Two cargo containers turned into a cabin

[speedytriple]

Weld your Genny to it...

If I had one still:cry:

[Helmutt]

Here's a link to the place we use, and the prices have gone up but still fairly affordable

http://www.bei-benedict.com/

[scottb]

The new OR clubhouse, with multiple garages?

[marlboro man]

I could deck out a pretty good size pole barn for $20k

there is more then $20k in that thing

[Bad324]

if I hit the lottery ever, I'm totally buying a large plot of land and making a Cargo Container Mansion Bunker just for the hell of it

[redkow97]

The only thing I really like about the cargo container is that it eliminates the need to pour a foundation.

but you can accomplish almost the same thing by building a cabin on stilts... The lumber may cost a bit more, but you're not locked into the floor-plan restrictions of the cargo containers, which I think is a huge benefit.

And you could add a garage door, which I think would be nice.

I sketched out a 'cabin' design during class on a saturday a few months ago. Nothing elaborate. The thought was to really use it as a place to store toys, but with accommodations for sleeping and cooking if I wanted. No plumbing, but insulated.

[speedytriple]

Problem with a cabin is the lack of security when not there. And the cargo storage has a much stronger structural base to it then wood does.

[vw151]

If you have watched doomsday preppers you've seen at least one group that built a home out of these. It's a neat concept.

[speedytriple]

Yeah they built a castle style structure modeled after a mid evil sytled central court yard design. It was pretty sweet. Im just looking to get some land and weld two of these up to make a rugged cabin out of.

[redkow97]

Problem with a cabin is the lack of security when not there. And the cargo storage has a much stronger structural base to it then wood does.

Yeah, I guess I was looking at it from the perspective of it being easier to get lumber to remote locations than it is to have cargo containers delivered...

from a structural standpoint, I assume people will get in if they really want to. If you go without windows and install a heavy-duty door, you're probably a bit more secure than my glorified shed idea, but in a remote location, thieves have a lot of time to work without being observed.

[speedytriple]

Thats why you dig pits with bungee stick in them around the outside of it cover them with some camo netting. Since the deer camp theft i have kinda lost my last little bit of trust or compassion toward other people.

[JackFlash]

Before you dig a hole and hide one under the dirt, you might want to do a little research first.

"There are two primary reasons that containers are unsuitable for burying underground as any form of structure – The first is the issue of corrosion and the second is the problem of structural integrity and we are going to look at both of these issues in detail but before we do I wanted to briefly mention why I think this common misunderstanding..."

http://containerhome.info/underground-shipping-containers.html

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Edited December 11, 2012 by JackFlash

[speedytriple]

Screw underground. I want a remote location with a easily defendable position. Most likely on a hill top, with a clear view on all four sides. Good luck getting up a hill that is being fired down on without being hit and rolling back down.

[redkow97]

Now I'm picturing speedy instructing his sons to douse logs in gasoline before lighting them up and sending the rolling down the hillside at the first sign of an intruder :-p

[redkow97]

May as well dig a moat and add a draw bridge while we're at it.

[speedytriple]

Only if the moat can have gators in it? LOL!! And the boys will be reloading mags, they won't have time to roll the logs down a hill.