Anyone have and good ideas on how I can mover a 40' shipping container? Anything clever and does not cost alot of money? Dang thing weighs 8k
***whistle***
Knock Knock....
Glenn?
MtnDon?
Peter?
Muldon?
Sassy??????????
Move it how?
As it put it on a trailer and drive it down the road to a new location? (call house movers - $2k - $4k).
As in it needs to be pushed over 3 feet to make it square with a fence or the like (rent a track skidsteer with bucket? $300 - $500)
I need to move it about 40 feet. I was hoping someone would have some divine trick. Alas, I must rent a big vehicle to pull/push it. sigh.
Well with the right motivation, anything is possible. They moved stonehenge stones from the mountains of Wales by rolling them on logs.
Doing it yourself would be pretty dangerous.. but I imagine if you could use hilift jacks and get a lowboy trailer under you could tow it over with a decent truck or tractor. There is alot that can go wrong not just with the loading, unloading, leveling , rigging, .. and if you cannot control the load it could be dangerous.
Another option, sell it and make the buyer come get it. Buy a new one and have it delivered where you want it? d*
Explain to a tow truck driver . . .
If there is room to drag it . . .
Probably about $150.00
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I believe in my heart that if Glenn was here he would say "Stinky, go to your backyard and look. See it has all been taken care of."
The hubs will not let me cut it in half. Something about I will hurt myself an most likely burn down the neighborhood.
I had a rollback move mine but it has attachment points at the corners. Just hook a cable and drag it with the tractor. It doesn't have to go far.
You might be able to move it with two fork lifts. One in front and one in back. It would depend on how solid the terrain was. Just an idea
in case you know of some outfit that has two of them and is looking
for some extra work.
Bruce
Got a friend coming over with his Bobcat. We are hopeful but not sure. He has move a 20' no problem but a 40' might be to heavy. Took bayview avice called a tow truck driver an if the Bobcat fails he will be by on Monay or Tuesday to see i he can help.I am certain he can but we will need to remove a part of our fence for his truck. Sigh. I wish I had a magic wand.
Thanks Bayview, I think your suggestion is going to be the one that works!
Heck they moved condos made of stone
A row of planks for a trail at each end. Pipes on planks, another plank on top of pipes which the box sits on. Move pipe pieces from rear to front as they emerge from the back. As long as the railroad tracks are decent it shouldn't take much power to move it.
Funny, I just logged on to post my own shipping container thread to get some questions answered. Here's something I found a while back, and I remember Pine Cone's advice about how much easier it is to move something if it's on rolly things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci5jWZuNIeE
Edit...
Was searching Youtube for some information and found this. Can't believe they made it. Kids, don't try this at home:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjO-omkPAk&feature=related
Sorry, Stinky... I was off solving problems at Metropolis....the Metropolis of Greeley Hill.....
My solution would have been the one Don P. posted for you. I do things like that quite often.
Round fence posts or pipe would make it easy for the Bobcat to pull, pivot, move with no problem I think. Depends on the Bobcat. Mine would not need assistance from posts or pipes, but ....alas, my love.... I am here and you are, oh so far away...... :(
Clickit?
(https://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy62/the_troglodyte/upatree.jpg) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UM249-WfP4)
Bobcat first, we have some wood, not 100% round more oval. Then if not the Tow truck.
I did click it...nice touch.
I hope the movement goes well for you. :)
Looks like the post and the bobcat is working! so far so good...but it is still early and I have to go to work.
Great. :)
They guys got it moved. But it not quit where I want it. So our friend will need to come back and scoot it about 5 more feet over. The hubs said it was easy pleasy to move. The key was the 4x4's.
Any Pics?
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Is this a woman thing? Can you move that five inches more this way? Or five feet that way. NO! NO!! I think I liked it better where it was at to start with. Put it back, put it back. I just don't think it is going to work there at all. I think we should have gotten it in red that's all, well maybe red. No the blue is fine. Hummm! i just don't know now....
Hey Rick..... :P and yes it is a woman thing. ;)
I have a few pics on the hubs camera. I will try to get them posted this week.
rofl rofl
So.... what I want to know.... is the neighbor finally satisfied, or is he still going to make a stink about it?
I have no idea. Have not seen him this week at all. I plan on placing a privacy fence along with alot of vegetation around it so no one can complain.
Ok it is moved and placed in position that makes me happy. Now I have to plant shrubs and other vegetation to help diguise/hide Lady Steelia from the neighbors. I have pictures and when Hog gets home tonight I will ask him to help me get them posted. Personally I think she looks beautiful in my backyard.
Quote from: StinkerBell on May 06, 2011, 11:07:04 AM
Now I have to plant shrubs and other vegetation to help diguise/hide Lady Steelia from the neighbors.
Here's a tip for you. I use Nitric acid to make Aquafortis. It's a stain for rifle stocks.
Recently I needed to make Nitrated Cotton (Gun Cotton) for a Doc I am doing. This discussion was with a Pyri Tech who was telling me how to make it and giving savety tips.
Read the last part of my last post to help with your neighbors. ;D
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Nitric acid is a little hard to come by and expensive nowadays. A few gallons is a nice thing to have. It's not flammable, but it is capable of nitrating many materials which can make them flamable, and often dangerous. Fortunately, nitrocellulose is fairly safe.
To answer your question: Yes, you can use your nitric acid rather than sulfuric and potassium nitrate. You will want to dilute the nitric acid about 50/50 by volume with concentrated sulfuric acid though or the reaction will progress too quickly and cause what is called a runaway. In a runaway the cotton will start pouring out a poisonous red nitrogen gas that will turn back into nitric acid when it contacts the water in your lungs. Obviously that's not something you want to happen, so if you see red gas, carefully drop the reaction tray in water without splashing yourself or get out of the area and let it wear itself out. Don't breath any of it. I would only do this experiment if you live in an area where you can be confident that your neighbors are far enough away to not get any of the acid vapor coming their way.
That's why it's called "Red Fuming Acid" :lol: I get the same result when I dissolve iron in it. That's how the Aqua Fortis is made. When you paint the wood with the mixture and run a hot iron from the forge near it, it gives the reddish tone to the wood that accents the black grain in striped Maple...anyway, I know to stay upwind.
Just watched the Christmas Light Match Video. What voltage are you using to set it off?
By the way, those are some great videos....Thanks!
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I was just using a AA battery for the christmas light ignitors. They don't take much. Glad my videos could be of service :)
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'pouring out a poisonous red nitrogen gas'
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...there's definitely some things I'd rather ask abt FIRST, before goofing up while blundering things on my own!
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rustycase wrote:
:lol:
'pouring out a poisonous red nitrogen gas'
:lol:
...there's definitely some things I'd rather ask abt FIRST, before goofing up while blundering things on my own!
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Read this part Stinker
There are some advantages to working with it. If I had neighbors, which I don't...and if I didn't like the neighbors, it would be a good way to keep them indoors. :lol:
I use a very diluted mixture to etch the Damascus blades I forge:
hehehehehehe Thanks Peter!