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07-17-2015, 05:38 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Pretty sweet deal.....
I don't always post strictly skoolie related stuff....
but, when I see someone thinking "outside the box", I believe it deserves recognition
https://www.yahoo.com/makers/this-di...998819464.html
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07-17-2015, 05:55 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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07-18-2015, 08:28 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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That's pretty cool.
Was thinking of the container tiny home thing years ago. Drop a couple of cans on a property up north, wouldn't have to worry about snow load, trees falling and unless someone cut the locks off all your $#!t would still be there.
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07-18-2015, 09:06 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REDD
That's pretty cool.
Was thinking of the container tiny home thing years ago. Drop a couple of cans on a property up north, wouldn't have to worry about snow load, trees falling and unless someone cut the locks off all your $#!t would still be there.
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was thinking 5 containers would fit someone's needs pretty well....
you could build a patio above second level
drew something better a while back with windows and patio area, but it's on different laptop
workshop in container 1,
living area, kitchen, and bathroom in 4 & 5,
bedrooms and bath in 2 & 3
carport in breezeway
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07-18-2015, 09:20 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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No up stairs for me, all ground level. Two 20 ft. cans 20 feet apart on a concrete pad with roof trusses over top would leave a 20x20 breeze way for crappy weather if need be, BBQing etc....more of a get away for ATVing with friends/family
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07-18-2015, 12:22 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REDD
No up stairs for me, all ground level. Two 20 ft. cans 20 feet apart on a concrete pad with roof trusses over top would leave a 20x20 breeze way for crappy weather if need be, BBQing etc....more of a get away for ATVing with friends/family
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possibilities are endless and there's a lot of great ideas out there!
I've seen them stack them side by side, cut an archway between the two, and you wouldn't know you were in a container until you went outside
http://www.offgridworld.com/shipping...-home-for-35k/
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07-18-2015, 01:00 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Fort Riley, Kansas
Posts: 42
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Spent 9 months living and working in containers downrange... that was enough for me!
Our contractors built a huge shop area out of 40 foot containers. 2 rows of them double stacked, then another row across the gap. They had a 40x30 covered garage area that never got too hot. That was when containers were abundant and free.
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07-18-2015, 01:04 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: EHT New Jersey
Posts: 1,134
Year: 2003
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International 3000RE
Engine: T444E/AT545
Rated Cap: 75
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MLW
Spent 9 months living and working in containers downrange... that was enough for me!
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Ditto.
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07-18-2015, 01:04 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MLW
Spent 9 months living and working in containers downrange... that was enough for me!
Our contractors built a huge shop area out of 40 foot containers. 2 rows of them double stacked, then another row across the gap. They had a 40x30 covered garage area that never got too hot. That was when containers were abundant and free.
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were they finished out with kitchen, bath, windows, insulation, flooring, etc?
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07-18-2015, 01:14 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: EHT New Jersey
Posts: 1,134
Year: 2003
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International 3000RE
Engine: T444E/AT545
Rated Cap: 75
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Originally Posted by milkmania
were they finished out with kitchen, bath, windows, insulation, flooring, etc?
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Our CHUs had windows (two), electric, insulation, and crappy vinyl flooring. Our bath were trailers on the other side of the frontage road running through the quarters area; KBR would shut the generator off every day for an hour to service it at noon. In fact, we had to petition KBR for a second one because there was too much current draw and it'd frequently spike and shutdown.
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07-18-2015, 01:25 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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wow, not even a single tree in sight.
Deplorable living conditions otherwise, I'm sure.
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Originally Posted by Scooternj
Our CHUs had windows (two), electric, insulation, and crappy vinyl flooring. Our bath were trailers on the other side of the frontage road running through the quarters area; KBR would shut the generator off every day for an hour to service it at noon. In fact, we had to petition KBR for a second one because there was too much current draw and it'd frequently spike and shutdown.
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07-18-2015, 01:36 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by milkmania
wow, not even a single tree in sight.
Deplorable living conditions otherwise, I'm sure.
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Kinda like Oklahoma.
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07-18-2015, 01:46 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal
Kinda like Oklahoma.
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hey now! you stop that right now....
this is the Oklahoma I'm from
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07-18-2015, 01:53 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: EHT New Jersey
Posts: 1,134
Year: 2003
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International 3000RE
Engine: T444E/AT545
Rated Cap: 75
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Quote:
Originally Posted by milkmania
wow, not even a single tree in sight.
Deplorable living conditions otherwise, I'm sure.
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Pretty much. But it made for some spectacular sunsets
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07-18-2015, 02:49 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Originally Posted by milkmania
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Looks nice. How come you don't see this driving down I40?
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07-18-2015, 02:49 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Fort Riley, Kansas
Posts: 42
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My first work area was a converted shipping container... unfinished plywood floors, walls, and ceiling (maybe some insulation in there somewhere). No windows, but it did have AC!
My next work area was an office CHU (containerized housing unit... what Scooter's standing in front of) with a window overlooking the helicopter ramp where our Apaches were. BIG improvement!
CrazyCal: You're not too far off! My duty station just before deployment was Fort Sill (southwest Oklahoma)... good preparation for Afghanistan! We had a few scraggly trees on the base, but they were all dead... I called it the toothpick farm.
Come to think of it, it was while I was deployed that I got the skoolie bug... deployments make you crazy!
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07-18-2015, 03:14 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal
Looks nice. How come you don't see this driving down I40?
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go EAST young man!!!!
this might help.... (I40 is midway horizontally)
south of me is the Ouachita Mountain range
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07-18-2015, 03:37 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MLW
CrazyCal: You're not too far off! My duty station just before deployment was Fort Sill (southwest Oklahoma)... good preparation for Afghanistan! We had a few scraggly trees on the base, but they were all dead... I called it the toothpick farm.
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yes, there is most definitely a LEFT/RIGHT part of this state, terrain wise.... daylight & dark for sure!
we get people from all over motorcycle riding the mountains, and Rock Crawlers come from all over also.
this "hill" is a mile to my west
https://www.google.com/search?q=cava...w=1280&bih=667
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07-18-2015, 06:23 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ...little north of Toronto Ontario
Posts: 606
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Thomsass
Chassis: FreightShaker
Engine: 5.9 Cummins 5 speed
Rated Cap: 2 ATV's and friends
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Quote:
Originally Posted by milkmania
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I've seen the build on that one, very cool.
That's what got me thinkin' about it and a small piece of land north.
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07-18-2015, 07:04 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal
Kinda like Oklahoma.
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My dad is broke down out in Ok somewhere south of Tulsa.
Same luck as you Cal... Tongue broke on the trailer.
NO, nat I didn't weld it! lol
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