Has anyone gone with a Tiny House or Shipping Container for their hunting cabin? How has it worked out? What positive and negative things have you noticed? Here are a couple of of shipping container designs that I like if I couldn't be at the property all the time.
Nope. I hate Pinterest though. My wife finds all sorts of bad ideas on there.
I would install a 24 foot yurt from pacific yurts if I were building something right now. I just put in 20 foot yurts at the state park where I work and we put a heater and air conditioner unit in them with a ceiling fan. I would also use a high quality laminate floor over the traditional plywood that you build them with.
Yurts are way to easy to brake into. I know way to many people that have had their cabin broke into and property stolen. I'm looking for something hopefully a little harder for someone to brake into. Thanks for the idea though.
I plan on getting a 40' container next month to store stuff. I plan on getting a second one and spacing it 30' from the first, putting a roof over them, pour a pad between them and building a shop from it. I've seen some pretty cool shops on the internet built this way. It seems like it may be cheaper than a metal building and also has the ability to use it and build it as you go.
There are some really cool looking dwellings built from these. I read last night they can be stacked 7 containers high. So they are pretty strong.
Have seen several people use them around here for their cabins. I bought them all the time at work for storage, and waste shipments. They cost about $4000-5000 for a new end load 20 footer, and $6000 for a combo end/side loader. 40 footers require much more planning and support for underneath foundation. Buying a single-use used one will save you about 30% over new cost.
The best way is to buy a new one which has been manufactured as a construction office. They are already pre-wired for electrical systems, come with doors and windows with security bars welded on the accesses, A/C installed. etc. Run about $10-13K delivered to your site.
I build covers between them all the time, it kind of what I do besides steel building. Just finished one that is 57ft wide and 90 ft long.
I don't think it's a bad idea as long as you have thought over the whole process thoroughly enough to be prepared for everything.
I really like your thought. I would bring the two containers, build the the roof over them, use them for storage ,shop or whatever. Then I would buy one of these real nice used RVs , I sure would think a lot of people will be getting rid of them.
I thought this was an interesting design. Here's one someone built for a homeless lady here. They put the door on the wrong side so when it rains she gets a waterfall right outside her door. No gutters or down spouts. Maybe that's her shower?
Best Get Some Ventilation on them Containers! And Longun! The New Diesel Pick-Ups Pull These With No Problem!
They’re more work than they sound like. I talked to a few subs that have built those and they tell me they suck. About the only positive I see is what someone mentioned spreading them apart and roof over two. One good thing is that they look like low rent living, so that should fit right in on most 40 acre parcels. All you need is a few scrap piles and some No Trespassing signs and it will blend right in.
Yeah I'm thinking the rv market will be flooded,with lightly used rv/campers very shortly
Yep. Right now is a bad time to buy an RV of any kind but I expect to find steals on them within the next couple years.
My neighbors put up a tiny house on their ranch, and built a big deck on 3 sides of it. It very convenient, but it has windows and doors if you're worried about someone breaking in.
Lots of folks down in Texas using them for deer camp cabins. Foam insulate, ventilate and frame on inside and they work great. You want a high cube.
We put a Cumberland building Lofted Barn on our ranch in Colorado. We designed it ourselves with the windows we wanted and a steel man door instead of the barn doors. Plus they will deliver it and level it for free if it’s within 50 miles of one of their facilities. They have facilities all over. We love it..
Some insulation and some paneling and that thing would be cozy in a snow storm. throw in a sink that drained outside and you might never go home. LOL
Yes we plan on doing all of that. Plus wire it with lights and plugs so we can run a generator. Once we get some more time and money. But we did install one of these on the place . It’s a game changer.
I was going to do the building container hopefully will some day, but ended up welding up a frame and stick framing up a tiny house mostly due to having left over materials from other projects. Put 22 ga bare steel on 3 sides of it and it has been pretty bullet proof and maintenance free. Has a loft and bar stools. Sits at 9800’, loaded it with a excavator and unloaded it with a couple hand winches. Built a deck on it on site. In total Spent about 1200 bucks a couple years ago with using mostly reclaimed material.
I haul them (as a part time gig) from the east side of Dallas to west Texas for a friend, who then sells them for ranch feed storage and hunting cabins among other uses. Be sure to insulate and vent. Those things can get really hot and really cold if ya don’t. They are very varmint proof both four and two legged with proper locks.
I buried one.....thought it would be plenty strong but the roof and sides pushed in ALOT.....lol
Posting these for Gator.
Was going to do a "cabin in a can", but, when we finally found some land, it was in a rural neighborhood, and wouldn't have looked right. So, we're framing inside a steel building. Spent a lot of Sunday morning breakfasts with my Daddy, planning the cabin in a can. Think Murphy beds, composting toilet, etc. Also, making covers of steel that lift up above windows, so it can be protected from break ins, and the internal doors, protected by the outside metal doors. Lots of information on the net. I agree that it needs to be insulated.
I want a sheep wagon for a hunting camp
Gator, I really like the photos, especially the bottom one.
Noise factor I think, I just build them can't say why they do something they do to them. That big one has a 40 ft flatbed trailer on the back of that semi.
