PSA: my container build hit 14,000 lbs on the corner post and that number stopped me cold | Container Homes Builds

River Wright · 2026-11-04T22:45:04.431803+00:00

We were doing a 40ft high cube two-story and I put a load cell under one corner just to check. It read 14,200 lbs when the second floor framing went up, way past what I had in my head for that post. I had planned the welds and the pad from a guess, not a real number, and that scared me more than the actual weight did. Before you stack anything, get a real weight per corner or hire someone to figure it for you, because guessing gets expensive fast. Has anyone here used a load cell on their own build, and did your numbers come out where you expected?

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PSA: my container build hit 14,000 lbs on the corner post and that number stopped me cold | Container Homes Builds - The Design Community Hub