Steel Shipping Container Shelters - Survivalist Forum
2012年2月12日 · Shipping containers are not strong enough to be buried. They will collapse. A typical underground tank is made of 5/16 steel, a shipping container's skin is 1/16 thick. That's a big difference. You can bury them with proper structural support. But the cost of those supports added to cost of the shipping container makes it a much less attractive ...
Do NOT bury shipping containers! | Page 3 | Survivalist Forum
2010年3月5日 · Good concerning advice, but how do you explain container ships. I've seen shipping containers stacked 30- 40 high loaded with goods. I would be more concered with them rusting out, unless a rust inhibitor was painted on first (like Antifouling paint for boat hulls) and/ or a water resistant membrane wraped around it.
Do NOT bury shipping containers! - Survivalist Forum
2011年1月23日 · the problem with shipping containers is the accordian style sides look strong, and they are if the load is only pushing straight down, same with the roof, strong if pushing from the sides. burying them puts the stress on the wrong angles and you would be surprised how easy they bend if you push on the sides.
Shipping container storage for supplies? | Survivalist Forum
2021年2月18日 · Roughly where are you. Actually asking roughly what climate conditions. Shipping containers can be wonderful, or "NOT". it all depends. I have four 20" shipping containers. Two have double doors on each end. I wish I had hundreds of containers, they are great for me. If you are going to store food and I do store food, buy near new container.
Concrete block vs shipping container bunker - Survivalist Forum
2012年4月29日 · The shipping container approach offers a convenience factor very difficult to match, which is a key factor in most peoples decision to undertake such a project. The ability to simply "drop in" a complete room is an attractive idea. On the topic of rust/corrosion, very few containers are unserviceable.
How to Hide a Shipping Container. | Survivalist Forum
2023年7月25日 · I purchased a 20 ft Conex shipping container 8 yrs ago when I first moved to my ranch. After building the house, shop, and three other buildings, I now have plenty of dry lockable storage, and I can drean up ways to hide my Conex as a secure cache. View attachment 529846
“Tactical” Screwdriver…WTH, seriously? | Survivalist Forum
2024年8月23日 · In theory, it should be cheap, but we all know that social media, name recognition, and good marketing can make a $300 screwdriver a “tactical must-have”! I’ve collected a few and toyed around with a few. These aren’t your little pocket pry tools, they’re legitimate prying, chipping, leveraging tools. Tiny pocket pry tools:
Where can I find IBC Totes and 55 gallon poly drums for free / …
2011年10月21日 · Free, unlikely. Cheap, possibly. I bought my IBC totes for $20 each, but that was a fluke. They normally sell for more. The average I'm seeing is about $75. With some people paying more, and some less. Mine came from a factory that makes sandwiches for convenience stores. They originally gave a bunch of them away for free, but they no longer do ...
An alternative to burying a Conex container? - Survivalist Forum
2010年12月18日 · Don't fight it 357. Good that your thinking but lets be honest with ourselves. Trailers are crap. There is a reason they are a form of cheap housing. Trust those with construction experience, you don't want it.
The Dangers of Budget Geiger Counters | Survivalist Forum
2024年10月23日 · So even if you have a device that is +/- 1% (most devices, even the cheap ones, are in the 15-30% range) the device could still vary by +/-50% from what your body is receiving. So accuracy really isn't an issue. Measurement Range You will find that most cheap devices are limited to around 200 mR/h (2 mSv/h).