouse. |
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Post by mohs on Dec 8, 2015 9:40:02 GMT -5
No. Its too nice to mess up with Windows. I'd put a Mac in it |
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Post by mohs on Dec 8, 2015 9:47:20 GMT -5
Hey Ed, this one's not reconditioned. It was a one trip container sent from the west coast to South Dakota. Except for a couple of very small dents in the back wall, and fork lift tire marks on the floor, It's brand new. I was lucky to find a one tripper locally. That's really a fine unit Don ! The latest craze is shipping container apartments They built some in Phoenix. Studio's rent for 900 dollar! jeeeezz! Being a hobo not what it used to be.  |
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micellular
has rocks in the head
Rock fever is curable with more rocks.
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Post by micellular on Dec 8, 2015 12:28:59 GMT -5
For a while, I was living on a lot where they were making shipping container tiny houses. Rent was not that crazy, though amenities were scarce. Kinda miss the outdoor shower, kinda don't...
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Post by krazydiamond on Dec 8, 2015 16:51:11 GMT -5
nice storage solution, your wife must have the patience of a saint.
KD
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Post by jakesrocks on Dec 8, 2015 21:24:37 GMT -5
Rained off & on all day. No boxes moved. No shelves built. But I'm drawing up plans for a screened entry which I want to set just inside the metal doors.
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Post by mohs on Dec 8, 2015 22:46:45 GMT -5
Those magnetic clip screens rock, Don ~
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Post by jakesrocks on Dec 9, 2015 10:31:54 GMT -5
I'll look into those Ed. But for an 8' X 8' opening, they may not make them.
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Post by johnjsgems on Dec 9, 2015 10:49:07 GMT -5
I bought a 40' container when we first moved here. Mine was a many trip unit but very weather tight. Biggest problem here is summertime heat. You can't pick up anything metal inside without gloves. I thought about adding vents at bottom and turbine vents but then I would not be weather tight and have dust issue. I use it as my business warehouse. Guess why I no longer sell adhesives. The county isn't crazy about them as there is no permit required. Mine sits on the sand but rust is not much of an issue.
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micellular
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Rock fever is curable with more rocks.
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Post by micellular on Dec 9, 2015 11:15:43 GMT -5
johnjsgems, this might be a silly suggestion but have you thought about putting a tent (or multiple tents) up around it during the summer? Last year I briefly lived in an outdoors 10'x10' metal box (decommissioned Faraday cage), and it was a lot more bearable after we put up a carport cover over it. Still very hot, but not blisteringly so.
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Post by jakesrocks on Dec 9, 2015 12:03:44 GMT -5
LOL. John, the guy I got my 20' from also had a one trip 40' container, but I don't need anything that big.
For the heat problem I have one of those big box fans I'll put inside to blow hot air out when I'm working in there.
I want to set mine on a concrete slab for 2 reasons. #1, it won't sink into our clay mud during spring thaw, & #2, Field mice won't be able to burrow under it to build nests.
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Post by johnjsgems on Dec 9, 2015 15:56:04 GMT -5
I don't have to worry about mice under mine. I've seen snakes going underneath.
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Post by jakesrocks on Dec 9, 2015 16:00:42 GMT -5
Long as it ain't the kind that buzz at you. Only thing around here is garter snakes.
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 8, 2016 11:12:57 GMT -5
 Woah & Congratulations, jakesrocks Don, that is a kick arse rock shed and I am looking forward to seeing how you set it up this spring. I remember you saying you were planning on getting one of the containers. Sweet!!!
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Woah & Congratulations, 
