Will a 73-87 fit in a Shipping Container?

[berserk]

Unfortunately my chronic pain has made it impossible to get my truck back together and very painful to drive. I am also in the process of moving my entire life to our property and new house in rural Oklahoma. I don't have a shop out there and I'm VERY concerned about mice chewing up my truck.

Has anyone been able to fit their 73-87 in a container/sea can/conex? I would likely buy the version with the big side doors built in so I can get out of my truck. And will have to store it for 1-2 years probably before I can get my surgery and recover.

I measured the container I already have and it is 7'8" wide but haven't had someone to help measure my truck. That and it would be nice to hear from guys who have done it, 🙏

[Da67goatman]

It is very tight. All the way to passenger side and there is about 9inches between the wall and driver's door.  It's a standard height 40ft container

[berserk]

Thank you so much!! I knew it must have been done but couldn't find any pics(going to save this one).

Any tips or tricks you figured out when getting it in there?

[Da67goatman]

Have a trusted spotter, mirrors were not on mine, but folded in are useless.  Also have a step handy, cause unless your tiny, out the window is the only way

[berserk]

I'm 6'5 300+ 🤣 so I'm going to attempt to do it with my winch and my self outside the truck or I may blow some money on a shipping container with those preexisting side doors so I can get out.

Only other option is removing the rear window, but I'm determined to get the old truck in the container because mice tear up and live in trucks that aren't driven on my property.

[fitz]

Do you have enough help to just push the truck inside? If so you could just do that & block the wheels once its in position and leave the truck in neutral.
If not, here is how i'd go about it.
Drive the truck in nose first, stopping once the front fenders are inside leaving you room to open the doors.
Block the wheels & leave it in neutral.
Jack up the back so the wheels are off the ground. 
See how the ramps /  blocks are set up in Da67goatman's picture?  Reverse that set up so the blocks are away from the container and behind the wheels of the truck.
Lay the ramps on top of the block so that they are level with the container but under the rear wheels of the truck (which is jacked up so the wheels are off the ground).   Slowly lower the truck down onto the ramps and push it inside.
Once the truck is inside you can crawl under it and block the rear wheels & leave the truck in neutral.
Years ago I parted out a lot  of trucks in a 30' x 10' self storage unit.  I got pretty creative in finding ways to work around tight spaces.

[berserk]

No help to push really but I have a 12k winch in the front and a master kill switch on the dash. I also have rear sliding glass which I am WAY to big to fit through but could trip the kill switch through it and it cuts power to everything on the truck.
This is why I want to at least get a double door so I can hook my winch up through the container onto another truck. I had also thought about just leaving it in neutral. Harbor Freights has some wheel chocks on sale, I'll get some today maybe.

Thanks for the suggestions, I do almost everything alone so getting tips from guys like you who figured out the easiest way is fantastic!

[Da67goatman]

I winched mine in from the outside ran a pulley off the 2 rear most tie downs back to the front of the Burb. Slow and steady and if you have to winch alone, real low tire pressure keeps the truck from rolling on it's own.