We Connected Two Shipping Containers End To End - Tour the Final Modification
We Connected Two Shipping Containers End To End - Tour the Final Modification
Follow along in this video as we connect two 20-foot shipping containers together end to end! We already showed you how we connected two containers side-to-side, but now we want to share the kit we have available that allows you to modify two 20 foots into a 40’, and two 40-fts into an 80’!
This double long container will be used to grow sensitive fruits and vegetables up in the Arctic. They will be using their modified can to grow produce, and then they’ll use the second one that we modify to house all their mechanical systems.
There are not a lot of situations where you will need to connect two sea cans end to end, but there are circumstances where a 40’ cannot be transported to certain areas. This is when you may need our end-to-end kit to connect two modified 20-foots together after they are delivered.
And there are also instances where a 40’ container is not long enough for its purpose that you may need to connect a second one end to end to make it longer.
We will take you on a tour of this sea can modification and show you how we matched the second container to the customer’s.
If you’re interested in purchasing this product, please contact us at parts@thecontainerguy.ca to make an order.
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YouTube Video Transcript
This customer came to us with a request to modify a 20-foot standard shipping container
to fit up to a modified 20-foot high cube.
They plan on growing sensitive fruits and vegetables inside the 20-foot high cube, and
need a second container to house all the mechanical systems.
We ended up taking their 20-foot standard in on trade and selling them a 20-foot high
cube, which allowed us to provide a structural engineered connection kit at a lower cost.
The one customer supplied 20-foot container has a nice waterproof lined interior wall
So, we are going to try to mimic that with our strut line system, spray foam insulation,
We'll be insulating the floor, and then rubberized floor coating.
Then, we're going to use our end-to-end structural connection kit.
It'll have the high capacity bridge fittings and special flashings that will seal everything
off and keep all the melting snow and rain out of the connection between these two units.
A lot of people are probably thinking this kit is senseless, but there are unique situations
where infrastructure won't allow forties to get to site.
Also, the same kit that uses two 20s to make a 40-foot can, can connect two 40s together
Just before starting this job, we actually finished up an 80-foot unit that utilized
both exterior and interior flashings.
This kit is available to purchase, so send us an email at parts@thecontainerguy.ca if
The one container that was actually provided to us was modified by someone else in Eastern
Canada, and we were tasked to build a mechanical unit that would connect up to that, and so.
This container here is going to house a lot of the electrical and, I guess, the humidifiers
and air handling equipment, and then it'll flow back into the other 20-foot container
that this connected to, and--
So, we love this interior wall system that we've chosen for this can.
This is strut lined with CSM brackets and strut channel, and then we use this reline
wall panel, which very closely matched the wall paneling that was already on the other
And so these reline wall panels, they're a PVC panel, and they're originally developed
They're very resistant to moisture, and they'd be a great candidate to line the walls of
So for growing anything, whether it be hemp, or fruits or vegetables, or... it'll do her
With this strut channel here now, that's where we can build any kind of grow bed or special
racking, and it easily bolts and structurally bolts into this, and it's completely adjustable
And so this here is the wall of the original 20 foot, and then the container doors would
have been right here, and same goes on ours.
And so we've removed those container doors, installed their structural flashing kit, and
we've actually done a very removable section of wall paneling and floor section between
these, so if ever they did need to separate these, say they couldn't handle a full 40
where it was going and they needed to split them and reconnect them, it actually would
be done quite easily, and uh--
We're happy we were able to make it work.
This is the unit that was already done, and so they have a ton of insulation.
Their floors actually got six inches of foam, and I think they have quite a bit more on
But this is where the plants are going to be growing, so they're really going to do
their best in installing--
Sorry, in growing fruits and vegetables, and see if that can be done to make it economically
viable in doing that because it's so expensive to be shipping anything up north.
It's all going to be air freighted, and I'm excited to, I guess, stay in touch with them
as they perform these tests or experiments or whatever it is, and see if it works.
And then they've piped in all of their electrical, but they've elected to use PVC piping, which
I believe is more waterproof I guess, so.
There will be a lot of humidity in here, and it's probably the right choice for that.
We're actually going to jump outside, let's lift this thing up.
I want to show you how these two 20-foot containers are structurally connected together and can
still lift with our top lift and handle like a 40-foot shipping container.
So, this end-to-end connection kit is really cool with the high-capacity bridge fittings.
Our top lift operator is able to hook up to this just as he would a normal 40-foot shipping
The outside corner castings are in the identical spot as a 40' container because 20 foots are
actually 19 foot, 10 and a half inches, and then those bridge fittings add 3 inches, so
it makes it a perfect 40 foot shipping container and really easy for us to pick up and handle.
It spans that whole distance.
We're able to tilt, drive away, deliver it just as normal.
We learned a few things taking on this mod job.
We're definitely more knowledgeable with the mechanical systems and building envelope requirements
We were also able to prototype our door-to-door connection kit on 20-foot high cubes for the
first time, which allowed us to lift this unit as a 40.
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