After a stern email complaint, our sales rep from Mobile Mini has promised to send out a repair guy to try and fix the door problem. He explained that if the unit is not on a completely flat surface, or if loading half the unit with heavy furniture causes it to become uneven, the doors can become...well...stuck. Awesome. So either the repair will fix them, or, here's the best part, we get to unpack all of the stuff we've loaded (including our couch, dining room furniture, and many, many, boxes) and put it into a brand new unit! Yay.
But I have to say the folks at Mobile Mini have been very responsive thus far.
A big shout out to our neighbor, Robert, for having his construction buddies fabricate a huge steel tube that we can now use to slide over the stuck handle and yank it open! THANKS ROBERT!
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I love the project you're working on! I love that you're being so green!!
ReplyDeleteI have a bit of advice since it sounds like you don't want Mobile Mini at your house every day. I used to rent containers out (now I sell them), so I have gotten phone calls like yours more than I'd like to remember! The bad news - the door will probably stick again. Good news - you don't have to call them out each time. Here's what you do - if the doors are tough to close, move a heavy piece of furniture to somewhere else in the container. If that is not practical, look at how the lockrods are meeting up with the door. It only takes about 1/8" to get off kilter. Use a car jack and boost up that one corner a touch and you'll be all set. If it keeps happening, keep the jack handy.
It's a bummer, I know. Containers are great when they are working well for you, but painful when they aren't! If these ideas don't help - let me know and I have a few more tricks up my sleeve! julia@supercubes.com
Julia-thanks so much for your advice! We seem to have it under control now. I think adding more stuff to the front of the unit, and evenly distributing the weight really helped. Thanks again!
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