Buried Semi Trailer Grow Room

cannaman2.5

cannaman2.5

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i've been involved in this before.The best way to do it is to get shipping containers. much stronger and will do the job.I think we got 2 used ones for around 2800 dollars.Ours were 40ft long and 7.5 feet wide.i built a ballast wall with 1000 watt hps's.which we flipped between the two boxes to cut down on the cost of ballast's so 20 ballasts and ran a 75kw generator.Someone above said something about a 5kw hate to tell ya but that isn't gonna run shit.2 split air units in each container 20 cool sun hoods a piece vented.Built raised beds and planted in cocco as you can reuse it three times before having to haul it out.controllers fans,nutes and soil total investment around 40-45k.Turn around in the first 10 weeks is about 285k after costs.and the diesel fuel was around three grand.Also remember you can only safely draw 80% of what your generator's rated for
 
cannaman2.5

cannaman2.5

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and if any of you are planning on putting in an inground pool anytime soon it may be a good time to bury a box and thats all i have to say about that
 
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ibinge420

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ding ding cannaman^^^^ iv thought about that its like the most reasonable smart idea. the water will cover any heat sig and you could make the room large. not so narrow but wider too.
 
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JeremyC

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May I suggest instead of using a semi trailor a train cart would be better as it would actually stand up under the weight of the dirt and you wouldn't have to put reinforcements in it.
 
laserbrn

laserbrn

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JeremyC said:
May I suggest instead of using a semi trailor a train cart would be better as it would actually stand up under the weight of the dirt and you wouldn't have to put reinforcements in it.
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Yeah, when I read "Semi-Trailer" I assumed the OP meant a shipping container. Shipping containers are stacked on boats very high and they are very heave when packed (much heavier than the dirt you would cover one with unless you buried it WAYYY too deep.
 
cannaman2.5

cannaman2.5

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you would need a fucking crane to move a train cart i just picked the shipping container up with my excavator and stuck it in the hole
 
Twenty Past Four

Twenty Past Four

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cannaman did you put a pool over your container? you could use it for liquid cooling heat your pool in the winter and you have the perfect heat mask
 
cannaman2.5

cannaman2.5

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no i didn't at the time,but i'm building my first house right now and i have a funny feeling that it could happen.Plus i can duct it into the pool heater and heat the water for free in the summer.
 
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DaGambler

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cannaman2.5 said:
i've been involved in this before.The best way to do it is to get shipping containers. much stronger and will do the job.I think we got 2 used ones for around 2800 dollars.Ours were 40ft long and 7.5 feet wide.i built a ballast wall with 1000 watt hps's.which we flipped between the two boxes to cut down on the cost of ballast's so 20 ballasts and ran a 75kw generator.Someone above said something about a 5kw hate to tell ya but that isn't gonna run shit.2 split air units in each container 20 cool sun hoods a piece vented.Built raised beds and planted in cocco as you can reuse it three times before having to haul it out.controllers fans,nutes and soil total investment around 40-45k.Turn around in the first 10 weeks is about 285k after costs.and the diesel fuel was around three grand.Also remember you can only safely draw 80% of what your generator's rated for
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how in da hell would anyone sell 285k worth of weed every 10 weeks ??!! and that amount of deisel fuel would only run a 75kw generator for like 10 days.

and a cubic foot of dirt doesn't weight 120 pounds. that's just silly.

excuse my stoner math, but this stuff just doesn't seem to make sense. :shock:
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cannaman2.5

cannaman2.5

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no actually i have an excavating business and i buy off road diesel for my equipment 1000 gallons at a time for under two dollars a gallon and running at full load that generator burns 2 gallons or less an hr.and i used normal power for veg as you don't useeven close the amount of power.And we had someone that takes it all at once
 
Skunk Baxter

Skunk Baxter

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DaGambler said:
i don't know about a secret tree door...

but a simple storage shed with a ladder going down would do wonders. though the neighbors might wonder why you spend 5 hours a day in a 6' by 6' foot storage shed. :lol:
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That's hilarious. Just tell 'em it's the only place where your cell phone comes in good.
 
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DaGambler

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cannaman2.5 said:
no actually i have an excavating business and i buy off road diesel for my equipment 1000 gallons at a time for under two dollars a gallon and running at full load that generator burns 2 gallons or less an hr.and i used normal power for veg as you don't useeven close the amount of power.And we had someone that takes it all at once
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dat's some crazy shite man. that type of Op would be more than a full time job for one person. Maybe even keep 2 people pretty bussy. You'd also be talking about thousands of plants and thousands of clones. And you could retire after running it for just one year. Now if the cut were going 3 or 4 ways... maybe you'd want to run it a bit longer. Why did you stop being involved with that? And how can i start? :D
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cannaman2.5

cannaman2.5

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well there was more than one person involved and it is alot of work.I stopped because i really didn't need to do it anymore.And do you really think i'd tell you where i'm from???lmfao.What are you a coP?
 
Twenty Past Four

Twenty Past Four

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Just curious actually. If you were close enough to me i was going to keep you in mind for the future in case i ever decide to do something like this. If I was a cop you actually narrowed it down to new england if the info in your location is correct. you might want to fix that. btw screw you if you think im the cops. I fuckin hate podey
 
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grow plenty

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who makes a 75,000 watt gen that runs 1 hr on 2 gal of fuel. i want one. my 10,000 watt honda uses 1 gal per hr. and thats using less than 5000 watts or 50 percent
 
madcatter

madcatter

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Since water runs downhill nicely, running a conduit with dual hoses is fairly easy ( always think back up).... but humping the dirt would be a major pain in the ass every 2-3 grows... but then again a years hard work would leave you with one hell of a pile of medicine.... if you dialed in 5 grows a year with 200 plants at say 60 grams per you are sitting on 60000 grams .... that is a lot of weed to move....
 
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