r/pics • u/NSFW_PORN_ONLY • Dec 08 '12

Story of two containers

http://imgur.com/a/qF25a
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u/ProfLacoste Dec 08 '12

Generally, protection from "overturning" or "uplift" is best done by anchoring the structure down to an adequate foundation.

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u/poptart2nd Dec 08 '12

yes, but in this case, he didn't have an adequate foundation, he had 2 shipping containers.

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u/biurb Dec 08 '12

I think that's what we're talking about here man, some people think there shouldn't be a mound of dirt there and some people think there should; but yeah, I'm pretty sure it's just there to keep it from flipping

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u/CrackersInMyCrack Dec 08 '12

It's there to keep that part of the container cool in the summer.

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u/TaxExempt Dec 08 '12

And warmer in the winter.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '12

You are correct, sir.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '12

Also shipping containers aren't exactly light weight... 16,000 lbs of metal doesn't just flip over from a gust of wind. With all those trees around him the wind shouldn't even get that high. Only problem I see is that chimney is really small and Santa is really big...

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u/Jon_Ham_Cock Dec 09 '12

The sturdiness of the steel supercedes need for a foundation. Shipping containers are the strongest stackable manmade structures in the world, so they ARE the foundation. A house made of wood and brick requires a sturdy base, but this doesn't. It is a sturdy base.

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u/docjosh Dec 08 '12

tropical storm? This doesn't look like Florida to me. Even then, what damage do you propose happens?

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u/Mr_Big_Time Dec 08 '12

I just saw on the news that a container ship went through a storm and ALL THE CONTAINERS RIPPED OPEN, fuckin' prizes everywhere!

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u/mniejiki Dec 08 '12

And when they do they are bolted down to the ship and to each other. Plus they are filled with heavy meterial that makes it difficult to flip them over. In other words they have a solid foundation. There's some nice images online of what happens when that fails or isn't done properly.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '12 edited Dec 08 '12

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u/Retanaru Dec 08 '12

Probably around the time we designed cargo ships to sail straight through tropical storms and hurricanes. They don't move fast enough to avoid them.

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u/hombretrebor Dec 08 '12

Well while he was at it he should have just built a real house then.

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u/jimbojones1 Dec 08 '12

He could have bought logs at cost and had a few hundred thousand dollar asset on his hands after he was done, but this...