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.
Grafton, NSW
Shipping containers Grafton
Grafton is one of the handful of towns where we hold stock on the ground rather than sending it up a highway, and that changes the whole shape of the transaction. You are not waiting on a truck from a capital city, you are not paying for a long cartage buried in a price, and if something needs to be swapped it is a short run rather than a lost day. Inspection is by arrangement, so ring first and we will organise a time to walk you round the units rather than have you turn up to a gate.
- Delivered from
- stock held locally at our Grafton depot, with inspection by arrangement
- Typical lead time
- Often next business day, and usually inside two
- Usual truck
- Tilt-tray for 10ft and 20ft; crane truck or side loader for 40ft and for the older streets either side of the river
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 version we would give you on the phone.
The jobs they end up doing here
Around Grafton we deliver containers for cane and machinery gear on the flats running down the Clarence toward Ulmarra and Harwood, beef, fencing and fodder storage on the grazing country out through Coutts Crossing and Copmanhurst, timber, tools and mill equipment around the industrial area at Koolkhan and South Grafton, nets, pots and marine gear for the fishing side of the valley at Maclean, Yamba and Iluka, netting, bins and irrigation fittings on the blueberry and small-crop blocks spreading north, site stores for builders working the estates at Junction Hill and Clarenza, and dry storage on the river blocks where a shed is not an option.
Getting a truck in
Having stock in town changes what is possible with a booking, and it changes what happens when something goes wrong. Next business day is genuinely on the table for a standard 20ft going to an address with clear access, we can be flexible when weather pushes a date, and a container that turns out to be the wrong size for the spot is a short run back rather than a full day of cartage. After that, Grafton is a river town and it behaves like one. The valley floor either side of the Clarence is deep alluvial silt and sand ridges, and the two do not behave the same way. The silt flats are excellent soil that dries into something that looks and feels like hardstand, then goes soft a long way down after a wet week, so a corner casting will sink while you are standing there watching it. The sand ridges through parts of South Grafton and Junction Hill drain fast and carry poorly, which is a different route to the same result. Both want the container on pads rather than straight onto turf. The town itself divides at the river. Central Grafton is a grid of wide streets with generous frontages, which is good delivering country, but it is also the jacaranda town and there is a very large amount of mature canopy sitting at four metres over the road and over the driveways. A tilt-tray raises its bed before the container comes off and it needs clear air above it, so a street that a truck drives down comfortably is not automatically a street it can unload in. South Grafton and the older river-side pockets are tighter, with short pitched driveways and low service lines. Out of town the valley opens up and the constraints become rural: long crowned gravel driveways with table drains, causeways on the tributaries that come up fast after rain in the ranges to the west even when it is dry over you, cattle grids nobody has ever rated, and gates that measure narrower at the swing than they do at the posts.
Grade moves the price more than size does, and it is what decides whether a unit is sold watertight — the full rundown is on the grades page.
The range
Containers we deliver to Grafton
Priced with delivery to your address - one call, one number.
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.
Grafton
Local stock, and what that is actually worth to you
Most container sellers quoting a Clarence Valley job are working from a depot several hours away, which means the truck runs the highway both directions and that trip is in your number whether it is itemised or not. We hold stock at a depot here in Grafton. Practically, that shows up in three ways. It shows up in speed, because next business day is a real option rather than a marketing line. It shows up in flexibility, because if rain has turned your approach to grease we can move the date by two days without it costing anybody a full day of cartage. And it shows up when something is not right, because a swap is a short run rather than a negotiation.
It also means you can look at the actual unit rather than a photograph of something similar. Inspection here is by arrangement rather than a walk-in yard, so ring on 1300 467 776 and we will set a time when someone can meet you and the container you are interested in is accessible. If the drive does not suit, ask for photos of the actual unit on request and we will send them before delivery, including the corner posts, the door end, the roof and the internal floor. Not a stock photo of something similar, the one that is coming to you.
On the ground
A river town, and where the container should sit
Grafton knows the Clarence well and there is a levee here for a reason, so let us be straight about what a container does and does not do. It is checked for weather from above. That is rain on a roof. It is not a barrier against water rising against the doors, because door seals are designed to shed rain running down a face, not to hold back a head of water pushing on them. Water that reaches the sill gets past the seals and gets inside. And an empty container is a large sealed steel box that will float and travel once the water is deep enough, which is worth thinking about on a block that has seen it before.
So the decision that matters is siting. Put it on the highest usable part of the block rather than the most convenient one, keep it clear of the overland flow path across the property, and if it is a long-term store on low ground talk to us about setting it up on pads or a raised base so the floor sits higher and the underside stays dry and ventilated. On the silt down here, spreading the load over a decent footprint matters as much as the height does, because that soil will let a concentrated point load down further than you would expect.
Worth knowing
What the valley actually uses them for
The Clarence is a working valley and the containers we put out here work. Cane and machinery gear on the river flats. Beef, fencing and fodder on the grazing country west and south. Timber and mill equipment through Koolkhan and South Grafton. Nets, pots, ropes and outboard spares down at the mouth around Maclean, Yamba and Iluka, where salt air makes a lockable steel box the sensible answer for gear that would otherwise live under a tarp. And an increasing amount of horticulture, with blueberry and small-crop blocks needing netting, bins, fittings and chemicals stored securely and out of the weather.
That mix is the reason we hold a spread of sizes here rather than a single popular one. A 10ft suits a small holding, a workshop corner or a club that needs gear locked up and nothing more. A 20ft is the workhorse and handles most farm and trade requirements. A 40ft gives machinery-length storage where the approach is good, and out on the flats the approach usually is. Where a driveway is tight but the volume is genuinely needed, two 20ft with a gap between them and a roof across the middle is a very common setup in this valley and it gives you a covered working bay for nothing much.
What delivery to Grafton costs
Delivery is priced with the container, not separately and not off a list. One phone call gets you the real number for your address.
One call sorts it. Size, grade, where it is going and what the entry looks like — that is everything we need to price it properly.
Other towns on the same run
We also deliver to South Grafton, Maclean, Yamba, Ulmarra, Coutts Crossing and the surrounding district. If your town is not on the list, ring — it almost certainly still works.
Common questions
Buying a container in Grafton
Can I look at a container in Grafton before I buy it?
Yes, by arrangement. We hold stock at a depot in Grafton, but it is not a walk-in retail yard, so ring on 1300 467 776 first and we will set a time when someone can meet you and the unit you are interested in is accessible. You can open the doors, look down the floor and check the seals yourself rather than taking anybody's word for the condition. If the trip does not suit, ask for photos of the actual container on request and we will send them before delivery, including the corners, the door end and the internal floor.
How quickly can you deliver a container in the Clarence Valley?
Faster than most, because the stock is already here rather than several hours up or down the highway. Next business day happens regularly on a standard 20ft going to an address with clear access, and inside two days is the normal expectation. What stretches it is a crane booking, a unit that needs a lockbox or vents fitted before it goes, or wet weather on soft ground where waiting beats bogging a truck on your place. Tell us your date at the enquiry and we will build the run around it.
Do the jacarandas actually get in the way of a delivery in Grafton?
More often than you would think, and it catches out people who assume a wide street means an easy job. A tilt-tray raises its bed a long way before the container slides off, so it needs clear air above, not just a lane to drive down. Mature canopy hanging at around four metres over a street or a driveway is a genuine constraint, and central Grafton has a lot of it. If your frontage is under a big tree, tell us or send a photo looking up, and we will bring a crane truck or find another position rather than discovering it on the day.
Is a container a good store on a Clarence River flat?
For weather, vermin and security, yes, and it is one of the most common things we do out here. For rising water, no. A container is checked for rain from above, not for water pushing against the doors, and floodwater that reaches the sill will get past the seals. An empty one will also float once the water gets deep enough. Site it on the highest usable ground, keep it out of the overland flow path, and set it on pads or a raised base so the floor sits clear and the underside can breathe.
Get a price
Tell us about the job
We deliver to Grafton and the surrounding district. Tell us what is going in it and what the access is like, and you will get a price with the cartage worked out. Every enquiry answered within one business day.
Or skip the form and ring us — 1300 467 776, Mon-Fri 7:30am-5pm, Sat 8am-12pm