Buying a shipping container??

[Brad_bb]

I'm curious, I've seen people that have shipping containers.  How much do they cost on the used market?  Do they sell insulated ones?  I have barn space for buying a new mill, but It's gravel floor and readily accessible by mice etc.  I'd like to protect a new mill.  Just curious.

[Raider Bill]

I paid $1200 delivered for  a 40' double door box out of Cleveland Tn.

They are only 8'ft wide I'd think that was too narrow to mill. You could get a couple and weld them side by side.

[scsmith42]

Brad, I have several shipping containers, but insulated and non insulated, and there is no way that I'd want to operate a sawmill inside of one.  They are not wide enough, and the noise and dust would be a dangerous combination.

My mill is outside and mice, etc have not been a problem. 

How about getting a couple of barn cat's instead?  ;D

[Brad_bb]

No, not to mill inside, just to store when not in use and keep the mice out, and control temp/moisture to keep the mill in good shape. 

[scsmith42]

ok - that would be a great choice then, as the containers are very secure.

[sprucebunny]

I'd like to get a couple of containers this summer but I heard the price went up as many have been sent to Japan for people to live in. Anyone else hear that ???

[Jasperfield]

One of my brothers sells containers. And, yes, the prices have increased substantially over the last quarter primarily due to the price of steel.

[Brucer]

Several businesses around here set up two parallel containers and build a roof between them. Containers are stackable and one outfit has two pairs of 40 footers that are 30 feet apart with a truss roof between them.

[Magicman]

Reply #26 is where I bought mine.

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,45835.20.html

[D Hagens]

I've welded them together, stacked them on top of each other, pretty much used them for whatever a customer wants them for. They go pretty cheap around and there's lots of them.