Storage Containers Tractors???

Bill VA · Jan 31, 2015

Anyone using a storage container (the type used for shipping cargo ship and truck - 8x8x20 or 40 ft) for a tractor or implement garage? I realize width and height are the obvious limits - but wondering about the floors and the inside temperature when the container is closed-up and the sun is bearing down on a hot August day. Also wondering if the floors can handle the tractors load.

Just curious.

Thanks!
Bill

Super Trucker · Jan 31, 2015

Floors no problem they handle a 12,000 lbs fork truck. Ventilation could be better in summer but easily fixed.

Phil Scarborough · Jan 31, 2015

The largest container I ever carried from the docks was 45 feet long and 8 feet by 8 feet and was holding 45 tons of steel castings. A tractor will be no bother. Phil

37chief · Jan 31, 2015

I thought about a storage container to store stuff, not tractors. The problem is I would have it full in a little while, and have no more room than I have now. Then this giant container would be here taking up space. They are great for storage in the right place. I heard the containers don't make a return trip to the country or origin. don't know if that is correct or not. Stan

JOCCO · Jan 31, 2015

I heard some have a condensation issue as there are different types. Some of them seem pricey from what I gather.

Robert Major · Jan 31, 2015

Hi
We shipped 2 Belarus 825 type tractors to Canada in a 40 ft high cube. They never fell out the bottom. The floor is plywood and steel cross beams. Some will have rotten wood in them though, so they might break through then.
I got a friend in the U.K was storing tractors in them. He had 3 in his. What you got to remember is if, you got a 40ft long by 8 wide shed, if 3 tractors are in there and you want the one right at the front (opposite to the door) by the time you got that out and them all back in you technically started and moved 6 tractors!!!!!. As for general storage you end up with 40x6 as you loose 2 ft min for walking space with shelves.
It's your choice I thought about it here once, But decided I could build a 30X72 biotec shelter and put bigger stuff in it Like the combine for the cost of a little more than 2 containers round here.
Regards Robert

Cory Schmidt · Jan 31, 2015

Parts dealer I go to has one for general storage. I know for a fact that there is a complete rear end/ transmission gears and all and axel housings (from a W6?)in it along with a bunch of other assorted parts. Weight won't be a problem. Shipping containers are built heavier than regular semitrailers as well so it should hold up a lot better.

oldtanker · Jan 31, 2015

We had them in Germany behind the tank lines to store stuff in. In the summer they get pretty hot inside but a guy could put vents in.

They lift them off of ships with heavy stuff in them with a crane. So the floors, in good condition are pretty sturdy.

Rick

JMS/.MN · Jan 31, 2015

Just read a story in an ag mag about shipping grain to Japan....40 foot container will hold about 1000 bu of corn/beans....about 60,000 lbs.

Russ600 · Jan 31, 2015

Hi all

Just thought I would throw in my .02 cents. I live in NE Alberta so our temps vary from 90 plus to 40 below. I have 2 40 ft sea cans and I can store up to 8 tractors if the are short wheel base (like a JD "D") I have had very little problems with condensation. I leave my doors open enough so the cats can get in and take care of the mice, winter and summer. The nice about sea cans they are not taxable like a building, at least in our area, The seem to hold their value also. So when your are finished with them you get most of your money back. They will not take the place of a shop but I think they make good cold storage at a reasonable price.

Cheers
Russ

CenTex Farmall · Jan 31, 2015

I know a guy that uses several and has one or two Farmall A's in one of them. This is in the hot Texas sun.

As of late, the prices on them in this area are too high vs site built construction.

JL Ray · Jan 31, 2015

I bought a 40 foot high cube ten years ago for my 350 row crop IH and super 55 Oliver. The IH is a bit of a challenge getting out from behind it if you back it in. The Oliver is a breeze either way I park it. I've since moved both tractors out and now park a 1966 and 1967 mustang in it. It's a bit tight getting out the door but I love it as I have no mice issues and I can throw a big pad lock on the door. Their fairly fire proof also. As for moisture, mine has vents in it. I think I paid 2300. For it delivered.

Dick2 · Jan 31, 2015

During the 70's, IH sold a bunch of TD15's and TD25's to the Shah of Iran; they were partly assembled and were to provide work for the people in Iran to finish assembling them so they could use them.

The company that I worked for sold IH an Industrial forklift to stuff the heavy parts into the containers. One TD15 and one TD25 per 40 ft. container. The final drive assembly was the last thing to go inside the container; the forklift could just barely handle that assembly.

Those containers were set in the desert before the Revolution and a few years later I learned that they were still sitting out in the desert; those tractors had never been finish assembled.

JL Ray · Jan 31, 2015

I forgot to say mine is painted white and I assume that helps keep it cool. Also I put mine on top of four 6x6 beams and pushed a bit of dirt up to it for a ramp. I do have a bit of an issue opening up the doors when you get snow and ice built up in front of it. You also can not make your ramp come even with the floor other wise you can't get the door open but the bit of a step isn't a show stopper. I think I'll be getting another. You may want to check up with your town ship before you buy. Some place won't let you have them.

OleDawg · Jan 31, 2015

I priced out some storage containers( I won't call them seacans, to many people got all confused) here and was quoted $2895 for a 20ft and $3295 for a 40ft.

charlespretzer · Jan 31, 2015

What I need is less junk to store not more storage,,,,,,,,,,,,,,OH,,OH,,, been listening to my wife too much!

4xMF · Jan 31, 2015

I know a guy who sells and repairs bicycles. He uses 2 containers for storage for his bicycles. His tractor is sitting outside and he has a lot of other stuff just lying around. The space between the containers would make a good place for a shed for all of this. Just needs some beams and some roof sheets. Could easily be done.

Geo-TH,In · Jan 31, 2015

I think a pole barn is cheaper if you look at the
cost per cubic ft. I paid someone to built my
30x40x10, a $1/cubic ft, no floor, another $3000
for a 6 inch floor.

I have no plans to use a storage container. Not to
mention the delivery cost of the container is
pricey.

504 · Jan 31, 2015

Most have vents in them. The thing to look for is the gold room they use on Gold Rush,Todd Hoffman s bunch. That is a forty foot(maybe a 48)open sided con-rail box.
Still, it is only eight ft wide.

jm. · Jan 31, 2015

Here is the deal on containers, been doing them for years. True ocean going shipping containers are coated and heavy built , made for return trips. They have got up it the 2 to 3 thousand range all of sudden. Used to buy them for thousand or so. Now we are seeing ONE way containers or lighter built containers built to come from overseas one time. They are being sold all over the board, from 1400 on up. We have placed two containers 35 ft apart and used bar joist to creat another shed in between. Now in these parts with cheap labor of the hay builder crews we can build open pole barns for about the same or cheaper.

SDE · Jan 31, 2015

I took the box off of a 1980 GMC 7000. It has a Ford 9n in it now. The overhead door is broken, but the snow has not been blowing in.
SDE

Bill VA · Feb 1, 2015

Thanks everyone!!!!!!!!

Bill

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