How about a bag of cement or something like that? If I wanted to store one
you can bet it would absorb all the moisture in a three state area.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blaine & Maggie Dumkee" <bmdumkee@auroranet.nt.ca>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:08 PM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Storage moisture removal
To further clarify.
The sea can is a shipping container, the type that goes from ships to trucks
to trains. It is 8' x 20' and has been levelled off by using guard rail
posts( same as railway ties), so yes it is off the ground by 6 inches.
The seacan is fairly well sealed, after all the immigrants trying to sneak
into North America in them seem to suffocate if they do not punch holes in
them. It does not leak, and the doors have a rubber seal.
My concern is, I store my truck in August and do not open it up again until
next summer, will condensation occur from sealing it up during hot weather
and then when it cools down and the air is not longer able to hold the
moisture will condensation occur? The container is in the Canadian prairies
which are relatively dry.
I live in a small northern isolated town, and I store my truck where I can
have access to it during the summer months while on vacation. I do not have
access to power, unless of course I rig up solar power!
I just thought that maybe some one would know if a substance was made that
would absorb moisture from the air at a reasonable price.
Blaine
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Dingo
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 12:23 PM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Storage moisture removal
A couple thousand of those little silica packets that come with dang near
everything that's boxed (except foodstuff). Barring that, I'd go with a
vent, like a small gable vent that houses have? 2, one on opposite sides; 1
low and 1 high; seems like some air exchange would be better than sealing
up moisture. Is shipping container up off the ground, like on railroad ties
or timbers, so ground moisture isn't transferred? Just my ideas.....
Ed in Mich
'57 3100
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