richardmorris Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Who here was it worked at Felixstowe docks up the massive crane? hairnet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shite Ron Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Who here was it worked at Felixstowe docks up the massive crane? Isn’t that @trigger? I don’t think he’ll be able to get one in the boot of a Dolly Sprint and get it past security. trigger, mat_the_cat, richardmorris and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 28 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Wanted SHIPPING CONTAINER! We need some more water proof storage at the FoD and are giving consideration to a 40 ft shipping container. I am shocked at the price which seems to start at £2250. Anybody know of a less expensive shipping container for sale bearing in mind it will have to be transported to Milton Keynes area. Consideration could be given to a 20ft container if the price was right. surely this is a good excuse to buy yourself a nice Train carriage and flog the seats on the Facebook to recuperate the cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 1 minute ago, Shite Ron said: Isn’t that @trigger? I don’t think he’ll be able to get one in the boot of a Dolly Sprint and get it past security. I was really thinking they may know a contact selling old ones ( honest gov). Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Have you thought of a old lorry body instead? Or Artic trailer box? I don’t think shipping containers come much cheaper than the one you’ve found. They are very popular for storage as its easy to make one a lot more secure than the average shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, AnthonyG said: Have you thought of a old lorry body instead? Or Artic trailer box? I don’t think shipping containers come much cheaper than the one you’ve found. They are very popular for storage as its easy to make one a lot more secure than the average shed. Many years ago when I worked for a company in Llandudno the contract they had stipulated that all samples ( soil and water) had to be kept refrigerated so they bought a trailer box fridge unit and had it wired in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Wasn't there some kerfuffle recently about there being a huge shortage of them as well? Which may have had an impact on prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 It is me who drives the crane but apart from moving them all day long I haven't got any experience in buying them, they are very expensive now, my dad sold a rotten 40fter that was full of holes recently and that went for over a grand and it was a utter turd. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Lorry bodys are what the farmer used to build his extra storage due to the price of containers a good few years ago. Containers have gone way up now so this probably knocks lorry bodys up. Downside is that they are wooden floors but they usually have a fibreglass roof so nice and light inside, less prone to sweating inside and usually a roller shutter door. AnthonyG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Would you get a 40ft'er in the gate and round the bends ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Two barns and an Astravan, and you still want more storage?! What the hell have you been buying this time? LightBulbFun, AnnoyingPentium, Fumbler and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Who's in the dog house, you or @Mrs6C? mat_the_cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 You need a Luton body that fits* on the back of a Bedford CF recovery truck, that would be ideal. Or maybe not. chaseracer and LightBulbFun 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said: Would you get a 40ft'er in the gate and round the bends ? You might have a point, this is the largest vehicle we have had in and that was about max. Google says it was 36 feet long. @davidfowler2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I know I was there ! Just get 4 twenty footers ! Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I think the only way you could get a 40footer in would be to crane it over the hedge, but depending on where you want it that could be difficult as you'd have to go over the barns or orchard. 2x20ft would probably be easier and could be brought in one by one with a big HIAB wagon that would get round the gate corner. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Prices down your way are cheaper than here. A 20ft costs what you have been quoted for a 40ft, and that will only get you a battered one! Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, Saabnut said: and that will only get you a battered one! That chippy's going to be busy! richardmorris, AnnoyingPentium, anonymous user and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler2000 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 25 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: You might have a point, this is the largest vehicle we have had in and that was about max. Google says it was 36 feet long. @davidfowler2000 Sounds about right. It was a 11.3m variant Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I bet they're cheap in the States. Time for a collective container collection caper? CaptainBoom, Six-cylinder and AnnoyingPentium 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 You missed out 'camper' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 48 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: You might have a point, this is the largest vehicle we have had in and that was about max. Google says it was 36 feet long. @davidfowler2000 Ah, but with a container you wouldn't have that problem - you'd simply* use the JCB to lift it over the hedges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 9 hours ago, wuvvum said: Ah, but with a container you wouldn't have that problem - you'd simply* use the JCB to lift it over the hedges. 40ft shipping container weigh about 4 tons empty, our JCB has a 1 ton lift capacity! Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Prices are high as the 'rona virus has severely limited the number coming into the country for the last 2 years. 8 years ago they were cheap and plentiful as they were not wanted back in China: it cost more to ship one back than it did to make a new one. Of course this meant that a load of self-storage compaies popped up, having bought 100 containers, thus hoovering up all the supply of them. Now we've got a shortage of them as they're all in yards full of people's tat. I suspect prices will remain high until we get a glut of them in the UK again after we've imported a load of crap from China. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Top tip. Nearly 1400 shipping containers are lost overboard worldwide every year. So get yourself down to your nearest international sea lane with a grappling hook and get fishing. Remember you are almost certainly* covered against piracy under the provisions laid out in the Merchant Shipping Act (1995) so don't be intimidated by the UK Border Force instructing you to stop what you're doing and fuck off. Fumbler, Mrs6C, mitsisigma01 and 7 others 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 1 hour ago, warch said: Top tip. Nearly 1400 shipping containers are lost overboard worldwide every year. So get yourself down to your nearest international sea lane with a grappling hook and get fishing. Remember you are almost certainly* covered against piracy under the provisions laid out in the Merchant Shipping Act (1995) so don't be intimidated by the UK Border Force instructing you to stop what you're doing and fuck off. Do you think our current boat would do the job! Edit - updated photo with less green for @wuvvum. wuvvum, warch, Stinkwheel and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 57 minutes ago, warch said: Top tip. Nearly 1400 shipping containers are lost overboard worldwide every year. So get yourself down to your nearest international sea lane with a grappling hook and get fishing. Remember you are almost certainly* covered against piracy under the provisions laid out in the Merchant Shipping Act (1995) so don't be intimidated by the UK Border Force instructing you to stop what you're doing and fuck off. If, perchance, it's is full of would be immigrants.... Chuck It Back (don't tell UK Border Force if they come sniffing....) 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 17 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Do you think our current boat would do the job! There is far too much green in that photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: 40ft shipping container weigh about 4 tons empty, our JCB has a 1 ton lift capacity! Easy solution to that - buy a bigger JCB. Six-cylinder, AnnoyingPentium and Crackers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, wuvvum said: 2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said: 40ft shipping container weigh about 4 tons empty, our JCB has a 1 ton lift capacity! Easy solution to that - buy a bigger JCB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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