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Ok, let’s build a tiny house out of a storage container. I’ve been interested in doing this for a few years now.
I’ve got lots of plans and ideas. You in?I’ve made a few tiny houses out of old semi trialers. A refrigerated one is great to work with because some of them are already insulated and they seem to be a little more well constructed which gives you a nice base to work with. If you live near a port city, you can usually pick up a retired one for around $1,200. I only paid $800 for the last one I got, but that was about ten years ago now too, but I see them in the paper between 1200 to 1500 dollars. Another little trick for building a tiny house is check with insurance liquidation lots for a wrecked RV. You can usually pick one up real reasonable and save big $$$ in salvaged parts. My last semi trailer conversion I snapped up a wrecked motorhome for $1,200 and the only damage was the front end. Looking back I almost wish I had been smart enough to just cut the front off behind the wheel well and close it in with a sliding glass door and would have had a near instant tiny house.
Great tips Steve. My uncle made a studio from a semi truck trailer and he also mentioned getting the refrigerated ones for the better insulation. That would have been a fun idea to cut the front off of an RV and install a sliding glass door.
I worked in the oil fields for several years and some of the drilling locations were not easy to nearly impossible for regular RVs to get to, so we converted semi trailers into tiny houses and bunk houses. They are more rugged and obviously higher off the ground, so they can handle more terrain abuse than your standard RV.
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