[AT] Using shipping containers for tractor storage

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If you don't want to run a sub panel from another building, you can probably have the power company put in a servicefor a mobile home. That consists of a pole with a box and meter on it. I looked into doing that when I built my shop so I would have power during construction.

Todd MarkleSpring Mills, Pa.

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I’m guessing that your question pertains to an outbuilding with no power. If so, you can run a line to a second breaker box, but it would have to come off of the house meter, connected on the house side of the meter so that you would be billed for what you use.

If you’re talking about a pole owned by the utility, you’re not supposed to mount anything on their pole.

Now if you’re talking about you own private pole, you can run a line and mount whatever you want to it, a song as you comply with all local ordinances.

I’ve seen meters and breaker boxes mounted on plywood sheets mounted between two posts on some dairy farms, but can’t say if this something allowed by local ordinance. But apparently it’s OK with the utility company since they hooked up to it.

You can use direct burial cable from the house, but it needs to be buried about three feet deep.

Carl
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Now thinking about electricity.  Is it allowable to have a power pole with a
few circuits not permanently connected to a residence or is  not allowed?
Thinking of cords to lights and tools when I'm there and locked up when
away?  Maybe a generator is an OK solution?

Thanks to all who responded to my questions on containers for tractors.  I
have some great ideas from the responses.
Ventilation enhancement, roof protection, sleepers for under side
ventilation and buying narrow front tractors are all very helpful.  Not sure
how the hot weather problem can be solved.
I am bumbling down the road to making an offer on ten acres, but the sellers
are not exactly making it easy to fully understand the parcel's bounds and
easements.
Carl 
Manlius, NY

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Carl Gogol wrote:
>  
> 
> Are there any opinions concerning the use of the modular shipping 
> containers for storage of tools and tractors?  Are the used ones dry 
> enough?, do they need a gravel or stone base?  Is the 8 or 8.5' width 
> a severe limitation for practical storage and movement?  What plusses 
> and minuses am I missing?
> 
> Carl
> 
> Manlius, NY
> 
>  

Carl, Go on youtube and look at our downstate neighbors (Saugerties
area) Andrew Camaratas use of shipping containers.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgUGfzMeW6jJJia9BkDj1xOn9CQn3c9-W&dis
able_polymer=1

I have two of them setting side by side for storage on some other property.
That NY county and town doesn't consider them as fixed structures, just a
storage shed IF they can still be emptied and moved easily. IE no concrete
or "permanent" type structure.

I bought ones that were single use units, a bit more money but they are
inspected and have a guarantee to be water tight. They also had some that
were multi use and just tagged as "dry" that were cheaper.
The only real drawbacks are that although they are vented they can sweat
inside if the temperature changes fast. I added a couple solar powered fans
to help with that.
Size wise I opted for high cube 40 footers. Interior space is tight if you
are storing larger stuff, but you can get 2 Farmall H tractors in a
20 footer with a bit of wiggling. One gets backed in at a slight angle, the
other drove in at a matching angle. There is still room for a smaller
tractor or two like a Cub or similar.

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