Ok, a little advice, first put down 2- 2x8s or 2x10, with 4 pieces of pipe between them, have an extra 2 by ready for when you reach the end of the bottom one, it will roll just fine, just recirculate the pipes, and use a snatch block so you double the pull
Great job and the list of dos and don’t. We are hoping to get a 20 footer soon on our remote land and what you’ve gone thru will certainly help us with our first one. Where’s the vid on the roof project?
Congrats on getting a shipping container! I’m on my phone so I can’t easily search our videos, but it’s in our Shipping Container playlist. We need to do a video on how we made our shipping container doors function better. We will do that soon. Feel free to ping us with any questions you have. We’ve added a solar system to our first SC, and we will be expanding it to the second SC and to the covered area we have between the two. You’re going to love your container!
The containers are perfect for us! Locking up our tools and machines definitely gives us a sense of safety. They get damn hot inside, though - even with ventilation! The prices have come down since we purchased our first one 1.5 years ago. Thanks a ton for watching.
I found putting logs underneath makes pulling, pushing them easier. Just like the Egyptians did it 😂 I used a hydraulic floor jack to get them under the containers and dug holes to get the jack under the containers. Could be easier than a hi-lift jack depending on what your ground is like and how the containers are sitting.
We for sure should have done that. And regarding the hi-life jack, we didnt realize how far down that handle has to go! Definitely a pain, but we got it done. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
I'm getting my 40 footer delivered this week. Thanks for the tips. The question that very few people seem to ask is why are these shipping containers in abundance like they are nowadays? I see them everywhere. Ten years ago or so, I didn't see any. What's going on?
Good luck with your 40! We love both of ours. If you have issues with doors that aren't moving or opening easily, feel free to reach out to us. We really need to do a video on how we improved our doors. Check out our UPDATED lighting video where we use magnets to hold the lights up. Our first attempt didn't last long, but the updated video technique has worked flawlessly! I guess you see them more often now because it's such a relatively cheap and easy way to instantly have a large protected enclosure. Best of luck on yours!
People are using them for tiny homes, greenhouses, and some are burying them for bunkers. I read where someone used telephone poles to move their containers around their property. I would love a video on how to improve the doors. I just had a 40’ shipping container delivered a week ago. How did the vents you installed work out for the condensation problems? I am thinking of using two whirlybird vents, with a mounting kit on each end of the container, but your idea looks like a better deal for the money. I found you while looking for lighting ideas. Still haven’t figured out how to run the wire from the lights to the power supply, without squishing it in the doors, or drilling a hole in the steel. I loved the stories you shared about your birth family. That’s so awesome. Thanks for your help. 👍🏻
You gotter done. :) The driver should have been able to lift the front of the container from the corner on a diagonal and then pivot it in. Well played with the offroad Jack, though. They sure are handy when you need them.
OMG, hogs are a pain in the a$$!!! Thank God we sold our property (27 acres in TX). They made it to the house where they proceeded to ruin the lawn. 😝 Glad your family was reunited❣️ This is such a heartwarming story!!! Sending love & light!!! ❤️💫
I'm glad the container eventually got there, although put in crooked but now that you straightened it I look forward to the building of the roof & the rain catchment equipment. Good luck fellas.
G'day guys. Can you please send my dog back. Have not seen him for days. 😜 Hey, you go there in the end with the container and it looks pretty spot on now. Great job. Frustrating, but you know for next time, if there is one. Keen to see the roof/water catchment and I think you said storage setup. All the best. Daz.
Haha! Seriously, we were annoyed when the dog showed up, but he was awesome. I hope he found his way back home. We're excited for the water catchment also and hope everything goes according to plan!
Hey there! Thanks for stopping by! That dog was so friendly. You could tell he was a farm dog, because he would walk over a quick pet, but then would move a few feet away when we would say "no". He loved running in front of our machine, and knew he needed to jump over the cattle guard instead of trying to walk across it. Take care!
You can definitely tell and see the drop and rise in the landscape. Have you considered using steel corner brackets to screw into the floor, to hold the wood posts away from the tent wall? 😊❤️🙏🇦🇺⛺️🐍
Definitely a strong slope by the tents. The brackets would definitely work. We had planned on using a dowel (nail with the head cut off) to hold the posts in place, but they did well enough without any help, so we just left them. Thanks again for watching!
Two awesome y’all!! Regina and I thought about doing the same thing as were sick of paying for storage. And even though we have 9 acres, we don’t have a place to put two containers like that just yet. Looks like you guys are coming along!! Devon. It will definitely only take like an hour to build that roof You got this.!!😂😂
It's always easy to overthink things especially if they are a huge 40 foot chunk of metal!!! haha been there and done that! They move pretty easy with the right methods applied....... Try 4-6 inch round fence style posts next time guys you can roll that big thing across them with ease. Good to see some progress coming along, our main property is on the back burner right now but should be doing a large x3 40 foot shipping container shop build out there this summer.
Yes, Mike! Thanks for mentioning that! A couple of years ago I bought a bunch of small pulley blocks and double pulley blocks to teach my kids a little physics. Such a fun and useful exercise. Thanks for watching!
I think we paid a bit more than $5k for each of the 40’ high cube containers. The price tends to swing quite a bit. We were pricing them out every couple of weeks leading up to our purchases. Thanks for watching.
I should have clarified that term. I mean we should have placed pipes, beams or 2x4s under the shipping container, perpendicular to the length of the container. This would have created several small points of friction, instead of fighting the friction from the dirt across the entire footprint of the container. In theory, it would have been much easier to slide the container across those pipes/boards. Thanks for watching.
Ok, a little advice, first put down 2- 2x8s or 2x10, with 4 pieces of pipe between them, have an extra 2 by ready for when you reach the end of the bottom one, it will roll just fine, just recirculate the pipes, and use a snatch block so you double the pull
Great tips! Thanks for watching!
Wow that driver should’ve told you to put skids down! But good job figuring it out!
As soon as he drove off, we just kind of looked at each other like, "what have we done!"
Great job and the list of dos and don’t. We are hoping to get a 20 footer soon on our remote land and what you’ve gone thru will certainly help us with our first one. Where’s the vid on the roof project?
Congrats on getting a shipping container! I’m on my phone so I can’t easily search our videos, but it’s in our Shipping Container playlist. We need to do a video on how we made our shipping container doors function better. We will do that soon. Feel free to ping us with any questions you have. We’ve added a solar system to our first SC, and we will be expanding it to the second SC and to the covered area we have between the two. You’re going to love your container!
Thank you for this list of mistakes. I Will watch several times!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing this! We’ve thought about getting these and appreciate you sharing your experience. 😊❤
You are so welcome!
Absolute respect for sharing your mistakes from which we can all learn. Thank you
Thanks, Big Chip! We're learning as we go!
Nice, I'd love to get me a few of those containers.
The containers are perfect for us! Locking up our tools and machines definitely gives us a sense of safety. They get damn hot inside, though - even with ventilation! The prices have come down since we purchased our first one 1.5 years ago. Thanks a ton for watching.
I had a 40 foot get delivered yesterday, it went pretty smoothly, no complaints. No videos up yet, I'm way behind on posting. Stay tuned.
I found putting logs underneath makes pulling, pushing them easier. Just like the Egyptians did it 😂
I used a hydraulic floor jack to get them under the containers and dug holes to get the jack under the containers. Could be easier than a hi-lift jack depending on what your ground is like and how the containers are sitting.
We for sure should have done that. And regarding the hi-life jack, we didnt realize how far down that handle has to go! Definitely a pain, but we got it done. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
I'm getting my 40 footer delivered this week. Thanks for the tips. The question that very few people seem to ask is why are these shipping containers in abundance like they are nowadays? I see them everywhere. Ten years ago or so, I didn't see any. What's going on?
Good luck with your 40! We love both of ours. If you have issues with doors that aren't moving or opening easily, feel free to reach out to us. We really need to do a video on how we improved our doors. Check out our UPDATED lighting video where we use magnets to hold the lights up. Our first attempt didn't last long, but the updated video technique has worked flawlessly! I guess you see them more often now because it's such a relatively cheap and easy way to instantly have a large protected enclosure. Best of luck on yours!
People are using them for tiny homes, greenhouses, and some are burying them for bunkers.
I read where someone used telephone poles to move their containers around their property.
I would love a video on how to improve the doors. I just had a 40’ shipping container delivered a week ago. How did the vents you installed work out for the condensation problems? I am thinking of using two whirlybird vents, with a mounting kit on each end of the container, but your idea looks like a better deal for the money.
I found you while looking for lighting ideas. Still haven’t figured out how to run the wire from the lights to the power supply, without squishing it in the doors, or drilling a hole in the steel.
I loved the stories you shared about your birth family. That’s so awesome.
Thanks for your help. 👍🏻
It looks so simple but this is high precision work. Great vlog. I enjoyed it. Thumbs up from a new friend
Thanks a ton! We really appreciate it!
you live and learn as you go looks great so far i cant wait to see the roof on it. take care and have a fantastic day
Thank you so much, you too!
You gotter done. :) The driver should have been able to lift the front of the container from the corner on a diagonal and then pivot it in. Well played with the offroad Jack, though. They sure are handy when you need them.
Thanks for watching! The hi-lift saved our bacon on this one. We used it for traditional lifting and as a come-along that day. Thanks again!
Great video!
Thanks a ton!
Good job 👏
Thanks 😅
Getting it done however you can. I like it.
Thank you!
OMG, hogs are a pain in the a$$!!! Thank God we sold our property (27 acres in TX). They made it to the house where they proceeded to ruin the lawn. 😝
Glad your family was reunited❣️ This is such a heartwarming story!!! Sending love & light!!! ❤️💫
Yes and they reproduce so quickly! Thank you for the kind words and for watching!
I'm glad the container eventually got there, although put in crooked but now that you straightened it I look forward to the building of the roof & the rain catchment equipment. Good luck fellas.
Thank you much! We're excited to get started on it!
Hi Guys! What is it they say? Lessons Learnt? At least it got there, you got it straightened and are ready to put up roof & catchment system.
We're learning as we go, for sure. We start working on the roof tomorrow! Thanks for watching!
G'day guys.
Can you please send my dog back. Have not seen him for days. 😜 Hey, you go there in the end with the container and it looks pretty spot on now. Great job.
Frustrating, but you know for next time, if there is one.
Keen to see the roof/water catchment and I think you said storage setup.
All the best.
Daz.
Haha! Seriously, we were annoyed when the dog showed up, but he was awesome. I hope he found his way back home. We're excited for the water catchment also and hope everything goes according to plan!
Hello Newbie here enjoying your video
Hey there! Thanks for checking us out!
Good job
Thank you!
Hey there, hope you are doing well. I am a new friend here. Look at the friendly dog. 🐕🦺🦮
Hey there! Thanks for stopping by! That dog was so friendly. You could tell he was a farm dog, because he would walk over a quick pet, but then would move a few feet away when we would say "no". He loved running in front of our machine, and knew he needed to jump over the cattle guard instead of trying to walk across it. Take care!
Nice job getting it moved into place. Wow, 4 hours late is crazy. I'm glad he showed up though. Has the dog come back for another visit?
We haven't seen the dog again, which is really surprising! He was so friendly, yet not bothersome. Such a good dog. Thanks for watching!
Liked and shared. Blessings
Thank you!!
You can definitely tell and see the drop and rise in the landscape. Have you considered using steel corner brackets to screw into the floor, to hold the wood posts away from the tent wall? 😊❤️🙏🇦🇺⛺️🐍
Definitely a strong slope by the tents. The brackets would definitely work. We had planned on using a dowel (nail with the head cut off) to hold the posts in place, but they did well enough without any help, so we just left them. Thanks again for watching!
Two awesome y’all!! Regina and I thought about doing the same thing as were sick of paying for storage. And even though we have 9 acres, we don’t have a place to put two containers like that just yet. Looks like you guys are coming along!! Devon. It will definitely only take like an hour to build that roof You got this.!!😂😂
I ALWAYS overestimate how quickly we can complete a chore. Every single time, dang it. Thanks for watching, brother!
@@OurNewLand 😂 it’s because y’all are awesome!!
It's always easy to overthink things especially if they are a huge 40 foot chunk of metal!!! haha been there and done that!
They move pretty easy with the right methods applied.......
Try 4-6 inch round fence style posts next time guys you can roll that big thing across them with ease.
Good to see some progress coming along, our main property is on the back burner right now but should be doing a large x3 40 foot shipping container shop build out there this summer.
The round posts would have been a total game changer, that's for sure. Can't wait to see that shop build out!
In case it helps others with a similar task, look into using a snatch block(s) to multiply your force.
Yes, Mike! Thanks for mentioning that! A couple of years ago I bought a bunch of small pulley blocks and double pulley blocks to teach my kids a little physics. Such a fun and useful exercise. Thanks for watching!
@@OurNewLand :) physics is great! Thanks for a nice video!
Nice vid great content
Hey, man! Thanks a ton for watching! We appreciate the kind words. Peace!
Are those 1 trip units?
No, they had multiple trips. They had dents and scrapes galore. Thanks for watching!
How much are those 40 footers?
I think we paid a bit more than $5k for each of the 40’ high cube containers. The price tends to swing quite a bit. We were pricing them out every couple of weeks leading up to our purchases. Thanks for watching.
The KLine's real nice, it actually looks like it was only used once in shipping.
The Florens box is also nice.......what year was it manufactured?
CAN YOU define Skis better, please???
I should have clarified that term. I mean we should have placed pipes, beams or 2x4s under the shipping container, perpendicular to the length of the container. This would have created several small points of friction, instead of fighting the friction from the dirt across the entire footprint of the container. In theory, it would have been much easier to slide the container across those pipes/boards. Thanks for watching.