moving an empty container... how easy is it!?

[Stihl123]

hi

yeh basically wondering if anyone has moved a 15 or 20 foot empty container, and if they have, how they did it?

thinking about getting one to use as a shed due to the fact they are big and secure!

access is tight but it will go, it would have to go in long ways the whole way down the garden

could get a digger in, like a 5 ton but not a telehandler or anything

 

i dunno if it's a stupid idea or not 

thanks 

[Will C]

Roll it on fence posts/tree trunks, will move fairly easy if you use ground guards as well - it worked for stone henge - I know this cause Stubby told me and he was there (apparently, but I’ve not seen the pics) 

[Canal Navvy]

A fairly long Ifor Williams (or brand of your choice) flat bed trailer works well. Shunt it into position, Jack four corners up, pull trailer out, job done ?

[william127]

If you can get a 5 ton digger in you'll have no problems, boards and fence post rollers will help it move easier and protect the ground. 

I work with a couple of engineers positioning/removing generators and what you can do with a roller pole and a pry bar is amazing ??

 

I've got to site  a 20 ft fully clad/insulated/lined shipping container for some customers in a couple of weeks, that's going to be interesting ??

[aspenarb]

A container is only as wide as the truck that delivers it, if the container goes down there wont the truck?

 

Bob

 

They are all the same width.

 

 

 

[Toad]

An excitable delivery driver and £50 will get a container in most places.

[woody paul]

My old boss asked me to give him a hand to move a 40ft container into his yard he had moved it a bit of the way to were he wanted it on fence post as rollers and his Ford 3000 then it need turning 90deg and drag it down the side of barn. 

Took Landy 130 and winched it into place with a snatch block. 

[Moose McAlpine]

23 minutes ago, Canal Navvy said:

A fairly long Ifor Williams (or brand of your choice) flat bed trailer works well. Shunt it into position, Jack four corners up, pull trailer out, job done ?

 

Pretty much this. Been looking at doing it with my 18' Ifor. 2' overhang at the back. An empty 20' is 2,200kg empty so within my payload.

 

Set it on blocks or axle stands and lower in stages with jacks. Also tempted to build a mobile gantry to do it with.

 

11 minutes ago, aspenarb said:

A container is only as wide as the truck that delivers it, if the container goes down there wont the truck?

 

Bob

 

They are all the same width.

 

 

 

That your truck?

[Stihl123]

14 minutes ago, aspenarb said:

A container is only as wide as the truck that delivers it, if the container goes down there wont the truck?

 

Bob

 

They are all the same width.

 

 

 

i don't think the lorry would make it to be honest!

 

 

sounds rather possible with some round poles and a digger!

[headgroundsman]

I dragged one with a ford 4610. H&S might have had something to say as i pulled from the top link pin and front wheels 3 foot off the ground. Not saying anyone should do this just saying what i did with no one looking