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Well, then, to haul it back on topic, I guess we should recommend that the OP ship over all their gardening implements. Although, then they'd have to buy somewhere with actual soil which would then put them somewhere like on the Hamakua coast so they wouldn't actually have to live poor and in Puna. And now everyone will be happy, even OD & WtVpr.
We shipped a twenty footer over to the Big Island from Oahu although half of that was for business stuff and only half was household. But shipping rates between islands is much less expensive than from the mainland.
I just received A quote from these folks Buy ISO Shipping Containers, Used Cargo Shipping Containers for Sale . It was $2899.00 Delivered to Detriot for a 40 ft container .They are just used once from China .Also they have trucks that can put it on the ground either off the back or off the side. He said as long as you have room. I am waiting on Matson to see if this is acceptable.This would work well for me no ramps plus I own it so free storage on the BI till home is built.
If it doesn't have a current marine engineer's certification, the barge company won't take it. This may not be a requirement in China, but it is in the USA.
I am reading all these posts,, Ive purchased land in ocean view and would love feed bk.
Hope to purchase a 40 ft container and have it placed on the land and build off of it..
Considering my furnture i may go with getting other stuff on island but tools and treated lumber are going in my container with solor stuff generatore and a wood stove.
Any advise would be welcome since I have 6 months now to consider my options.
Thanks
If you mean 'built off of it' as to make it into a dwelling at some point, then get a tall container. You need 8' ceilings for a dwelling. And insulated as well. It gets really hot unless they're insulated. We had a tall insulated container as a farm storage shed and it did surprisingly well in staying cool inside. It was just a container, though, didn't have windows cut into it.
Wonder if you could get a 40' container, fix it up as a guest house and then ship it to Hawaii? If windows and doors are cut into it, do they still let it be shipped as a container?
I suspect that cutting windows and doors in would violate the certificate. To be certified, from what I understand, the container can't even have a pinhole in the structure. Damaged ones get sold off to the used container brokers.
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