10ft Shipping Containers
Side access is pinched, the setback leaves nothing to manoeuvre in, or all that is needed is a lockable spot for the mower, an air compressor and a wall of hand tools.
General Purpose
General Purpose Shipping Containers
The plain box, and the right call about eight times out of ten. Corrugated Corten steel, plywood floor over steel bearers, a pair of cargo doors at one end, easy to get a forklift into, and sealed overhead against rain once you are at cargo-worthy grade or above.
Every enquiry answered within one business day.You hear back from a person, not an autoresponder. Enquiries that land on a weekend are answered the next business day.
The short version
Why people order this one
- New single-trip and sound used units in 10ft, 20ft and 40ft
- Cargo-worthy stock inspected wind and watertight before it leaves the depot
- As-is is cheaper again and carries no watertight claim — we list the faults up front rather than let the truck deliver a surprise
- Lock box welded on so bolt cutters cannot reach the padlock shackle
- Photos of the actual unit on request, sent before delivery
Externally a general purpose container measures 2.59m to the top rail, which leaves roughly 2.39m of clear height inside. Enough to stand a bay of pallet racking under and walk about beneath it without stooping. It is not enough for a mezzanine, and it is mean on head clearance if a roller door is going in and a forklift has to drive through it with a load raised. Where either of those is on the plan, price a high cube — the extra 300mm is cheaper than most people expect.
The floor is 28mm marine-grade ply sitting on steel cross-members, and it is routinely the part buyers pay least attention to. It carries a forklift and it carries a pallet jack. It is also what gives out first in a container that has spent years hauling something damp, so on used stock the floor is what gets looked at first and photographed first.
Doors are where the rest of the wear shows up. Two leaves at one end, four bars to lock them down, and a rubber gasket running right around the frame. Wind and watertight, when somebody inspects for it, is mostly a judgement about whether that gasket seats and whether the bars drag the doors up tight against it.
Grade matters more than anything else in a container quote. Grade is what decides whether the box keeps water out. Anything sold as cargo-worthy is inspected wind and watertight before release, and new single-trip units — one loaded voyage, unmarked paint, rubbers that have barely weathered — are sealed as well. As-is is the cheap end and carries no watertight claim at all: expect a previous repair, a floor section that has gone soft, or a gasket that no longer pulls up hard against the frame. We list those faults and photograph them on request, before delivery, so nothing turns up as a surprise when the truck does. If what goes inside has to stay dry, start at cargo-worthy.
Price this one
Give us the length, the grade and the delivery postcode. Every enquiry answered within one business day.
Send an enquiry 1300 467 776Cartage is worked out per address and quoted with the box, because the access at the delivery end shifts the figure as much as the kilometres do.
Lengths
Available as
20ft Shipping Containers
There is about seven metres of straight, reasonably level ground for it to sit on, and you would rather not discover in half a year that the bigger box was the answer.
40ft Shipping Containers
You have the space, the approach is genuinely open, and the aim is the largest amount of storage per dollar spent that anybody sells.
Other configurations
Something else in the range
High Cube Shipping Containers
Identical footprint to a standard container with another foot of height on top — 2.
Side Opening Shipping Containers
A container with doors running the full length of one side on top of the usual pair at the end.
Refrigerated Shipping Containers
Reefers — insulated panels all round, a stainless or aluminium interior, a T-bar deck for airflow, and an integral refrigeration unit built into one end.
Dangerous Goods Shipping Containers
Storage built from the outset for flammable liquids and other dangerous goods — a bunded floor, ventilation high and low, internal shelving, and the compliance plate a workplace inspector will want to read.
Questions
General Purpose containers, answered
What is a general purpose shipping container?
The plain box, and the right call about eight times out of ten. Corrugated Corten steel, plywood floor over steel bearers, a pair of cargo doors at one end, easy to get a forklift into, and sealed overhead against rain once you are at cargo-worthy grade or above.
What lengths do general purpose containers come in?
Most commonly 20ft and 40ft, with some configurations available as a 10ft as well. Availability shifts week to week, particularly on used stock, so the question worth asking is not what a list says but what is physically standing in the nearest yard the day you ring. Ask, and you will be told exactly that.
Is a general purpose container watertight?
Grade settles that, not configuration. Cargo-worthy stock is inspected wind and watertight before it is released, and new single-trip units are sealed as well. As-is carries no watertight claim at all — it is priced on its faults, and those faults get described plainly and photographed on request rather than left to turn up with the truck. If whatever goes inside has to stay dry, start at cargo-worthy and do not drop below it.
Does a general purpose container cost much more than a plain one?
It depends which one is being asked about. A high cube sits only a little above the standard version of the same length. Side opening, refrigerated and dangerous goods units are different containers rather than modified ones — heavier, more complicated, and made in far smaller numbers — so they are priced accordingly. Describe what the container has to do and the realistic options get costed next to each other instead of the dearest one being pushed at you.
Can I hire a general purpose container?
Yes, across most of the range and into every state we deliver to. Hire makes sense where the container has an end date on it and buying makes sense where it does not, and the crossover between the two arrives sooner than people expect it to. Give us the period and the delivery postcode and it gets priced both ways in the one reply.
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