Pretty sweet deal.....

[milkmania]

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

[milkmania]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KDUFiy53KE

[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.

[milkmania]

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.

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

[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

[milkmania]

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

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/

[ArmyChap]

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.

[Scooternj]

Originally Posted by MLW

Spent 9 months living and working in containers downrange... that was enough for me!

Ditto.

[milkmania]

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.

were they finished out with kitchen, bath, windows, insulation, flooring, etc?

[Scooternj]

Originally Posted by milkmania

were they finished out with kitchen, bath, windows, insulation, flooring, etc?

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.

[milkmania]

wow, not even a single tree in sight.
Deplorable living conditions otherwise, I'm sure.

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.

[crazycal]

Originally Posted by milkmania

wow, not even a single tree in sight.
Deplorable living conditions otherwise, I'm sure.

Kinda like Oklahoma.

[milkmania]

Originally Posted by crazycal

Kinda like Oklahoma.

hey now! you stop that right now....

this is the Oklahoma I'm from

[Scooternj]

Originally Posted by milkmania

wow, not even a single tree in sight.
Deplorable living conditions otherwise, I'm sure.

Pretty much. But it made for some spectacular sunsets

[crazycal]

Originally Posted by milkmania

hey now! you stop that right now....

this is the Oklahoma I'm from

Looks nice. How come you don't see this driving down I40?

[ArmyChap]

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!

[milkmania]

Originally Posted by crazycal

Looks nice. How come you don't see this driving down I40?

go EAST young man!!!!

this might help.... (I40 is midway horizontally)

south of me is the Ouachita Mountain range

[milkmania]

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.

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

[REDD]

Originally Posted by milkmania

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

Shipping Containers Transformed Into Stunning Cabin Home for $35k

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.

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by crazycal

Kinda like Oklahoma.

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