Winter Storage

[DavidBarkey]

Yaaaay! Get the 40ft high cube! Part of it will be your shop and tools storage until you build the final one. You'll thank me in 2025!

Edit: ok ok, I'm just pulling your leg. Don't wanna get shot by your

I've been looking at containers myself, but not for storage, rather for an overseas shipment. The prices for a used container are funny, the 40 ft is not double the price of the 20 ft, just a few hundreds more. If I had the room here and if the township allowed, I'd have bought a big one. But alas, that's not the case.

Thanks Eugen, don't worry you are safe from (for now anyway)

20' vs 40' is a no brainer at the moment. don't have enough flat level ground anywhere on the 10 acres to place a 40' container - and like @Toolslinger mentioned, moving a small container is much more doable. Long term plans would be to eventually move them apart and build a roof over the space in between, giving me a covered carport with lockable storage on either side.

Roof plans and or kits are available in everything from wood stick built , metal frames with vinyl covers , to full metal building tops and quanset hut tops .

[RoamingGnome]

Busy weekend up at the 'Roost,

We loaded Grandpa onto the trailer on Tuesday and brought him north with a pile of other stuff - it was late in the day and the weather was nasty, so we just dropped the trailer off and made the 5 hr return trip to the city

Then on Friday I returned with a 2nd trailer and more attachments

Unloaded Grandpa, used the strap winch to ease him off the trailer - no trailer "wheelies" when it rolls onto the ramp/tailgate

He seems happy to be playing in the autumn leaves - nice to finally take a photo of one of my tractors NOT in the city backyard

Then on Saturday morning we got our 2nd container dropped off...

Spent a few hours jacking up / blocking alternate corners with the trusty Hi-Lift jack until it was all leveled up.

Then the fun work of shuffling stuff around began - now hiding in the back corner of the "garage" container is 4 sets of car tires, and Case stuff ~ 3 mower decks, rototiller, cultivator, single bottom plow, box blade, and still lots of room up front for Grandpa and possibly one of the other tractors...
Lots of work done, still more to do - but I think my winter storage issues are resolved

[DavidBarkey]

@RoamingGnome Glad you got it all sorted out . Curious what did it $$ you for a 20'er dropped onsight . Are they new ones or just real nice used ones ?

[Harry]

Nice job getting settled in up North. Grandpa looks very comfortable in the new digs. Harry

[Timj]

Good move with the second container.

[RoamingGnome]

@RoamingGnome Glad you got it all sorted out . Curious what did it $$ you for a 20'er dropped onsight . Are they new ones or just real nice used ones ?

It's kinda crazy shopping for containers these days, so many options, so many scammers out there, and the ones with low priced containers usually more than make up for it with inflated shipping prices. I went with a supplier recommended by a neighbour up there, - our first container for "Household stuff" was a "new" one trip container and it was $4400 +taxes, delivery included, for the second one I had asked for a used container - the price for that was $3000 - he didn't have one of those available on Saturday so suggested a one trip container at a discounted price that had been in the yard for a couple of years and was a little rough around the edges - we are now debating the discounted price because while it's got a great paint job, someone dropped another container on it's roof, so the flaws are worse than a 2 year old paint job...

[JSinMO]

Glad Those prices don’t sound too bad for ready made storage, probably cost at least that much to build something and it would be more difficult to move it around if needed. Is the roof caved in on the second one? I hope it doesn’t hold water. If it is maybe it could be straightened with a 4x4 post and a jack? I guess as long as it’s water tight it will be fine.
I’m glad you got the winter storage sorted out!

[Eugen]

Thanks Gerry, it's nice to know all this. You get all that space, and it's weather tight. Plus you can get a roof and have storage in between the containers, for a lot less than building a shop right now.

[DavidBarkey]

Thats a good deal . Forgetting the time saved and having it right now . Compare $4400 to what it would cost to stick build a 8 x 20 shed with floor , metal skin and lockable doors.

[RoamingGnome]

Thats a good deal . Forgetting the time saved and having it right now . Compare $4400 to what it would cost to stick build a 8 x 20 shed with floor , metal skin and lockable doors.

Exactly! And when the time comes they could be moved further apart and I could have a covered carport with lockable storage on either side.
Winter is coming, and getting as much stuff as possible stored in the containers now will make make the move a lot easier when our house in the city eventually (spring of 2024?) gets listed and sold...