Shipping Container Parts Storage Layouts

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello Rob,

Thanks for posting about your roof. Could you take some close-up photographs of how the posts for the roof are connected to the shipping container?

When Robert posted the photos of his roof on his "new view" thread, I looked up one of the companies that supply these. They have some assembly videos, along with a lot of variety in the roofing designs that might give you some ideas.

https://shieldup.co/

[hrpearce]

As Rob said they have two designs, the one I used is fixed at 10deg pitch. Their maximum span is 22 metres.

[Lionelgee]

Hello Rob and Robert,

Firstly, thank you Robert for posting the photographs so quickly.

Thank you Rob for posting the link to the cover people. Good to know that they can span 22 Metres. It is a shame the mobs do not sell plans. I suppose things like cyclone ratings make things more complex than a one-size-fits-all drawing.

I visited Rob's link and butchered one of their drawings using Microsoft "Paint" to mock up a possible style. The second container located 14 Metres away would be a mirror image. Their design featured two containers side-by-side.

Anyway, I have a Land Rover ex-Army 2A Ambulance motor hanging off my trailer crane while I sort out the engine stands fixed wheels and change them to swivels. Then it is a little trip from the shed to the container to make some more space in the shed.

Kind regards
Lionel

[hrpearce]

https://www.podroof.com/au/examples/
This is the company I used, I didn't find the one Rob linked.

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

I started to move the engines that are on engine stands and dollies out of my shed and into the shipping containers. The second one to make the move was the engine out of my 2A ex-Army Land Rover Ambulance.

I used the "ute" crane mounted onto one of my trailers to lift the engine out of the shed. I took it for a ride in the paddock and set it down on the shipping container floor. The engine is parked up until I start rebuilding it.

I now have more uncluttered floor space in my shed and can now get in and out of my car without having to worry about opening the door onto an engine mounted on a stand. With the other engines moved I also have free aisle space in my shed and full 360 degree access to my 1940 Chevrolet ex-Australian Army truck in the shed too.

The next part of the plan is to move and sort all the stuff that has been placed in front of the shelves in my shed. The step after that is sort everything out and know where it has been placed. My dream is to be able to go into the shed or a shipping container and be able to lay my hands on a specific tool or a part immediately. You know - for me to be able find stuff without any dramas, or risk to life or limb.

Then I can start back on restoring some green painted motor vehicles - and make some real progress.

Kind regards
Lionel

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

Well Saturday came and went. The morning started with an area that had three parallel mounds that were once formed to drain part of an orchard. Only a few straggly trees were left when we bought the property.

After the arrival of one or two machines - Saturday finished with a road-base level pad 14 Metres wide by 15 Metres long.

I just have to wait until the contractor brings in another roller that will consolidate the road-base more. Then I will track down a local mobile crane company to position the two shipping containers onto their designated spots on the new pad.

While I wait for the rolling to be done and for a crane to arrive; I have been working in the shed. Two sets of shelves that made it difficult for my wife to park her car in the shed have been removed. The shelves have been relocated into the shipping containers. I also have clear aisle space within the shed.

It could be a part of a delusion - however, I think I am am slowly reining in the chaos that once ruled my shed! Chaos still has its head. However, order is gaining some small degree of force on Chaos' reins and it is not running as rampant as it once did.

Kind regards
Lionel

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

It has been months since my last update on the shipping containers. This was mostly brought about by some issues with the construction of the pad. The original shape of the land was made up with a series of raised mounds and valleys to allow drainage for the previous owner's citrus trees. Instead of cutting the ground out level we did a mix of cut and fill. The fill had a higher clay content and spewed up through the surface of the road-base material when being levelled with machinery.

Some months passed and more road-base was brought in and a similar thing happened. The more the road-base was worked the more the clay fill spewed up through the surface. I called a halt to operations.

Weeks passed by and I grew increasingly uncomfortable about where the shipping containers were stored. They were temporarily positioned right alongside of the water course's bank. This is in a lower area which frequently overflows when the creek rises up. It is also now the "wet season" here.

Having visions of a couple of shipping containers bobbing their way down the flooded creek I decided to act. I ordered a mobile crane and the shipping containers were carried over to the pad and lowered down onto the 160 mm high concrete blocks under each corner.

Now the next time it rains I can breathe a sigh of relief. Also, tomorrow I can start mounting the particle board for the pallet rack shelving. Once this is all done I can move all the stuff that is blocking ready access to the shelves in my main shed.

I am very happy that the shipping containers are in their designated place - at last

Future plans: I have engineer design plans being drawn up for a gable roof to span between the containers. The plan includes proper concrete anchor points into the ground. I had a soil test performed to allow the engineer to sort out the correct depth and diameter for the anchor points. After spending some time in the containers today - it is Summer here - a couple of whirlybirds are on the immediate agenda. The roof spanning the containers is a long term goal. . Depending upon how many roof trusses are needed, the roof will be done by covering the span between two roof trusses at a time - to form a series of completed roof "panels". The roof top ventilators (whirlybirds) are a much more immediate item.

Kind regards
Lionel