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by Baloo
Tue May 09, 2023 9:06 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So i want to bury a shipping container
Replies: 122
Views: 10897

Re: So i want to bury a shipping container

No problem at all happy to discuss anything
I never was very good at keeping on track lol
by Baloo
Mon May 08, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So i want to bury a shipping container
Replies: 122
Views: 10897

Re: So i want to bury a shipping container

i suppose i should explain what i mean by the brakes work backwards, on a commercial vehicle in most countries we have "safety brakes" where compressed air is used to hold the the brake shoes off the brakes drums allowing you to drive, when you press the brake pedal it lets the air out of ...
by Baloo
Mon May 08, 2023 7:55 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So i want to bury a shipping container
Replies: 122
Views: 10897

Re: So i want to bury a shipping container

I can imagine . I was talking to a guy at an event who had a wartime 6x6 GMC truck and he was saying that he gets around 4mpg. Continuing the conversation I mentioned how there seemed to be less tanks and heavier stuff on the circuit ( re-enactment mainly) and he went on to say just how expensive i...
by Baloo
Sun May 07, 2023 6:52 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So i want to bury a shipping container
Replies: 122
Views: 10897

Re: So i want to bury a shipping container

grenfell wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 9:25 pm
ZIL ?
And if so just a little more jealous...
Yes zil 131. It should be getting a diesel conversion this summer as the petrol consumption is horrendous, probably Volvo fl6 with Alison auto box
by Baloo
Sat May 06, 2023 1:43 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So i want to bury a shipping container
Replies: 122
Views: 10897

Re: So i want to bury a shipping container

With regards to the green staining on the trailer. It's purely for transport but a little while ago I brought a twin axle box trailer. It was of course white , or rather a bit grubby white , and really was a big ugly obvious white box that tended to get dirty when not used during the winter. . I ca...
by Baloo
Sat May 06, 2023 10:22 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So i want to bury a shipping container
Replies: 122
Views: 10897

Re: So i want to bury a shipping container

im going to throw a curved ball in here i have this 5th wheel trailer that i live in during the nice sunny months, its great You've got all the best toys! Hitting the curve ball back at you...... Post SHTF, wouldn't legging in your RV, to somewhere remote, be a half decent option, better than hidin...
by Baloo
Sat May 06, 2023 10:06 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So i want to bury a shipping container
Replies: 122
Views: 10897

Re: So i want to bury a shipping container

or i could just forget about being underground at all and biuld a bunker at the back end of the leanto ( as someone suggested earlier ) still pour the walls ceiling, bank vault type door (s) , make them super thick and then stack hay bales around it making look just like a hay stack You mean with t...
by Baloo
Sat May 06, 2023 10:01 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So i want to bury a shipping container
Replies: 122
Views: 10897

Re: So i want to bury a shipping container

is concrete water proof ? or can it be made waterproof, it also means i have to have pumped sewage as its got to go up hill, so much to think about,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, No it's not. Yes it can. Tons of info here. https://www.yourownarchitect.com/is-concrete-waterproof/ thank you som...
by Baloo
Fri May 05, 2023 1:28 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So i want to bury a shipping container
Replies: 122
Views: 10897

Re: So i want to bury a shipping container

Yep. Until something happens non of us know what when or where, all we can do is our best guess
by Baloo
Fri May 05, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: So i want to bury a shipping container
Replies: 122
Views: 10897

Re: So i want to bury a shipping container

or i could just forget about being underground at all and biuld a bunker at the back end of the leanto ( as someone suggested earlier ) still pour the walls ceiling, bank vault type door (s) , make them super thick and then stack hay bales around it making look just like a hay stack