Its probably a moot point by now but they make jack and wheel kits for shipping containers, as well as tow bars to hook to a truck. The jack attachments are cheap, the wheel kits are $400-500 for a pair, but the tow bars are over $1000. The winches are rated for rolling loads, and with the line almost all the way out of the spool, and there is a just a tremendous amount of static load and friction trying to drag a 8000 - 9000 lb 40 foot container thru soft dirt. You already know this however. :) I just bought a 20 foot container last Saturday and had it delivered, and Ive ordered the jack attachments so I can easily level it. If I ever want to move it, I will at least buy (2) wheel attachments. Maybe the tow bar, depends where it would be moved to. Way cheaper than paying a company to move it for you!
I thought about getting a wheel kit. I'm sure it would have helped. This pull was an experiment in being a cheapskate. Lol. The later shifting of the container sideways was the hardest part, as it had to be elevated above the preset and staked railroad ties and then lowered onto them.
@mikedesilets3324 Yeah stuff is so expensive! I was able to get a bunch of landscaping boulders for free, and those can be $1500+ for just one if buying from a landscaping company, so I used my tilting flatbed trailer and a Harbor Freight 12k winch with snatch block and was able to get about 15 of them. One of the boulders was heavier than a Toyota FJ Cruiser because he tried to winch it and it pulled his truck on dry pavement toward the boulder. Lol! I never would pay thousands for landscaping rocks but these look great and it was worth the "poor man's approach" for sure!
@jayhondacr5008 I find free boulders of FB marketplace. Gotta get creative, loading, unloading and placing them. I use round tree poles as rollers, harbor freight tree straps, 2x4 skids and a long digging/chipping bar.
@mikedesilets3324 Nice! Yeah I got the majority off Craigslist but I also got a few off Marketplace. I also used a long Harbor Freight pry bar that's like 6 feet long. Thats a good idea with the skids and rollers!
Its probably a moot point by now but they make jack and wheel kits for shipping containers, as well as tow bars to hook to a truck. The jack attachments are cheap, the wheel kits are $400-500 for a pair, but the tow bars are over $1000.
The winches are rated for rolling loads, and with the line almost all the way out of the spool, and there is a just a tremendous amount of static load and friction trying to drag a 8000 - 9000 lb 40 foot container thru soft dirt. You already know this however. :)
I just bought a 20 foot container last Saturday and had it delivered, and Ive ordered the jack attachments so I can easily level it. If I ever want to move it, I will at least buy (2) wheel attachments. Maybe the tow bar, depends where it would be moved to.
Way cheaper than paying a company to move it for you!
I thought about getting a wheel kit. I'm sure it would have helped. This pull was an experiment in being a cheapskate. Lol. The later shifting of the container sideways was the hardest part, as it had to be elevated above the preset and staked railroad ties and then lowered onto them.
@mikedesilets3324 Yeah stuff is so expensive! I was able to get a bunch of landscaping boulders for free, and those can be $1500+ for just one if buying from a landscaping company, so I used my tilting flatbed trailer and a Harbor Freight 12k winch with snatch block and was able to get about 15 of them. One of the boulders was heavier than a Toyota FJ Cruiser because he tried to winch it and it pulled his truck on dry pavement toward the boulder. Lol! I never would pay thousands for landscaping rocks but these look great and it was worth the "poor man's approach" for sure!
@jayhondacr5008 I find free boulders of FB marketplace. Gotta get creative, loading, unloading and placing them. I use round tree poles as rollers, harbor freight tree straps, 2x4 skids and a long digging/chipping bar.
@mikedesilets3324 Nice! Yeah I got the majority off Craigslist but I also got a few off Marketplace. I also used a long Harbor Freight pry bar that's like 6 feet long.
Thats a good idea with the skids and rollers!
Next time put a liberal amount of dish soap on the friction side of the lumber. You're welcome.
Dang it. Now you tell me. I will remember that tip.