My mistake. I was referring to being able to lift it straight up and a fork lift would do that as well as a crane. However, if everything is properly secured it could actually be pulled up a slope as with a roll back.
That would work, but I already have one that is free standing. I'll just need to get some longer square tubing that's used for the legs. It's 18' x 21' and would provide shelter for about half the container and allow about 10' of sheltered work space out front for any cutting and burning that might need to be done. Of course, for the right price the length could be extended to include all the container and still offer the extended front. ? Possibly but two of them end to end for 10' extra on each end. :-)
On 19 Jun 2007 00:03:41 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, snipped-for-privacy@d-and-d.com (DoN. Nichols) quickly quoth:
"Winds gusting to 60mph tonight..." maybe?
Shades of The Flying Nun...
Otherwise, that's an excellent idea, Don.
- Metaphors Be With You -
Snarl,
When I moved from Utah, I hired a crane to load my three containers on flat beds. Three trailers to haul the three containers, two of them 20', one
40'. Combined weight of the two 20's was greater than could be hauled on one trailer. The crane, using a spreader, picked the three containers in about an hour, including setup and teardown, and was gone. Cost less than $300. It was a site to behold when he picked the 40' container, which held my 10,000 lb. lift truck in one end, along with the 6,000 pound induction furnace in the opposite end, to say nothing of the balance of the container being filled with other shop related items and personal effects. I doubt you'd get a fork lift large enough to handle containers for any less money, especially if they're loaded, and cranes can set up on lousy terrain. Unloading was a whole different matter. The crane was an old mechanical, not hydraulic, and the owner conveniently forgot to mention that he'd charge me for transporting, a flag car, and other little things that netted him about $1,200. My advice? Ask questions before committing to anything!Harold
True *if* it's just setting on level ground. If he uses raised concrete with locking cones at th' corners it might be a bit tricky tho. Not impossible, but some creative shoring/cribbing work would make it a bit of a challenge .
I doubt th' gross weight would exceed a Hyster 350's (35k lbs) lifting capacity and those are easily truckable. It wouldn't take more than a few minutes to set on his sonocones, or reload a can on a trailer with one.
Snarl
Just weld th' uprights to corner locking cones. That's what locks one can on top of another. It's just a 90 or 180 degree twist of a lever to lock/unlock. About any place that sells can's is gonna have 'em.
Snarl
Lathe Mill welder Benching toolboxes heating Air and lights and the building conversions i dont think i will add more than 10 tons to it even if i replace the current lathe for one of much more significant construction
Hey Harold.
Sure, but they were nowhere's near th' weight caps of each 20'. I'm a retired longshoreman and 20'ers in excess of 50k lbs wasn't unusual at all. I don't remember what th' tare cap limits are on a 40' flatbed but divide that by two and there still isn't much net weight in either
20' can. Prolly a good reason why ya rarely see two 20's on a flatbed.That may seem like a lot, but it's really not much weight comparitively speaking to what a 40' can hold. I've had a Hyster 750 on it's lips more than a few times. And if it didn't pick level, th' rigger didn't know what he was doin'.
I know *I* could, dunno about this feller. He just posted that th' total weight won't be anywhere's near a problem for a Hyster 350, it'd be a piece O' cake. And *I* could get one delivered, th' job done, and out of here for less than $200... but I've got a few connections.
That (terrain) could be a problem alright, and it's a variable we don't really know about. That said, I've driven a bull in some really shitty yards (not paved, huge potholes, etc.) and got er done despite of it .
Excellent advice, and methinks that's what th' OP is doing.
Enjoy th' sunshine Harold, sounds like it'll be gone again on th' first day of summer, heh, heh.
Snarl
Piece O' cake if th' spot is fairly dry and level. Doesn't have to be perfect. Get some good pics of th' site to whoever is delivering th' can and th' forklift before you commit. Be best if whoever brings th' bull (forklift) is also an operator.
Snarl
No need to rent a forklift (though that could be fun too), all you need is a high lift jack, a few chains, shackles, slings and ingenuity. I moved and leveled my 40' container that way with no problems, I even had to move it about 50'. A 20' container is only about 5,000# or so tare weight.
Pete C.
Are they cheap?
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