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.
Refrigerated
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. Two quite different products get sold under the one name, and that distinction matters more than any other decision on this page.
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The short version
Why people order this one
- 20ft and 40ft units with the refrigeration machinery built into the front wall
- Around 100mm of foamed panel through the walls, roof and floor, over a T-bar deck
- A running reefer needs three-phase power at the site — 415V, and generally a dedicated outlet
- Non-operating units sell cheaper and make an excellent insulated shell for a coolroom or a cellar
- Photos of the unit and its machinery on request, sent before delivery
Two products share the name. A running reefer has working refrigeration and will hold a set point, chilled or frozen, so long as it is plugged into three-phase power. A non-operating unit — the trade calls them NOR, or simply insulated boxes — is the same insulated shell with the machinery either dead or stripped out, sold as a cheap and extremely well-insulated room. A great many buyers only ever wanted the second one. Working out which of the two the job needs before you ring saves a serious amount of money.
Power is the part that catches people. A reefer draws three phases and it draws them continuously rather than in a polite little cycle, and it wants a supply and an outlet sized for the load. On a rural block or a new estate that can mean a sparky and a switchboard upgrade before the container earns a cent. Sort the supply out first — a reefer standing on a slab with nothing to plug into is an insulated shed with an expensive lump bolted to the front of it.
Once the unit is on your ground the machinery is yours to run and yours to look after. Refrigeration plant is serviced by refrigeration mechanics, it wants gas, filters and a periodic look at the controller, and any warranty on the plant sits with its manufacturer rather than with us on a used unit. We will tell you what a particular machine has done and whether it was pulled down under load before it left. Beyond that, running it and servicing it belong to the owner.
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
General Purpose Shipping Containers
The plain box, and the right call about eight times out of ten.
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.
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
Refrigerated containers, answered
What is a refrigerated shipping container?
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. Two quite different products get sold under the one name, and that distinction matters more than any other decision on this page.
What lengths do refrigerated 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 refrigerated 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 refrigerated 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 refrigerated 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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Price a refrigerated unit
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