Leveling a Storage Container

[just_sawing]

I am getting a 40 ft High cube container Friday and was wondering how others have leveled their containers. I removed the organic soil down to Hard pan then added flat rock and 1 1/2" crushed rock to make the base. I plan to sit the container on block with a little space under the floor.
Just wondering for those who have worked with them what did you do?

[TxMex]

I put mine on wooden cross ties. Used a jack to lift it up and used shims(small pieces of lumber) to level it. I use the space under the high side for storage.

[just_sawing]

Thats what I am looking at. Have you had to relevel your container with age?

[Wolf mom]

Heck - I put one short side of my 40 footer on a railroad tie right on the ground. (the tie). The other side I put on a triangle built of 3 railroad ties - two on the bottom & one on top in the middle. Hasn't sunk or shifted in the 11 years it's been there that I can tell.
Level enough for me for hay & for storage. But then, I'm pretty low tech.

[FarmboyBill]

I cant see a problem, but then I have 2 of those HEAVY ratchet jacks that have a stand on top and a peg at the bottom for eithers use. I also have 2 rail, (widow makers) jacks. Id just set one of the heavy jacks on one end after digging down around 4in so that the peg would fit underneath and do the same on the other side, then raise them to the highth I wanted, and, for me, id either leave it flat on the level ground, OR id make it high enough that cats could get underneath to find any mice rats that would maybe live there). Anyway, after getting it to the highth I wanted, and getting it level by raising one jack higher than the other, id shim it, as said, with concrete blocks, or hard wood treated timbers shoved underneath it, the squarage, the size needed, then set it down.

[sky61]

For my 40 foot high cube the dozer created a flat pad (dirt) and then spread some crusher run gravel. When the truck driver slid the box off the truck the doors would open, but not perfectly. Dozer pulled it back a foot or so on the pad and it leveled out fine. Been there for 3 years without any door issues. Sitting on the gravel. It probably gets open once or twice a week. This was not the first time the dozer operator had created a pad for a high cube this way and he had not had any complaints. Your mileage may vary.

[ChristieAcres]

DH leveled both our shipping container and also truck box (both 40 feet long and 9'6" tall). Similar prep before he put down railroad ties. They are both leveled, know he used jacks, and the doors work fine now. One we bought a month ago and the truck box (refer unit) was given to me, but we paid to have it hauled over and placed. I'll take a look when I go out shortly.

[just_sawing]

Thanks for the information I will get it Monday

[AmericanStand]

Try to slope the ground under it so it will drain , then put a heavy sheet of plastic or rubber under it to keep the moisture down.

[just_sawing]

Got it levels plumb bubble to the rear and to the door. Like it so well have another one coming Tuesday.