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People can get real creative with them for sure .There must be a millions of them sitting in yards through out the world .If it wasn't for "cash for clunkers " they would have ran out of steel to make them by now.Imagine that,a bumper for a 1961 Chevy is now a shipping container .

Many people don't have the room for a 40 footer .A 20 will cost within 200 dollars of what they get for a 40 .That one cost me $2324 .delivery included ,no tax . This one is certified "cargo ready " and cost me another 100 bucks .WTH a 100 ,no big deal .

Now the damage .It rained like a cow pissen on a flat rock for several days before this thing arrived .Bad combination .6-8 inches of woods top soil which gets like grease over blue or yellow clay which is almost impervious to water penetration .After it dries out I'll roll it flat and dump...

Here it is ,done except a coat of Rust-Oleum hunter green paint .

I might add if anybody decides to get one they have to be level .Side to side not end to end .The doors fit so tight on these sea going boxes if they are out of alignment you cannot operate the doors . It was off about 1/4" side to side .I wedged it up using two steel splitting wedges and a 8...

If push came to shove so to speak I would have set up a couple snatch blocks and used a 1" nylon rope .You have enough blocks you could tow a battle ship with a garden tractor .Of course it would take a mile of pull to move it an inch .It's just simple physics . BTW I broke a 4 ton farmer jack...

The precipitation in the lake states will average itself out every two or three years .We've had mild winters the last several years and very little snow .It just decided to make it all up in one fell swoop this spring .

Well we got-er-done .Good thing I had the dozer. Rained all day it was a muddy mess .I've got to square it up and level it but that's not a big deal .About 4 gallons of Rustoleum and it will look brand new --after it stops raining .

By George the little crawler might get-er-done .I looked up the Nebraska test and on this,the gasoline version with 12" tracks ,it has the ratio was about 97 percent of machine weight .At 9600 pounds that would be around 9300 pounds . Another thing I found interesting is the diesel version of...

I saw a rigging contractor roll and ramp a 200 ton transformer with a 10,000 pound high lift about 800 feet .That thing was so heavy it broke the down the ties in the railroad siding in the factory .They needed fixed any way .That guy laid down oak planks and wooden rollers Oh I can rig ,no...

I'm sitting here cogitating a contingency plan in case the trucker can't place this thing where I want it .It weighs around 8400 pounds ,I'm not certain if a 9600 pound bull dozer will move it or not . I might have to get creative and rig up a snatch block or two and tug it with a 1" nylon...

To me it's just a less expensive option than building another shed or something .While it's been kind of fun doing the prep work for this thing it's also been a pain in the buttocks .Reviving a 65 year old bulldozer that had not been even started in like 14 years for one .As I recall also a 200...

It wouldn't take one of those heavy things which actually is one thing I don't have .If it were on blocks a three ton floor jack with a big pad would do it .It 's not like you are lifting the whole thing all at once .I've got a ten ton floor jack but it would take a hi lift to move it .That...

I'd never consider building a house .From what I read the Chinese spray the decking with some nasty stuff to ward off the bugs .I also heard the whole thing is lead based paint .It's just furniture at least for the moment .I doubt much over 2 tons if that . You have to remember these things are...

That's why you have to have them level I suppose .I've got the blocks cut and if I figured it correctly it should be within a 1/4" .For right now I'll set it down on 4 blocks ,one on each corner .Then I'll probably set three more on each side .I rolled that #304 stone with a small asphalt...

Modern methods certainly are more easy than old school methods .This is a level not a transit because it has no azimuth .I got it cheap but had to have it factory adjusted because evidently someone dropped it at some time .The only thing I've ever used it for is grade elevations .Much else I'd...

Now this is funny .I had a block layer with a tender laying up a foundation for me because I didn't have the time .They couldn't get their laser to work so I set up the sight level .trammed it in ,ready to go .The dip shits had no idea how to use it .I had to shoot it in for them .Imagine that...

I have no idea who or if this would apply to anybody but here goes .So you want to shoot grade elevation with a sight level and you have no helper to hold the story pole .A bucket of fine stone will get you close enough .It would be different if you really need some accuracy like a foundation...