| 28mmMan | 01 Oct 2011 8:17 a.m. PST |
A most useful piece of the modern age. A few pulleys and a handful of people with the old barn raising spirit… shipping container towns
shipping container camps
shipping container house
shipping container pool/tank
The tanks could be used for aqua culture as well as recreation…raising fish, shellfish, plants, etc. in remote areas or areas with potential health issues in the water.
Walls, levees, etc. Seems like there will be plenty of these structures available, so it will come down to imagination. Thoughts? |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 01 Oct 2011 8:25 a.m. PST |
Worldworks Games has cardstock shipping containers available for download, and most AT-43 sets came with one or two, lots of those available out there… *Yes, I am affiliated with Worldworks Games. |
Chocolate  | 01 Oct 2011 11:07 a.m. PST |
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| Augustus | 01 Oct 2011 2:38 p.m. PST |
One thing is for sure, if you colony world has just been recently settled, possibly even long after, these sorts of buildings will see use. Robert Zubrin (mars society) had a good series of articles on using local resources combined with reused rocket bodies and cargo containers as basis for Mars colony structures. |
| Delthos | 01 Oct 2011 3:28 p.m. PST |
On the Discover Channel TV show "The Colony" the ex-Marine scout sniper Tick sets up his camp in some old shipping containers. His training allowed him to set up a veritable mansion and fully stocked food supply compaired to the other 9 colonists in their apartment building they chose to occupy. It was amazing how he was able to live amoungst them for almost the entire show with out their knowledge and collect more useful supplies. It wasn't until the last couple weeks that they allowed him to make contact with the rest of the colonists. The shipping containers are a pretty good idea for shelter, although it's going to take a lot of effort to move them into a useful position with the limited resources that would be available. |
| 28mmMan | 01 Oct 2011 6:31 p.m. PST |
I have moved ones that were partially filled with equipment using a pair of car jacks, lids from metal 55gal drums (for jack supports), 30 or so 12'x 6" metal pipes, and 4 guys. We moved one out of a muddy zone to a dry area 60' away. It took us about 1.5hrs total. Was not all that easy but not as bad as I thought it would be. |
| napthyme | 01 Oct 2011 10:36 p.m. PST |
Seems like instant fortifications are the most likely uses beyond storage as they would require no welding to use once there weighted in place. |
| 28mmMan | 02 Oct 2011 7:15 a.m. PST |
Indeed there are aspects to the shipping container that are not all that obvious unless you have put hands on…the tie down points, inside and out, for example.
The first pic is from within and the second is what is welded onto the outside corners. So when stacking it is easy to bind the containers together via these outside corner tie downs. Even simple rope would work, although I would use the strongest and weather resistant material possible…most likely I would use short metal pipe pegs along with stranded wire…all heavily greased or painted to prevent corrosion. How they are stacked is important of course. Two layers/stacks is a fairly easy thing to do with pulleys, corner fit casters, and davits. Three might be pushing it without some sort of complex equipment or unique access like an overhang/cliff.
To put the size in context, those casters are sitting on 48" x 48" pallets. |
| 28mmMan | 04 Oct 2011 10:37 a.m. PST |
How about a whole town/village?
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| 28mmMan | 07 Oct 2011 10:59 a.m. PST |
I like this woodland cottage, especially the growth on top
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