Over seas shipping container for clam truck box

[prentice110]

Anybody ever done this? Ive seen some in photos. Wondering how the sides hold up , and how to go about setting up the floor / mounting it to the truck.

 

[flushcut]

opcorn: I have no idea. I don't think it would hold up over time.

 

[wheelloader123]

I have done this on two of our grapple trucks. Compared to a $15k to $25K new "factory" body it is a very viable option. To do it right, you will invest about $5500-$7000 in one. I've sent you a message. Send me an email and I'll shoot you some pictures of our's and give you the details of the modifications necessary to make it work.

 

[flushcut]

Did you have to beef up the box or was it good to go?

 

[no tree to big]

I'm not sure how this would work due to the weight since I'm not sure what chassis this is going on but what about a dumpster, like a 30yrd box? those things take a helava beating and hold up good but are prob well over 3K pounds I know Ive seen used ones for sale every once in a while for anywhere from 1-3K

 

[prentice110]

Dumpsters are usualy beat to hell when there done with em'. I dont want to weld cracks all day. We had an Omaha Standard brand box new on our third clam , Thee 'prentice 110' that I took my name from. It was shot after only like four years of heavy use. We swapped that out with a cheap used semi trailer gravel body but those arent made for it either. Way I figure with the shipping crate all you'd have to do is plasma arc cut off what you dont need and weld in a frame rail, crossmembers , and floor. My buddies got a hell of a Miller 250? and loves to weld for beer and smokes $. We'll put it together for cheap cheap!

 

[Mikests]

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I have seen some done in different ways, to do it right requires some fabricating and re enforcement, you will need to build a top rail all the way around it and depending on the length of it you may need to fabricate in some uprights towards the middle to keep the sides from bowing out when trying to pack the load in. Attaching it to your truck depends on whats on the trick now, if you have a flat bed its a little easier, but if your going to mount it to an open log bunk you may need to re enforce the floor also. Most boxes that are put on and off regularly are held on with chains and binders, but you have to make sure you use enough points of attachment and the correct grade of chain and binder to satisfy DOT requirements.

 

[prentice110]

thanks and welcome to the site! the toprail is a no-brainer, and I figured at least 4 2x4 quarter inch thick boxed tubeing uprights on either side. What I have that came with the loader is a really beat home made bed that I need to cut up cuz its not what I need, but it has a solid frame of 8inch channel rails with 3 4x6 heavy wall boxed tube crossmembers . A really good foundation that I want to put a bad ass house on. Still debating the shipping container, but might just slap my own version of a bed on it, depends on whats going to be cheaper. Im going to notch down the front of the sides, and build a trough that will hold a few alturna mats so they will actually be part of the sides, and I can just pinch em with the grapple and throw em down where I need em.

 

[Mikests]

I am currently building a body for one of our loaders, I bought a used compactor box from a local dumpster company,( its the kind you would see behind retail stores etc for compacting cardboard etc) the top of the box was pitted with rust and they couldn't use it as a compactor anymore. I cut the top out of it, cut out the hook system from the front and am patching that area in with new cross members and plate, we cut the rollers and rails off the bottom, and are notching the top and using 4 inch box for the top rail, the box is ribbed pretty well because it was meant to hold the pressure of compacting the load. the door end can either be patched in at the opening or what I am doing is installing 4 inch angle iron vertically on both sides to form a channel that we are going to slide 4x6s made into panels to close in the rear, but the can be removed if you have to clean the body out.( We have worked some fema clean up contracts that required the bodies to be swept clean between loads because they were paying by weight, so I have to have an option to be able to fully clean out the body.)