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   gfretwell | Aug 04, 2008 08:53pm | #1

   It is fairly painless but not cheap. It costs about $350 for the first month (pickup and delivery) and $135 a month after that

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   JohnT8 | Aug 04, 2008 09:17pm | #3

   Was that a 16' one?

    jt8

   "A little 'enthusiasm' and all problems seems small!"

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   gfretwell | Aug 04, 2008 09:52pm | #6

   Yes it was the 16', I kept it 3 months in my yard and my bill was $660.94This is a rollup of the invoices
   07-29-2008 Invoice # 002-092591 $99.91 Pickup
   06-29-2008 Invoice # 002-090120 $142.04 monthly
   05-29-2008 Invoice # 002-088121 $142.04 monthly
   04-29-2008 Invoice # 002-087112 $276.95* Drop off* I think I paid $30 extra to have it dropped on a non-paved surface.

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   JohnT8 | Aug 05, 2008 01:04am | #9

   So maybe as a way of moving stuff, it is OK, but kinda high as a U-store-it warehouse?  I haven't rented a warehouse in a while, but $142 sounds high for a 8x8x16.  Paying for convenience

   The typical scenario for moving is that you have a mob of your friends show up on a certain day and it just a hellish exercise in logistics and a frenzy of throwing stuff on trucks and then unloading it at the destination.  The POD idea seemed to offer a more relaxed method.

   Looks like their pricing is like adding a warehouse plus a UHaul rental.jt8

   "A little 'enthusiasm' and all problems seems small!"

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   DanH | Aug 05, 2008 01:37am | #10

   For on-site storage of construction tools and materials. They're fairly rugged but probably could be broken into by a determined guy with a sawzall.
   It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. --Rollo May

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   gfretwell | Aug 05, 2008 02:33am | #13

   They could be broken into by a determined guy with a screwdriver. The whole thing is thin fiberglass mat. You could kick a hole in that thing. They are also not all that water tight. They don't seal up that well either. I dusted it with boric acid before I put stuff in it and there were about 50 dead "palmetto bugs" in there when I unloaded it.

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   DanH | Aug 05, 2008 03:01am | #14

   Well they seemed to work well in Biloxi.
   It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. --Rollo May

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   DougU | Aug 05, 2008 04:29am | #15

   After our recent floods they are all over the place. We are working on a restaurant/bar that has 4 of them outside, same as all the business's up and down the street. There must be something good about them!

   Doug

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   Matt | Aug 05, 2008 04:40am | #16

   For onsite construction storage I'd much perfer a sea container.  They come in 8x8x20 and 8x8x40.  Last time I checked (a few years ago) the smaller one was like $75 a month and $75 for pickup or drop off.  Much more secure than other types of containers.

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   Jeff_Clarke | Aug 05, 2008 07:16am | #18

   Agree with Matt.   Had a MiniMobile unit in the driveway for nearly 2 years (full).   Running cost was around $95/month.

   Jeff

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   DanH | Aug 04, 2008 08:56pm | #2

   H4H was using them in Biloxi for on-site storage.

   It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. --Rollo May
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   john_carroll | Aug 04, 2008 09:22pm | #4

   There was one set in my neighborhood. Noticing the door was open, I decided to see what it looked like. To my surprise there were two men urinating inside. It was, like, two peas in a pods.

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   square668 | Aug 04, 2008 09:31pm | #5

   Great idea, good service, resonable price and you only move your #### twice,  in and out.  Not in the truck into storage back into truck back into home.  A bargain.  Every time I think there are no more elegant ways to make money stuff like this proves me wrong.

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   marv | Aug 05, 2008 12:10am | #8

   OMG that was badYou get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.

   Marv

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   Huck | Aug 05, 2008 01:32pm | #19

   That's nothing.  A guy in my neighborhood owns a wig shop.  He's got one in his driveway.  I peeked inside one day when I walked by as he was opening it.  Floor to ceiling men's wigs.  Yep.  Toupes in a pod.View Image “Good work costs much more than poor imitation or factory product” – Charles GreeneCaliforniaRemodelingContractor.com

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   DougU | Aug 05, 2008 01:44pm | #20

   Toupes in a pod.

   there's a joke in there someplace!

   Take that on the road, city to city, sorta like the old Jewell Tea Man.

   Doug

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   husbandman | Aug 06, 2008 04:18am | #23

   Ba-da-bing!

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   john_carroll | Aug 06, 2008 02:16pm | #25

   A guy in my neighborhood owns a wig shop.  He's got one in his driveway.  I peeked inside one day when I walked by as he was opening it.  Floor to ceiling men's wigs.  Yep.  Toupes in a pod.

   Huck, If that purveyor of toupes buys a fundamentally defective hairpiece, does some quick, superficial repairs, then sells it at an enormous profit, would it be fair to say that he had "flipped his wig"?

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   marv | Aug 06, 2008 04:06pm | #26

   OMGYou get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.

   Marv

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   YesMaam27577 | Aug 04, 2008 11:39pm | #7

   My neighbor had one in his driveway for about nine months. I asked him nicely to get it moved, and he refused. So I called the appropriate officials.

   What I noticed is that, when the incentive is right, getting one of those things moved can happen right quick!

   Politics is the antithesis of problem solving.

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   Piffin | Aug 07, 2008 01:49am | #29

   wow, only eight posts into this thread and already two people are pizzed off, well three counting both those peas in the Pod 

    

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   Piffin | Aug 07, 2008 01:55am | #30

   For the kind of semi-permanent storage on site like that wig parlour, I have known several guys buy a semi trailer at auction and pay to have it towed home. $800-1500 buys it outright to get a big ugly storage box with lockable doors up off the ground high and dry.
   near end of it's life as far as road worth, but still decent for storageLocal ordinances would make That unsuitable most places other than rural I reckon. 

    

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   JimB | Aug 05, 2008 01:45am | #11

   Used one to store furniture during plaster repair, painting, trim installation and hardwood floor refinishing.  It was great.  Three of us moved everything out of 2/3's of the house into the pod parked in the driveway in one day.  And the reverse when everything was finished.

   It was twice the cost of renting a comparable storage unit, but as someone else mentioned, it was much more convenient to go out the front door, across the porch and into the storage unit instead of multiple  4 mile round trips with a pick-up.

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   seeyou | Aug 05, 2008 02:07am | #12

   We've got a competing product caleed Warehouse Something or another. Their units are only 10' long, but they use a Teledyne tagalong forklift to set them instead of special equipment like PODS. They were about 2/3 the price of PODS the last time I checked. You might look around.

   http://grantlogan.net

   .......nature abhors a vacuum cleaner.....

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   Oak River Mike | Aug 05, 2008 04:49am | #17

   Did some checking one time on using them and they aren't cheap but the idea works well.

   Do check with your local citycounty officials though as in our area you are only allowed one on site for 7 days.

   But watching that truck load and unload them is wayyyy cool.  Make sure to watch how it works if you ever get the chance!

   Mike

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   JeffinPA | Aug 06, 2008 01:28pm | #24

   funny you mention how they load pods.  Neighbor of a job I am on just had one pulled. 

   I watched this older gentleman run this thing around the drive and yard for about 15 minutes.

   I am not sure if he was inexperienced or if the system has its limitations but there seems like it should have been able to spin in place and turn on a dime but he could not make it do that.

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   Oak River Mike | Aug 06, 2008 04:09pm | #27

   Yeah, I don't think they have mastered the design yet as the concept is very cool but the "gantry" seems to be kind of limitiing on its turning.  I want to drive one one day just to see how it works.  Yeah, I'm a kid at heart!

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   JeffinPA | Aug 07, 2008 01:12am | #28

   RE. Kid at heart.

   Yep Mike.  I have run pretty much every piece of typical equipment out there at least once.  That one looks like it would be worth playing with to see what it does.

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   BryanSayer | Aug 05, 2008 05:02pm | #21

   I used another company, and the one complaint I have is that they slap on an "insurance" charge without telling you. I got a price, and then when I got billed there was several more dollars worth of "insurance" on it each month.

   This was on site storage in my driveway while renovations were done. A small unit, about 10' I think. About $70 per month, in 2003/2004.

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   gfretwell | Aug 05, 2008 07:56pm | #22

   This still verifies what I said at the top of the thread. PODs are pretty easy to deal with but expensive. My 3 months was over $600