Re:Launch HN: Boxouse (YC W17) – Shipping-container homes
by hastewart39 on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:46PM
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A few years ago we shipped a fab shop complete with a plasma cnc from Texas to a farm in rural Kenya, the whole process was surprisingly easy and I discovered that farm life is way more fun with a plasma cnc!
Re:Launch HN: Boxouse (YC W17) – Shipping-container homes
by dluan on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @06:17PM
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It'd be really cool to send around a science lab like this. If you need any traveling scientists to live in a boxlab for a trial run, let me know.
Re:Launch HN: Boxouse (YC W17) – Shipping-container homes
by hourislate on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:18PM
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There are special trucks set up to deliver 20ft/40ft containers anywhere. Since a large portion of goods flows by water you should not have a problem at any port in the world to load and unload your container.
The fee to deliver your container to it's final destination can be from a couple of hundred dollars and up depending on how far the truck driver has to go from the logistics company.
Logistically you can ship a 40 ft container (max weight) from China to Toronto Canada (delivered to premises) for $2000-2800.
You do not need to have a crane operators license or class.
It's kind of cool to think that you could live anywhere in the world that has an open port, but how the heck do you get it off a boat in Chile or Ireland the same that's cheap and freeing?