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.
Mildura, VIC
Shipping containers Mildura
Nothing about Mildura is close. Melbourne is a full day up the Calder, Adelaide is most of one down the Sturt, and there is no depot within hundreds of kilometres in any direction. So we schedule Sunraysia against a run rather than a day, and we give you the honest window instead of the hopeful one. The second thing that shapes every job here is what you are standing on. This is Mallee sand — loose, red and deep — and a truck that would never get stuck in mud will sit down in it quietly while the driver watches it happen.
- Delivered from
- Sunraysia orders are filled from the Melbourne terminals or, depending on which has the grade you want, from Adelaide down the Sturt — there is no depot within hundreds of kilometres of Mildura and we will not pretend there is.
- Typical lead time
- Usually 7–12 business days from order to on the ground
- Usual truck
- Tilt-tray for 10ft and 20ft on formed ground; crane truck for 40ft, and a proper conversation before anything goes down a sandy track
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.
What is worth knowing about this place, up front.
What people here put in them
Around Mildura we deliver containers for drip line, netting and pruning gear on the blocks at Irymple, Red Cliffs and Merbein, harvest bin and packing shed overflow through the table grape and dried fruit country, chemical and fertiliser lock-up on the citrus and almond plantings out towards Colignan, Nangiloc and Lindsay Point, pump, pipe and fitting storage for irrigators along the river, secure site boxes for the solar and civil crews working the Mallee, and dry household storage in Nichols Point and Cabarita where the shed already has a boat in it.
How the drop usually goes
Sand is the whole story. Around Mildura the ground is deep, loose, red-brown sand over sandy loam, and it behaves nothing like the clay and black soil most delivery advice is written for. It does not bog you in the obvious way. A truck rolls onto a sandy track, the drive wheels spin up, the tyres dig, and within a few seconds the diff is sitting on the sand with the wheels turning freely. Getting out is a recovery job, not a matter of a bit of throttle. Formed and gravelled tracks are fine, packing shed hardstand is fine, a compacted vineyard headland that has had trucks on it all season is usually fine. Fresh ripped ground, a sand hill, a track that only ever sees a ute, or the soft shoulder beside a firm centre strip are all places we will decline to go, and it is not us being precious. The second constraint is the plantings themselves. Vineyard and almond rows are spaced for a tractor, drip line and mainline run just under the surface between them, and the wires and posts do not appreciate a truck. On netted table grape blocks add overhead structure at exactly the height a raised tilt bed occupies. As with the orchards further south, the headland or the shed apron is nearly always the right answer, and a crane truck can reach in from there if the container really must sit deeper. Third, the season. From December through February the middle of the day is punishing for everyone involved, and we would rather run a Sunraysia delivery early in the morning. Fourth, dust — a windy day here fills the air with it, and the last thing you want is to be opening and closing doors and setting a container down in a dust storm. If the forecast is ugly we will ring you and move it.
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 Mildura
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.
Mildura
Sand, and why we ask what your driveway is made of
It is the first question on every Sunraysia job and the one that saves the most grief. What is the surface between the last piece of sealed road and the spot the container is going? Bitumen, gravel, compacted headland or shed hardstand and we can bring a tilt-tray with confidence. Loose sand and we cannot, because a loaded rigid on soft sand is not a difficult delivery, it is a recovery.
The honest workaround is usually placement rather than route. A crane truck standing on firm ground can reach a fair way, so the container goes where you want it while the truck stays where it is safe. Failing that, the container goes on the hardstand and you move it later with a machine that is designed for sand. Neither is a compromise on the container. Both beat a truck sitting on its diff at the far end of your block on a 42-degree afternoon. Send us a photo standing at the road looking towards the spot, and one of the spot itself, and we will tell you which truck is coming before we book anything.
On the ground
Distance, backloads and the date we actually give you
Mildura sits a long way from every container terminal in the country, and pretending otherwise would just mean lying to you about dates. Depending on what you order and what is available, your container is coming either up the Calder and across the Mallee from Melbourne or down the Sturt from Adelaide. Either way it is a serious run, and it is the sort of leg that gets scheduled against other freight moving the same way rather than dispatched the moment you say yes.
Practically, that means seven to twelve business days is the realistic range for Sunraysia and we would rather tell you that up front than promise three and disappoint you. It also means a couple of things are genuinely worth doing. Order earlier than feels necessary, particularly around harvest and pruning when everybody in the valley wants storage at once. If you are ordering more than one unit, order them together — they travel better as a pair. And if your date is fixed by something real, a lease, a settlement, a crop coming off, say so at the enquiry and we will tell you plainly whether we can hit it.
Worth knowing
What Mildura heat does to a steel box
A closed container in a Mildura summer gets seriously hot. Dark steel, no shade, 45-degree days and no airflow will push the inside temperature well past what is comfortable and past what some stored goods will tolerate. Aerosols, batteries, adhesives, candles, some plastics, anything with a seal or a propellant — think about them before you shut the doors in December. And do not work inside a sealed container in the afternoon; open both ends, get some air through it, and do the job early.
Two cheap things help a lot. Ventilation is the first: keep the factory vents clear and add more if the unit is holding anything sensitive, because moving air through the top of the box makes a real difference to the peak. Orientation is the second — putting the long side to the north and the doors where they get some shade is free at the time of delivery and impossible to change afterwards without a machine. If the container is going to be a workshop or a regularly used store rather than a set-and-forget one, it is worth talking about insulation and a whirlybird at the quote rather than retrofitting in January.
What delivery to Mildura costs
Freight to this area is quoted per job. The truck the site needs is usually the bigger variable, not the kilometres.
Tell us the job rather than the product. What goes in, where it sits and how the truck gets there decides the rest.
Other towns on the same run
We also deliver to Irymple, Red Cliffs, Merbein, Wentworth, Robinvale and the surrounding district. If your town is not on the list, ring — it almost certainly still works.
Common questions
Buying a container in Mildura
Can a truck get down my sandy track at Mildura?
Often not, and it is better to establish that now than at your gate. Loose Mallee sand does not bog a truck the way mud does — the wheels dig, the diff grounds, and it becomes a recovery. Formed gravel, compacted headland or shed hardstand is fine. Fresh sand, a ripped block or a track that only ever sees a ute is not. The usual answer is a crane truck standing on firm ground reaching in to place the container where you want it. Send a photo from the road looking in and we will tell you which truck we are sending.
Why is Mildura slower than Melbourne for delivery?
Distance, plainly. There is no container depot anywhere near Sunraysia, so your unit comes either up the Calder and across the Mallee or down the Sturt from Adelaide, and that leg gets planned alongside other freight moving the same way rather than dispatched the instant you order. Seven to twelve business days is the realistic range. It stretches at harvest and pruning when demand in the valley spikes. Order earlier than you think you need to, and if two units are going to the same place, order them together.
How hot does a container get in a Sunraysia summer, and does it matter?
Hot enough to matter. Dark steel with no shade on a 45-degree day gets well above ambient inside, which is hard on aerosols, batteries, adhesives, some plastics and anything with a seal. Keep the factory vents clear, add extra vents if you are storing anything sensitive, and think about orientation at delivery — long side to the north, doors where they get some shade. That decision is free on the day and needs a machine to change later. If it is going to be a workshop rather than a store, raise insulation at the quote stage.
Do you deliver to Wentworth, Robinvale and the New South Wales side?
Yes. The river is a state border but it is not a delivery boundary, and the runs that serve Mildura serve Wentworth, Buronga, Gol Gol, Robinvale and the blocks out along the river as part of the same trip. The considerations are identical — sand, formed access, plantings and heat. What does change is how far past Mildura you are, so tell us the actual address rather than the nearest town, because an extra hour out to Nangiloc or Pooncarie is worth knowing about when we plan the run.
Get a price
Start with the address and the access
We deliver to Mildura 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