Putting a cargo container up at the Beta Site takes care of a lot of issues….secure storage, a place to secure the SxS, an elevated platform, a place to keep a battery system, etc, etc. I mean, its got a lot going for it. My hesitation has been that I cannot fathom getting a trailer in there to deliver the darn thing.
However……
My buddy cleaned up the alternate access into the property, and while it would still be a challenge for a trailer, it might not be a challenge for this.I Mean, getting a trailer with a miniexcavator on it up there turned out to be possible. Presumably a 20′ container could make it to that same location and then they could take it the rest of the way with this delivery system.
I need to talk to these people and see how much this is gonna cost. Getting a container up there would streamline a lot of things.
A problem… With today’s availability of battery powered tool…a Comes is not as secure as you might think.
I was just thinking the same thing. I live in Central Illinois and Conex containers and machine sheds get hit by thieves on a regular basic around here. Battery powered, metal cutting tools are easy to come by and make short work out of locks and light gauge metal shed walls.
Just have a helicopter lower the container wherever you want it. Easypeasy.
If you go with a 40′ can, get a double-ended (doors on both ends) version for light and convenience. You might be able to get a double-ended 20, too. And maybe an insulated can.
This. Good find. If the costs seem to be high, it will not be cheap, it may actually be a more wise investment outlay to go that delivered conex route, versus, trying to build up something in bits and pieces that takes a whole season to accomplish and is smaller and less stout. Get those fortified lock box types of doors so padlocks etc cannot be breached as everyone is a Blade runner now traipsing around with saws. Every rancher and boomer hobby farm guy has these dropped all over the place for fast in place storage needs.
While the 20 and 40 foot containers are the “normal” sizes, I have used 10 foot containers for sensitive shipments. Wile not as roomy, they are easier to move around. Perhaps you can look into the availability of these in your area, as well as the feasibility for your purposes. Perhaps more than one? Just an idea.
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My wife has a 10′ square unit at her pasture for storage. Lawn tractor, wheelbarrow, good assortment of hand tools contained. The vehicle delivering it was small enough to negotiate standard ranch roads with ease. No trailer needed.
A pair of these facing each other and connected with overhead porch – cover could make a good future storage. That cover would have to be a few inches taller than roof to allow the door opening rods clearance to swing hatches open.
Shipping containers are very easy to open with a simple battery powered cutting tool, even easier in a remote location with no close neighbors to hear the noise. They offer a false sense of security for someone not living on site.
This is true. However, they are more secure than not using them at all.
You can have a 3/16″ plate box welded on the lock area. Make it small enough just for your hand and fish the key up to the lock. I worked on some metal sheds used for drilling rigs that were converted into gold separation sheds for the Yukon. Had a reinforced cover to close up the 8″ hole where the stove pipe went during the off season. Steel covers for the windows that bolted shut from the inside. Steel doors with small lock boxes over the hasps. Cat dragged them in over the frost.
True but they do call attention. “What’s in me that’s worth locking up? Come find out”
I do offer huge congrats on your dream coming true though. That’s massive.
Worth painting in dull, natural colors, anyway
I wouldn’t go all the way down this rabbit hole man. If people are showing up with serious metal cutting tools and welders and shit they can get into anything.
Another option is the strap on axle stubs with trailer wheels that let you lock a wheel assembly into the corner locks on one end of a conex. That makes maneuvering one much easier as one end is up on a rolling tire.
A skid steer, mini skid, or mini-ex to lift and provide motive power on the other end can let you roll a 10 or 20’ box right up a road and steer it around curves and obstacles. Look up ‘shipping container wheels’…
We had one delivered here and the driver showed up looking like he came off a street corner in Brooklyn but he was a Wizard putting it in place. Find a good company and they may surprise you CZ!
I think it is a good idea. I’m sure that company will know if they can get up the road. Nothing is totally secure. Some well hidden apple tags might help you locate the thief if necessary. You are not going to store your best stuff up there anyway, yet. You just need it out of the elements and away from the bears & moose!
Nothing is secure in a remote location but a conex is more secure than a wooden structure by a long shot we have two
Be sure to put a raised roof on top because as we learned with two feet of snow on top during a early warm sunny spring day the sun heats the side and the roof drips condensation inside
Email me and I’ll send you some pictures
Best
George in Alaska
This is what our deliverer used to deliver our 2000 square foot trailer. An operator took it each side across one of our hilly/rocky/soggy (it had rained the night before delivery and each side sank about 4 in) field. I was absolutely amazed. It was so bad that they couldn’t take it across the path of the other one. I had to fill the tacks they made in our front yard with dirt before I could mow it! My advise is use the Mule.
We bought a 20 foot Conex a couple years ago. It was delivered on a car hauler truck with a tilt bed. A truck with a flat bed that is just big enough to haul one car. No trailer.
A conex in an isolated location simply gives thieves more time to break in. They will break in if they want to. I work for a water and power utility, and we leave conexes full of supplies up in the hills at jobsites a lot, and they get broken in to, a lot.
You’d have an advantage in that (probably) no one would be following your work crews to see where the current work locations are, but then again the workers who install it for you might decide to wait a month or two for you to fill it up and then decide to go back and see what you left for them one night…