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I won an auction for 2 storage/workshop trailers yesterday. Dimensions are 22' x 7.5' (width) x 6'4" (inside height). Not too bad, because I'm short. They seem to be in good condition, have electrical hookups outside, outlets inside, windows, insulation, finished walls. I just need to find a towing outfit so they can make the 40 mile journey... tires look to be in real good shape.Seem to be a decent deal considering a single 20' steel container is around $2700-3000.Any of you folks have this type of trailer? My plan was to park them next to each other and maybe make a big 15'x22' workshop/storage room out of them. Would be a good place for a giant plasma table maybe.I'm not sure if I should try and cut out the axles and bring it down to ground level of leave them at their current height and build a stairway up. any ideas?I still want to toss a 40x40 steel building on the land so I need to keep in mind that I may need to sell these things one day. Attached ImagesLast edited by zapster; 09-27-2011 at 04:52 AM.Reason: Requested by the OP...ESAB Heliarc 252
Reply:I am probably a little older than you, so stairs are not in my future if I can help it. If it is a special purpose trailer you will be going in maybe once or twice a day, maybe use stairs, but if you will be using it as you shop and in and out all day long, your going to get tired of those stairs real quick. I would think that axle could be unbolted and saved for later use. Don't forget, you will have to lift any heavy material that goes in there also. Good luck
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Reply:Originally Posted by trapperjohnI am probably a little older than you, so stairs are not in my future if I can help it. If it is a special purpose trailer you will be going in maybe once or twice a day, maybe use stairs, but if you will be using it as you shop and in and out all day long, your going to get tired of those stairs real quick. I would think that axle could be unbolted and saved for later use. Don't forget, you will have to lift any heavy material that goes in there also. Good luck
Reply:Originally Posted by BlauSchuhI still want to toss a 40x40 steel building on the land so I need to keep in mind that I may need to sell these things one day.
Reply:take the tires off and store them. those are too nice to let rot.I would line them up back door facing back door about 8 feet apart, build a deck and a roof between them and a stair on one side so you have a loading dock of sorts between the two. you could store rough material under each trailer
Reply:Wow I love those axles - you could lower your workshop to the ground in a place adjacent to your future building and make the bestest tandem killer tough trailer in the world. Love the resources the military could put into these things. On the other hand you could also find a group on the web that wants to race their workshops and start attending their monster shop drag race weekends. Use a tonne of Velcro and bungees to hold everything in place and drag it with a hopped-up 5 ton truck. Sorry, I'm still excited by the axles.
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Reply:I know a guy that made a cabin up in the hills out of one. He dug down with a loader & backed it right in the ground tires & all. He back filled it so that is is all flush with the ground. His thinking was like yours he may want to move it some day & he said his tires will not go bad under there.I stand behind my welding, I just won't stand under it!
Reply:Cut a hole in the ground with a dozer, fill it with a gravel base and use railroad ties as walls , back the trailers in , instead of lowering them down lolI forgot how to change this.
Reply:Originally Posted by unknownI know a guy that made a cabin up in the hills out of one. He dug down with a loader & backed it right in the ground tires & all. He back filled it so that is is all flush with the ground. His thinking was like yours he may want to move it some day & he said his tires will not go bad under there.
Reply:put them where you want and fill dirt around them making them ground level
Reply:give them to me lol jk jk. make one an office sence ur gonna build a shop and one as storage. or if u have a rig to pull em build one as a mobile shop.Zach WareOwnerMid-GA Outdoor & Equipment ServiceByron GA478-960-2014
Reply:What kind of auction where you at? I'd love to find one locally and blow a ton of cash. Seriously. I want a tank. With a welder mounted on it. Imagine the looks when you show up abs your rig is a tankGo Cards!!!!!
Reply:Originally Posted by Cliff LodesWhat kind of auction where you at? I'd love to find one locally and blow a ton of cash. Seriously. I want a tank. With a welder mounted on it. Imagine the looks when you show up abs your rig is a tank
Reply:Originally Posted by citizen smithtake the tires off and store them. those are too nice to let rot.I would line them up back door facing back door about 8 feet apart, build a deck and a roof between them and a stair on one side so you have a loading dock of sorts between the two. you could store rough material under each trailer
Reply:Originally Posted by BlauSchuhgood idea, but id have a hard time lining these up length wise. at well over 44' id be just about out of room. Looking at the pic I think I can unbolt the axles and drag them out and then set the containers on the ground. I'm a bit wary of being the one underneath with wrench...
Reply:As the others have said some sort of pit or foundation to set them on, or maybe just remove the undercarriage and store it. Don't know the weight of these units but maybe you could adapt to axles and hitch that could be moved with a pickup truck. Don't know where the enty door is but you could also find or create a hard sloping grade that you could back it down with the front at ground level and the back high in the air wheels down hill. Would make a hell of a man cave with big screen TV, maybee a pool table and bar, small kitchen. Guest house, many possibilities. nice score."Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum"Lincoln Idealarc 250 AC/DCMillermatic 251 Syncrowave 300 30A spoolgunLincoln MP210Hypertherm 45(2) LN 25(2) Lincoln Weldanpower 225 CV(4) SA200 1 short hood SA250 SAM 400
Reply:Not sure how well it would work out for an actual workshop, I imagine it would be a real pain in the *** trying to handle materials in such a confined space and up and down the stairs. I'd keep one and sell the other. Build an awning type structure off of one of the long sides of the one you keep and work under there, use the trailer itself for a dry storage. Material handling as well as ventilation for a plasma table would be a pain in the ***. You could put a door on the side towards the bottom so that you could access tools without having to climb into the trailer. I probably looks big now, but once you fill it with tools and start trying to do work in there it'll get really small.Powcon 400SM2-PD60 wire feedersMiller XR controlAlumapro push/pull gunSpeedglas 9100xBFH
Reply:Originally Posted by BlauSchuh. . . I think I can unbolt the axles and drag them out and then set the containers on the ground. I'm a bit wary of being the one underneath with wrench...
Reply:Ya don't want to be creating any hidy holes for skunks. Maybe pull the axles, set them on RR ties or cinder blocks with treated plate and use skirting??"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:Mobile welding & fab shop.
Reply:Cut the running gear out from underneath them, then space them about 25-30 ft apart and build you a cover to go over them for a carport / work area with floor space.
Reply:I'd treat them like I do my ISO containers and set the ends on beams or railroad ties. I don't use skirting because I ensure they are a foot off the ground. I kill everything under them with rock salt and Roundup. No plant problems even in the humid Southeast. No critters live there. Raking under them is easy but rarely needed. When you no longer want them they can be winched onto a heavy-duty rollback or Landoll and moved without axles. Why break a sweat?I'd sell off or scrap or use the running gear elsewhere, and save the landing gear for use as mechanical jacks. Someone on the Steel Soldiers site might want the tires and axles. Be careful, they roast noobs there to keep discussion focused so lurk before posting. You can probably find the manuals for your trailers by Googling.Even if you put up a steel building. I'd keep them as protected dry space.Last edited by farmall; 08-07-2011 at 12:34 PM.
Reply:Originally Posted by joefitzMy grandfather was in charge of a fleet of 30 trailers and 21 trucks in the early 80's. He'd swap out the entire rear units instead of wasting time pulling off tires or brakes one at a time. He'd do all the dirty work inside the shop where it's heated or air conditioned. There were trailers dropped on the ground all over his property, new axle units everywhere too... - I vote for leaving the axle on it and adjusting the earth for your new cabin. Otherwise, dig a pit and back it. If you're storing shart that you just dont want to part with, then maybe leaving it up in the air would be a good idea, you'll think twice about keeping something useless if you gotta climb up in that thing.When i built my two loading docks out at the ranch i used some used K rail off of a highway construction project. The K rail holds the gravel and dirt back perfectlyVantage 500's LN-25's, VI-400's, cobramatics, Miller migs, synch 350 LX, Powcon inverters, XMT's, 250 Ton Acurrpress 12' brake, 1/4" 10' Atlantic shear,Koikie plasma table W/ esab plasmas. marvel & hyd-mech saws, pirrana & metal muncher punches.
Reply:Call me old fashioned, but, I'd use them for storage.
Reply:Finally 1 of the 2 trailers into position.... Tossed together this quick stair case and platform... also put in some shelving to hold the junk: Attached ImagesESAB Heliarc 252 |
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