recycling some cans

[Stephen Alford]

Hey all, afriend and I were working on a salvage job and ended up building a shop. The cans are 8'x8'x40', door 12'x14', bay 30'x40'.

[jim king]

You should have plenty of room to hang your wrenches.

[sprucebunny]

Nice 

I want one 

[Stephen Alford]

Hey sprucebunny and Jim, just wanted to say how much  I have enjoyed your posts. The containers will be used for storage of stuff that is usually under snow, and will be somewhat more secure. Hot slag and sneakers makes for fancy dancin. The primary goal is to get out of the weather and have an over head lift system capable of going front to back and side to side.

[fishpharmer]

I really like that structure.  Now I am wondering if you will cut entrances into the cans on the inside of the main structure?  Or will access be limited to the original doors? 

Seems like you have alot of options with so much space. 

[moonhill]

Cool idea.  To further extend it and if the terrain lent to it the top can could be turned to the back where a ramp lead up to it for easy access, like a bank barn.  Something to think on, what is the cost of the containers?  The foundation acts as a storage container.

Tim

[Tom]

That same type of structure is built down here using old railroad boxcars.   I've never seen them stacked, but, side by side, they make a mighty sturdy and immoveable building.  Boxcars are just put onto the ground, I think the weight would crush block foundations.

[tughill]

I almost bought a piece of land a few years ago that had a similar shop on it, although the conex's were not stacked two high.  The old timer who built it did road construction, and set some large used bridge beams crosswise on top of the conexs.  Beams were probably 48" deep I beams and were about 60' long, was a quite large shop space with no posts inside, and he put trusses the other way across the beams.  Made a really nice shop...I really regret not buying it...It was sold and was converted into a house of all things, I think by some artsy type people.

Great job Stephen, are you planning on heating the space?  The shop I looked at was heated, although I forget how the insulation was done.  The builder had cut doors in the sides of the conexs for interior access to them, which worked out well.

[Stephen Alford]

Hey, plan to put a catwalk at the back, stuff can be moved to it then placed in the upper cans. Took us,2 guys 5 days, , one day for the site work, one  for back wall ,one for rafters and one for the front wall , and the last for strapping but still have metal for roof and walls. They can run from one to two thousand depending on there shape.  Numbers are always open for discussion. What we require most is shelter from the wind. More could be added easy enough. They were welded together and as well an Ibeam underneath. They will be the ground when welding. 

[Ironwood]

Grreat stuff man. I almost did something like that w/ a tent arch roof awhile back.

 Again, great, Ironwood

[Stephen Alford]

Hey, just a picture update. Moved inside to change the bushings in the log loader. Nice to hear the rain and snow on the roof instead of your head.