Dumpster Trailer Conversion

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By Adam Flaherty
Posted 2011/09/14 @ 3:00 am
Category Home, Makers

Artist Gregory Kloehn likes to remix the world around him. His recent dumpster conversion explores what a home can be by completely gutting a standard garbage dumpster and refitting it with a modern interior complete with a toilet, water, electrical, hardwood floors, and a cooktop. He even built in a hand-crank roof that lowers in order for you to remain stealthy to the outside world. [via LikeCool]

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10 Responses to Dumpster Trailer Conversion

Anonymous on September 14th, 2011 at 10:26 am said:

This is all well and good until some guys in a truck try to upend your home.

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Anonymous on September 14th, 2011 at 10:26 am said:

This is all well and good until some guys in a truck try to upend your home.

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Pete Mills on September 14th, 2011 at 12:10 pm said:

Oscar!

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Ric Kolseth on September 14th, 2011 at 12:15 pm said:

Location, location, location!

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Ric Kolseth on September 14th, 2011 at 12:15 pm said:

Location, location, location!

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Peter Simpson on September 14th, 2011 at 12:30 pm said:

Nice job. Bit rough when you meet a girl and want to bring her back to your place, though, isn’t it?

“You live in a dumpster?”

“Wait…I can explain…I’m an artist!”

“It was nice meeting you…”

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Hank on September 14th, 2011 at 4:05 pm said:

I’ve seen the very large roll-off type dumpster bodies (40 yard dumpsters, approximately 22 ft. long by 8 ft. wide by 8 ft. high) have a roof welded on, a very secure door installed, and used as tool storage cribs at large construction sites. Portable work shop anyone?

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- Anonymous on September 14th, 2011 at 5:37 pm said:
  
  You can buy 20 foot and 40 foot shipping containers with roofs and doors already installed for less than $2000. There are quite a few people converting these to housing.
  
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  Hank on September 14th, 2011 at 9:28 pm said:
  
  I know about and have seen container housing. However I think, in the case of something like a commercial mobile shop or tool crib that’s inevitably going to relocate every couple of weeks to months, the roll-off dumpster concept holds the advantage with the simple fact that one needs no crane to get it onto either a flatbed truck or container chassis. After all a roll-off dumpster truck is, by design, self loading/unloading. Demo with a light weight roll-off shed/trailer variant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPSN-zaqKw0
  
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Anonymous on September 15th, 2011 at 2:13 am said:

After the latest downturn, this is looking like a viable option for my retirement.

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