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gratefulgringo
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Shipping Containers
Just successfully delivered 2 shipping containers to my place in La Ventana. If anyone needs some containers I can share my experience with them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZopiJmp4bDE&feature=c4-ov...
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El Jefe
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Would be interesting to know how much it cost to buy and get those delivered. Then one could compare that to having a block garage built instead.
Great video.
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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gratefulgringo
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I shipped from Long Beach. Delivery is $1500. Import on top of that was $400. Then the shipper charged $600 document fee, probably a bit of a rip off.
I had to get the backhoe to get it off the truck.
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rts551
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was that apiece. or for both?
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gratefulgringo
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Both
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Whale-ista
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Shipping container houses
Thanks for sharing this.
The crew you hired seem to do a good job transferring the containers. Had they done this before? How do you plan to use them?
I've been interested in getting containers for a lot in Ensenada. Did you consider getting them from the port there?
And has anyone seen houses made of shipping containers in Baja? Here are some from the US.
Shipping container homes
I'd be interested in any examples others have seen in MX, and what permits might be required.
[Edited on 12-16-2013 by Whale-ista]
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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MMc
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Everything said and done are both doors facing the same way?
How did you flip the second one around? Thank you for the share.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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bajaguy
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Ensenada
Whale............
There is a restaurant/bakery made partially of containers in Maneadero. Turn at the Calimax and head to La Bufadora. It will be on your right, next to
the "Wolf" cafe.
Also, Las vegas has a new business area, Downtown Container Park where (almost) every business is built in/around shipping containers:
http://www.vegaschatter.com/tag/Shipping%20Container%20Park
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Thanks for sharing this.
The crew you hired seem to do a good job transferring the containers. Had they done this before? How do you plan to use them?
I've been interested in getting containers for a lot in Ensenada. Did you consider getting them from the port there?
And has anyone seen houses made of shipping containers in Baja? Here are some from the US.
Shipping container homes
I'd be interested in any examples others have seen in MX, and what permits might be required.
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willyAirstream
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Some Mexican examples on FB......cargo.architecture
Also, there is a community near Mexico City built entirely of containers. I will find the link later
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apple
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Are you going to live in yours or just use it for storage?
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gratefulgringo
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The crew I hired to get the containers off the 18 Wheeler had never done anything like this before. I found out after the fact the the Backhoe driver
had drunk around 20 beers before pulling them off. I plan on building a house with the 2 container. I'm just finishing up land clearing and then
will be pouring a foundation. I will take and post videos of the container home building process. I also have plans I have drawn up that I will try to
post.
One question I have for anyone who might know. I'm going to just set the containers down on a concrete pad, not attaching the containers
permanently to the foundation. I'm thinking tthat if any official comes and questions questions my container house I can pass it off as
portable/mobile housing. Does anyone else have an opinion on that?
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gratefulgringo
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Right now the containers are storage. Once I build a house with then I am going to buy another, probably a 40 footer for storage.
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jimgrms
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Geateful i kinda think that plan you have will end up somehow biting you in the butt ,get a permit and do it right .
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El Jefe
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And do you have a plan to make them look, well, not so much like shipping containers in the neighborhood?
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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Wow, delivered on an F350 flat bed and unloaded by a backhoe. Only in Mexico.
Bob Durrell
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gratefulgringo
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I think the finished dwelling will look nice. Not so much screaming shipping containers but it will look like metal siding.
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willyAirstream
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Container structures can look fantastic with a bit of imagination.
How much are the 40 footers? Are these the `A` grade? Structurally sound , weather proof and very little rust?
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El Jefe
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Good for you GG! I look forward to more posts on your project as it progresses.
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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Bob and Susan
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i think i'd dig some footings and bolt them down...
just in case
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Bob and Susan
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an f450 bob...commercial unit
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