I just leveled mine using bottle jacks, The guy that sold it to me advised me to make the wall end 2 inches higher than the door end in case there’s any spillage in there it won’t pool,it will run out. I use a string level to accomplish that.
I might be buying a 20’ high cube for a tiny house this year. It was great to see how you did that “in person” vs reading how to. Curious how to secure these containers to the ground as I will be living in a tornado area.
The movement of the floor jack is why I switched to bottle jacks for this kind of work. There is to large a risk of something going wrong above a few inches. Nice job on creating real corner supports because you'll never know how much weight you'll put in the container.
I use a 20 foot container to store a Kubota BX-25D with a front blower. With the temperature variations, I had to add ventilation vents to avoid excessive condensation. Without this additional ventilation, the ceiling of the container would be covered with frost when the temperature dropped. I installed a Vortex Powerfans VTX400 172 CFM Fan, connected to a BN-LINK Digital Wall Countdown Timer with presets at 5-15-30-60 minutes, 2-4 hours, to control fan shutdown.
Projects With Paul Thanks for sharing with me this video about Leveling A 40" Shipping Container For Tools & Tractor Storage this could be very dangerous for a Amatuer to mess with if you don't know what you are doing i am glad you took your time paul to show how it can be done right and i am also glad you was being safe too. and you did a great job making this video keep up the good work my friend and i hope you had a and your family had a good CHRISTMAS and God Bless you my friend and thanks once again.
Nice work Paul. I like the jack stand safety measure. If you have a tractor I would shave the dirt first so the container is not too high on blocks and perhaps would make somewhat level transition on the front for a ramp too.
Good day Sir, You are not living in the same temperature rang that me 🤣🥴👌 That is pretty good level Sir 🧐👍 Happy New year Sir and all the best for 2022 Cheers 🍻😇👌👍
Those concrete masonry units are a bad choice to support a container as they are not reinforced and will crack easily. A sonotube with a bigfoot form for a footing sized for the load would have been the better choice.
Why dont you level the ground a bit rather than jack the thing up three feet? I dont mean to make a fuss, but there's no way I would want to work in a container that is that high on one side, let alone drive a tractor into it for storage.
Well there are several reasons, the amount of dirt needed would be astronomical, it would need to be put in in lifts and compacted with heavy equipment, there isn't enough room between the container and the property line for the amount of slope it would need to not cave in. The blocks were recommended by the container company and it is very solid going 3 years now. Thanks for watching.
Is blocking under all 4 corners ok for a long term ? Or is that just short term ? Im looking at more than 1 for long term and never moving them. I was thinking about compacting rock into clay ground and then using block or railroad ties on top of that
They only need to be supported under each corner. You also need to have at least 6 inches between the container bottom and ground for airflow or it will sweat inside. Thanks for watching
8500 lbs are about 4 ton, isn't that? I' m from Argentine, so we use kilograms here. My brother told me that we will need at least one of five ton. Then I asked because mi idea was similar to yours, leveling one side at a time it's possible in this way. Thankyou!!
What ever happened to proofreading? I am sooooo tired of titles being misleading b3cause the creator couldn't spend 2 seconds checking his work. I want to see a 40 ft HIGH container get levelled.
I just leveled mine using bottle jacks, The guy that sold it to me advised me to make the wall end 2 inches higher than the door end in case there’s any spillage in there it won’t pool,it will run out. I use a string level to accomplish that.
You really jacked that up!
Sure did! Thanks for watching.
I might be buying a 20’ high cube for a tiny house this year. It was great to see how you did that “in person” vs reading how to.
Curious how to secure these containers to the ground as I will be living in a tornado area.
The movement of the floor jack is why I switched to bottle jacks for this kind of work. There is to large a risk of something going wrong above a few inches. Nice job on creating real corner supports because you'll never know how much weight you'll put in the container.
Yeah I agree about the bottle jack. Thanks for watching.
I use a 20 foot container to store a Kubota BX-25D with a front blower.
With the temperature variations, I had to add ventilation vents to avoid excessive condensation.
Without this additional ventilation, the ceiling of the container would be covered with frost when the temperature dropped.
I installed a Vortex Powerfans VTX400 172 CFM Fan, connected to a BN-LINK Digital Wall Countdown Timer with presets at 5-15-30-60 minutes, 2-4 hours, to control fan shutdown.
Projects With Paul Thanks for sharing with me this video about Leveling A 40" Shipping Container For Tools & Tractor Storage this could be very dangerous for a Amatuer to mess with if you don't know what you are doing i am glad you took your time paul to show how it can be done right and i am also glad you was being safe too. and you did a great job making this video keep up the good work my friend and i hope you had a and your family had a good CHRISTMAS and God Bless you my friend and thanks once again.
This video is of big help for me. Thank you.
Kind regards from Portugal.
Thanks for watching
I want one of these! Great job leveling it up Paul!
I got to get me one of those, will solve all my "Lack of storage" issues.
Good job, Paul! That thing is going to give you a lot of storage room!
Thanks! Great info. I just got one myself, and I'm looking at different types of leveling and movement options.
How'd it work out for you?
Great job.
Nice work Paul. I like the jack stand safety measure. If you have a tractor I would shave the dirt first so the container is not too high on blocks and perhaps would make somewhat level transition on the front for a ramp too.
I did put what dirt I had there, A transition ramp in the front is on my list. Thanks so much for watching.
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Great job !!
Thank you and thanks for watching
Hello from Minnesota!
Great job mate
Thanks for watching
Good day Sir, You are not living in the same temperature rang that me 🤣🥴👌 That is pretty good level Sir 🧐👍 Happy New year Sir and all the best for 2022 Cheers 🍻😇👌👍
New subscriber. Awesome video! Very informative, can’t wait to see more!
Great video 🤟🏼
Those concrete masonry units are a bad choice to support a container as they are not reinforced and will crack easily. A sonotube with a bigfoot form for a footing sized for the load would have been the better choice.
Thanks for watching
I was wondering the exact same thing !
3 years now and no cracks or issues. Thanks for watching.
Great video Paul. Merry Christmas to u
Why dont you level the ground a bit rather than jack the thing up three feet? I dont mean to make a fuss, but there's no way I would want to work in a container that is that high on one side, let alone drive a tractor into it for storage.
Well there are several reasons, the amount of dirt needed would be astronomical, it would need to be put in in lifts and compacted with heavy equipment, there isn't enough room between the container and the property line for the amount of slope it would need to not cave in. The blocks were recommended by the container company and it is very solid going 3 years now. Thanks for watching.
good deal
Is blocking under all 4 corners ok for a long term ? Or is that just short term ?
Im looking at more than 1 for long term and never moving them. I was thinking about compacting rock into clay ground and then using block or railroad ties on top of that
They only need to be supported under each corner. You also need to have at least 6 inches between the container bottom and ground for airflow or it will sweat inside. Thanks for watching
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Hih, great work!! I need to level one, how many tn is the jack cart? I think that I have some things in mine. Thankyou for the video, regards👍👍👍
Its a 3 ton jack. the container was empty weighing 8500 lbs.
Thanks for watching.
8500 lbs are about 4 ton, isn't that? I' m from Argentine, so we use kilograms here. My brother told me that we will need at least one of five ton. Then I asked because mi idea was similar to yours, leveling one side at a time it's possible in this way. Thankyou!!
@@luciaguerra4767 If you have a 3 ton jack and do one end at a time you should be fine.
Ok. Thanks you very much!!!!👍👍👍
How much would it cost if you buy it???
3 to 5 thousand dollars depending on condition and size. Thanks for watching.
Dumb luck and nice weather.
Lol. Thanks for watching
What ever happened to proofreading? I am sooooo tired of titles being misleading b3cause the creator couldn't spend 2 seconds checking his work. I want to see a 40 ft HIGH container get levelled.
It's d3batable. Leveling, meaning "to even up" is more common in the USA. Thanks for watching.