Good! It should be doable. Ive moved far heavier CNC machines by hand.
Gunner
"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules.
Think of it as having your older brother knock the s*it out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner
Your "rollers" are solid, aren't they? I'd hate to try it with pipe, unless it had very heavy walls.
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However..cats are protected by their Patron Saint..
Our Lady of Perpetual Motion
Least..9 out of 10 times....
Gunner
"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules.
Think of it as having your older brother knock the s*it out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner
Fill with He balloons ? I thought of swinging it in rotation. But a roll is better. Maybe a push or a pull from a wrecker.
A crane would be handy or a big sucker fork lift.
Rats.
Martin
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of the woodshed and wind it up then insert the unsuspecting pussy in the basket and release it, by the time the kitty gets out of the basket, there is no possibility of predicting which portion of said cat will hit the floor first. Gerry :-)} London, Canada
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You should at least use hardwood runners or steel bars for the rollers to run on otherwise the rollers will indent into the wood or asphalt and make for some hard pushing.
John
If you are going to push it with a vehicle or winch you just need some flat bars to slide it on. Put a little grease on them and the container will slide easily on them.
John
Depends on the number of rollers, really. I own two 20' containers, although mine are aluminum, not steel. They weigh only 4,190 lbs. Some
1-1/4" or 1-1/2" schedule 40 pipe would work pretty well, assuming the asphalt wasn't hot. I've moved a grinder that weighed that much and had no problems with the pipe. I'd think a half dozen pieces of pipe under each side would do the trick. If it's hard to move, a little nudge with a small tractor would do the trick.Harold
WRONG! WRONG!
Delete cat, butter the bread on BOTH sides!
It tends to spin, though, providing a cooling breeze!
David
I actually tried that. It kept landing on the crust..and balancing there..quivering. COuldnt push it over with a D8 cat. However, it would slide. So cant use it for a ground anchor.
Damnit
Gunner
"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire. Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us) off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give them self determination under "play nice" rules.
Think of it as having your older brother knock the s*it out of you for torturing the cat." Gunner
The steel version is only a little more, something like 5,250# or so.
I would think using the Tifor winch would be easier than a prybar. Some 50 mm pipe driven in the ground ought to be enough for a ground anchor since the container is empty and on rollers.
Dan
If the container weighs about 5000 lbs, with it on rollers I would estimate the force to move it would be 20% of the weight or less. So say 1000 lbs. With a five foot prybar you would have about a 30 to
1 mechanical advantage so the force would be about 35 lbs. Seems doable.Dan
Hey Stuart, Yeah, it's not a big deal. A twenty footer only weighs four or five thousand pounds. Stick some kind of bar in the corner pocket so you can get a floor jack under it. Use 2" pipe for rollers. Schedule 40 will be fine. Take little bites with your pry bar, and you won't even work up a sweat. Bring along a few chunks of 2x4 and 4x4 just in case.
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Might get lucky and find a couple of trees in the right location. A couple of soft slings, a couple of Maarsdam PowRPullers, and bingo.
Steve
You guys are overlooking the obvious - any larger vehicle (pickup or SUV) with an automatic transmission, and a few dismounted tires tied to the front bumper as padding. If the shipper is up on pipe rollers it should push and move fairly easily.
Put a large piece of lumber across the front of the shipper to spread the load to the door posts, and avoid bowing the doors.
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And if done by hand, have wedges to stop a runaway. e.g. no more than x feet - you move wedge and then pry off once again. Better than rolling into the house or car...kid...cat... Martin
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there are video's on youtube of some guy moving HIS own 40 footer cargo container by hand, by himself, using tiny hyd jacks and 2 inch pipe for rollers. he's somewhere in the southwest, about 60 yrs old...calls himself 'desertarktist' (not mis-spelled) if I recall correctly
pretty exciting video, actually :-)
other videos there of multiple (modified) containers being used in st pete FL as houses, with bob 'sears craftsman' vila narrating....
toolie, still looking for his OWN cargo container, somewhere in north florida
The modifications are done by "Tampa Armature".
Not very hard to move something this size and weight... Ive moved bigger heavier things by hand. The only question is; what sort of surface do you have? If you have a good, smooth concrete surface then life is easy. Floor skates are available for rent or hire that will move up to 1000 tonnes. Beyond that, a simple jack system, then pipe slipped under to roll it on works just fine. If you are on the dirt though.... then you are out of luck! Look into hiring about a 5 tonne fork for the day (if the container is empty!) or a franna crane at about $100/hour.
Shaun
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