Thanks for posting the part where it shifted it just shows how dangerous it could be.

Thank you for making this video. You showed all...good and bad. I really appreciate it.

Well done nice editing and thanks for documenting this process on video.

I'm dealing with the same issue, thanks for the tip! Love that you show the process, I'll follow the second take not the first lol!

Just wanted to leave a little note for single women farmers. I also got the 20T hydraulic bottle jack from Harbor Freight. $100 with the 20% off coupon. Works with any small compressor with 90-120psi. I see many other uses for this jack around the farm. Thank you Minnesota Eric....I was looking at a big dollar bill to have someone come out and raise/balance my 40' which has sunk in 10 years. Now I can do this myself, snd many years to come.....

As clearly demonstrated in this video, it is vitally important to use a sole plate underneath any jack especially when it's not on a solid surface. Heavy duty timber is best and you need to at least double the surface area of the base of the jack. Bricks are just OK but can break under the loading stresses.

Containers need to be off the ground and supported on 4 corners only. The corners are the only part that are designed to carry the weight of the container and contents. If it is supported in other places, like the floor joists, there is a tendency for them to buckle. And if the joists are constantly on wet ground, there is a tendency for the to rust over the years. The boxes need to have the wind blowing underneath them.

Eric, you are a hero for this

This container booster is exactly what I was looking for. I do agree with your comment that the outside (long side) lift point would have been safer. Also agree with a couple of posters that you really should be using some heavy ground contact rated timber than those bricks. Thanks for posting!

THANK YOU DETAIL VIDEO

Looks like leveling a shipping container can be quite adventurous ! super glad you did not get injured, watching it slowly move over was a bit terrifying.. thanks for the advice on how to level it.

Next time when you have the container dropped have the driver put dunnage (4”x4”x8’) under it. I just purchased a container and made sure that there was plenty of dunnage then skid where I wanted it later with a truck and chain. Next time you lift the container place at least a 1/2” steel plate under your Jack that is much larger than your jack base., this spreads the load out and is safer to lift. I prepared my ground with road base gravel and dunnage under the container the full width of the container on both end, the containers are designed to stack on the ends. I’ve worked on a few container cranes in my day. Words of wisdom from an Old school rigger/Union Ironworker. Good job glad you didn’t get hurt.

Thank you for your humility and humor when you make fun of your bottle jack being of the chineesium variety. You definitely get 1st place for chin-see-est Chinese bottle jack. But hey.... you got 'er done.Ol Skool👍

That one time use piece is 185 bucks on ebay. I just dug under the middle of one of the long sides of the container. I put down some solid blocks, set a bottle jack on it and lifted one side, placed blocks under each lifted end. Lowered the bottle jack, placed another block under the jack and raised the side again. I placed blocks under the lifted corners again. I did the same on the other side and now my container sits 8 inches above the dirt. I placed blocks along each side aboujt 10 ft apart along each long side. It took a lot of digging and block moving but I didnt spend 185 bucks or more on a device I only use once and that will slip and fall and throw my container out of alignment. I have these lined up side by side and I needed to raise them out of the dirt. Maybe if you had 2 but still, thats over $300 for a one shot thing.

Good job.

Ahh it's all good. I almost did the same today on the highlift jack, the difference is I could use the top to leave position my container :) I use a 3T high lift jack at near capacity. Poor thing.. but it's another option.

Good video!! Well done, and love from Scotland, X.

Thanks so much for making this video and providing the link for the cam. Now all i have to is find someone who sells the cam in Australia

I think I just peed a little in my jeans when it shifted on the jack. I'm glad you did not edit that out. It shows what can happen if not done with something solid underneath.

Slick "locking toe jack adapter"! I have forklift and Simplex jacks but I'll fab a couple of those for my next move. (Self and bros have seven containers between us so far. I have three HIgh Cubes, two joined as a shop.) I use a railroad tie under each end when the container is delivered but that adapter would be useful when final-positioning containers using pipe rollers etc.

all is great!

Holy frack, that looks dangerous.

work smarter!!

Safety is different......

Nice

A good video of what not to do

Should use 2 jacks one each side stops the container twisting and spread the weight lift ...i made my lifting tool

While that lifting attachment/cam lock device is nice, if your not moving or leveling often or more that just one container, it seems to be an investment not needed. I dug a hole, put the jack and base plate in the hole, jacked my container up, level out fill in hole, done. I am going to be leveling two or possibly three more containers in the near future and I may fabricate something similar to this,,, no digging LOL

What's the name of the cam lock thing you're using for the jack there...I want to order one, don't know what it's called.

That was dangerous somali Eric.

Where did you get the "cam lock" (corner piece that fit into the container for jacking it up)?

sir the extension on the jack handle is to give you more leverage, why even bother using it.

Id put a decent bit of wood ply or such under that jack so it does not sink into ground.

U need 3/4 thick aluminum 16X16 SQ under bottle . I have 4 of them I used to lift .

Where did you get that device that connects to the container?

What is the adapter you put into the shipping container (black)

Hello mate where did you get the cam locks from did you make them or did you buy them can you please let me know

What is the gismo called that fits into the corner of the container and where can I get one.

I know it's way late to comment, but in case you ever do place another can on the ground. They are designed to only be supported on each corner. When it's placed on the ground, it can start warping and sagging if you have more weight in the ends.

where do the cam lock brackets come from???

Where did u buy that black metal helper?

Having witnessed your jack push itself halfway into the ground, it might help to consider building some pads for the four corners and a set in the middle of the long sides. Your soil looks to be very samdy so unless proper preparations are taken the container will be shifting around until it has compressed the soil uniformly to its limits, which looks like might be beyond which you will be able to engage the camlock lifting fixture. If your bottle jack is 7-8" in diameter, two 8" x 8" x 16" set side by side, with two 1-1/2" x 8" x 16" stepping stones on top would present a 16" x 16" square pad to rest the container on. Some full contact shims from the metal supplier would help to level that beast once the container has compressed the soil uniformly. The closer to the container your jack rests, the less deflection you will have on the ram which can cause seal failure and jack ram bending and metal fatigue. Always secure that jack to the container with a heavy rope so it does not launch away from the container and strike anyone. If you do not have a surveying scope or laser level, you can get the pads all the same height with a hose full of water used as a level from one pad to another. The delivery truck should have had a ground anchor to screw into the soil to keep the container from moving once it touched the ground on one end. Also, you can oil the truck bed where the container slides to make it easy to slide off. A tow truck with a wheel lift borrowed for a few hours is also very handy when setting containers in place on piers, pads or a foundation. Consider yourself lucky to have not been injured so far. Doing the work is very satisfying when no one gets hurt.

Worked like socks on a rooster.

Where did you get the cam lock piece

Well that shows me whot not to do

Is the leaking jack because because it's a cheap China jack or a severely overloaded jack? Also the cribbing needs to be a real concrete pier block a bit bulky and in the way or better yet a hardwood such as Oak cribbing. Things that crack and break are very dangerous.

All well and good and I could see there was going to be problems with it from the start, sinking that jack in to the dirt. The most annoying thing was watching this guy go to the trouble of putting in the extension arm for the jack but insisted on pumping it up from the middle. Leverage mate leverage, I bet you got aching arm from that. lol

Great video on what NOT to do.

Bom trabalho

Those bricks will sink in with the first rain. You really needed a piece of steel plate about 15" square to spread out the load of that ISO mounting point.

What is the cam lock device called and where would a person search for one?

At $195.00 a bracket, we would think that a local welder would make one for less. He could probably make up most of them from the cut offs thrown in the junk corner. The same site we looked at wanted over eighty bucks for the thirty dollar hydraulic jack. Shop wisely. The only money you end up with is what you do not spend.

El container siempre se levanta de un extremo y nunca de un lado.

Did you make the "contraption" that is used to lift the container or buy it? I have a container that I need to level as well and need the same type of gizmo to hook in the holes on the side.

You just need a 1/4 to a 1/2 turn to lower the bottle jack ... you turned it out so far the oil almost ran out. LOL

does this guy grasp that putting the longer handle on the jack only makes it jack easier IF YOU HOLD IT AT THE END OF THE LEVER...

Hey Eric, we actually manufacture a product similar to this that can safely level a container on any surface. It comes with a steel ground plate so you won't have your bottle jack burying itself under the dirt! Here's a link to the video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jN6Hnctzucy0eo0.html

Should have came from the side. That is how I did mine.

The container booster on Amazon is $195, have these people bumped their head, $195 for what a piece of welded metal, that's an insane price I figured maybe 50 to $75 at the very most and that would have been very high, this is stupid.

I came here interested in how people were doing this. This vid is a great example of how not to... Thanks!

Wonders why wrist hurts. Fails to understand levers...

God is good

Sorry, you lost me when you placed a 20 ton jack on bare dirt! Good luck. Hope you live to make many more videos

Y el gato se tiene que colocar sobre una base firme y no sobre la tierra

1 rain later...

A solid contender for the 'Darwin awards'.

Leveling a Loaded Container in the Field how not to, & how not to use a Bottle Jack,

wow, I'm glad you're not a contractor

Lifting without any real consideration for what could go wrong... it's like watching American politics :)

Hey MinnesotaEric, Can I rent the Container Booster from you for $50? 😉 It's a win-win! Although shipping might be pricey 🤔

I just looked up “DUFUS” in the dictionary and saw this guy’s picture there beside the definition.

How to not do any thing useful.

How not to lift container all in one

You should have had all the levels done before the container even arrived.....

I hope this man does not have children. Watch when puts the exetetion handle on the jack and then where he grabs the handle, yes he is grabbing the handle in the same place.

This should be titled, "how not to level a container "

Dude does not understand leverage, or he forgot about it completely. He's holding the jack handle halfway down the damn thing. so cringe.

Want to cure your tennis elbow?..quit working with that arm...

Every video i seen they jack it up on the corner. Why not jack it up in the middle on the ends? Think smarter.

Sorry sir but this is more an example of how not to

and at what point does he actually check that the floor is level in the horizontal plane...........totally useless video