That was great driving by the container delivery guy. Having driven over 2 million miles over North America with 12 years of that being pickup and delivery, I can totally understand what he went through to get the job done. Most people don't understand that trailers backing up respond differently than pulling forward and in this case with the extremely tight road and corners, he did pretty good. Thank God, it wasn't raining or snowing while this was going on.
Hopefully the driver received a tip. He deserves one. Very nice. Congratulations! As someone said yesterday "don't be surprised if the truck driver asks you to trim some more trees."
I love the sound of an earlier Powerstroke working. This one sounds like my 2001 7.3 nothing fazed it. With the 6 speed there was always another gear. 266,000 miles and all it ever needed was 2 batteries an alternator and a clutch. This driver should have walked the drop site before getting to it.
Having owned a container that I used for storage I highly recommend that you put venting in it or you will have problems with condensation, I have had meny things destroyed by dampness coursed by this. Cheers
This is why ford Tough stands above the rest! ..thats a 40 footer yall not no 20 footer...and let's not forget its not just the container he's hauling.
Great idea ! Love container homes . Pick them up at the railyard for UPS sometimes .Parallel interests . Vw's ,container homes and busses .Hope to visit one year .I own a 1977 MCI MC8 conversion because of your channel. My late Uncle was a lifelong long haul trucker and spoke highly of TN and retired there
If u ever have along trailer come up in there again get ur buddy’s tractor & a couple straps u can pick the back of the trailer up & steer it for them! Then it’s just like he’s only backing a truck up! We do this all the time with wide loads & such!
I had a friend that ran over that type of road fabric in his one ton Dodge dully, his back tire picked it up and it wrapped itself around the back set of duels on the drivers side and it took over an hour to get the truck back on the road. Damage to the emergency break bracket was extensive and expensive. Just letting you know.
Time to mount a trailer ball on the top of your tractor bucket. You could of unpinned his trailer and turned it around for him with the tractor then repinned. You'll never run out of uses for a 2" ball on the bucket for moving gooseneck and bumper hitch trailers around in tight spaces.
That storage will come in handy. I will be putting one of those at my farm pretty soon. I see you used geofrabric on the drive way. That is a good move.
Neighbour must appreciate the work you’ve done to the Kubota. My friends love to lend me things like a truck. They know at the very least, they get back a truck freshly washed, with a full tank of gas
18:12 - {Kelly} _"does he need your help up there, so he can see in the front or on the side?"_ Probably but, let's watch him work on it for a minute, first- this is entertaining (we've all been on both sides of this kind of scenario) - lol That guy was probably glad to get the hell out of there in one piece-
At a Tare weight of 8,200 lbs, that container is heavy. No wonder that truck was straining to move and laboring up the hill. I'm surprised it slid off of the trailer with just the back end resting on the 4 x 4. Quite a set up that delivery guy's company has. Talk about a strong 5th wheel hitch. As tall as it was, it took a lot of bending moment pulling and pushing that trailer over uneven ground. What a stark contrast to the HOA back in Avon. Here you are free to do as you please and enjoy life.
He had a job backing the trailer around. Its long way from the back of the truck to the trailer axle. Nice container. Heaps of storage room in that. We have a container for storage for our clubs gear and yes as Mr Sullivan below says put vents in it to stop condensation with mesh under the vent holes to stop bugs and wasps getting in. You have a nice section in the bush. Its coming along.
I hope you tipped that driver ! That was asking a lot for a delivery. Site preparation could of been better. The corona has been letting you get so much done, going to be a great place.
The shipping container is a modern day version of a 44 gallon drum. Can be reused but has a limit of times Gets soiled and can’t be used for certain items Sold for alternate use eg storage or modified for housing. 44 gallon drum may be dog house used oil But if top and bottom cut off and side cut an flattened For sheets nailed to timber as wall sheathing and roof sheets put though a corrugated roller. The sheets would equal out to be eight feet long. Sometimes if container to old for a high grade product return to expensive to return empty. This is not happening today but tradition building product for NZ is corrugated Iron is used allot. Called now any length , long run iron.
Scott, that was interesting to watch. I feel like the driver did a pretty good job getting that large container into the spot you prepared, and most comments seem to agree. But a few, as usual, were critical. You had said in a previous video that you had laid out and cleared the area so that it should not be too difficult to back it in. Since a 40-ft container is probably 8,000-9,000 lbs, and the delivery was made with a Ford pickup, don't you think he did pretty good? Your property does offer a few challenges for delivery trucks (or visiting buses)... 😏
I'm considering using a container to move my stuff 300 miles, I cannot for the life of me figure out who/how I can call for quotes about how to haul it for me?
@@joe4324 I looked around for something like that too, my move got delayed but I never did have any luck. Someone could really fill a void there and make a lot of money.
I second the comment on venting the container. If we had to do it all again, I would spend the cash and get a solar power unit. And windows if I wasn’t worry about people breaking in.
that ford is a work horse. that 7.3 Powerstroke runs like new. & no not all o reilly make them, only some make hydraulic hoses. & i always have good luck with them for hydraulic hoses.
EXACTLY my thoughts on this ... Scott could have been a BIG help with the Kubota "steering" the rear of the trailer around the curve. The videos are great (leave them up to Kelly) but Scott needed to "pitch-in" with this difficult situation rather than being a spectator. He's usually a nice guy with good common sense, but missed an opportunity here.
I knew the tractor was out of commission. I was saying that along the lines of, "It's too bad the tractor is down, 'cause it would have been helpful. "
I had a 20' container delivered to my place in MO. Same color and logo on the side as yours. I told them a 40' won't make the turn on the county road and all they had was a 40' trailer. So they looked into other options and had worked out a deal with a local wrecker place with a 20' tilt bed. I've had it just over two months so no condensation but it will get hot as an oven on a day in the low 80's which we've recently had.
If this is a semi-permanent installation you need some concrete foundation posts, not the bits of timber it is supported on, which will rot out. Also, the underside of the container needs a barrier to vegetation growth, which will create moisture in the ply flooring, causing it to rot and that is notwithstanding that the underside of the container will provide an excellent habitat for vermin.
Make the turn wider on your driveway. I had a similar problem with my site. The road coming in wasn't paved around the last turn. It is a public road, the owner of the lot wouldn't allow the state to pave his frontage. It was a long time feud. Once passed his land it is paved again! I had a delivery of 76 ft trusses. Over 100ft with truck and trailer. I had a crane standing by to help the trailer arou d that last turn. Make that turn wider, you own the land. We shall see if the state will pave it now. The owner that held the grudge with the state has passed away and I now have a pond with a dry hydrant for the local fire department. Can't wait to see the look on the fire truck driver's face the first time he comes around that turn.😀
Hey Scott, just had a thought.... if you don't sell one of your rooftop a/c's you could put one on the container if you wanted to work on something inside.... Having lived in TN I know the summers are very hot and humid.... lol's Great job on the installation of the container...
That’s a nice tractor but I’m surprised you don’t have a Oliver with a two-stroke Detroit on it. May need to add one of those to your fleet For road maintenance and stuff lol.
You could've maybe picked up the back of the empty trailer and made it easier to get out. Just thinking out loud. Definitely paint the connex camouflage
It really annoys me when I see a driver beating the shit out of their transmission when they have a perfectly good low range option that gives way more flexibility and doesn't frag the torque converter and boil the fluid.
I cant believe it was so cheap. Seems like it would be worth more just in scrap especially since half the price is for delivery. Or atleast it should be
jeep2003 it doesn’t exactly fit in a car crusher and a shredder that size couldn’t make money on container fare alone especially after paying for shipping back from its destination in rural Tennessee. Paying a crew of guys with cutting torches to get it to a size to scrap couldn’t be cheap. Probably could go at it with a huge grapple but those probably have higher paying jobs and you still have to pay an experienced operator.
Scrap metal prices are .03 per 100 lbs in our area right now. a 40' container weights 8,000 lbs give or take with the wood floor in it. So that container would bring next to nothing.
