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.
The range
Shipping containers for sale and hire across Australia
Ten, twenty and forty foot. General purpose, high cube, side opening, refrigerated and dangerous goods. New single-trip, cargo-worthy used and as-is. This page is the map — what each one is genuinely for, and which of them is wrong for the job you have in mind.
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.
By size
Measure the ground first
More containers are ordered at the wrong length because somebody sized the load and never walked the driveway. Access rules a size out at least as often as volume does.
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.
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.
Prices are quoted with the container and the delivery together, so the figure you get is the whole cost to your address rather than a headline that grows later. Ring 1300 467 776 or send the form and you will have a price for the exact unit within one business day.
By configuration
What the box has been set up to do
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.
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.
Grades
Two boxes the same length can be a long way apart on price
Three grades cover nearly everything we move. The money between the top and the bottom of that range is usually larger than the gap between two yards quoting on the same grade, so settle the grade first and treat it as the only fair basis for comparing anybody's price.
The gap is almost always the floor and the door seals, and neither of them shows up in a listing that only gives you a length and a figure. Settle the grade before you start ringing around, because it is the only thing that makes two quotes comparable.
Common questions
Before you settle on one
How do I pick the right size?
Measure the ground before you shortlist a length. A 20ft wants roughly seven metres of straight, near-level standing and is the cheapest steel per cubic metre most weeks of the year, which is why it is the default. A 40ft holds double for nowhere near double the money, but it will not get in anywhere without a long, clear, unobstructed approach. A 10ft exists for the block that genuinely will not take a 20ft, and you pay more per cubic metre for it every single time.
Is a high cube worth the extra?
It buys 300mm of internal height and nothing else — 2.90m to the top rail rather than 2.59m. Left empty as a store, that foot is not worth a great deal. The moment the container is being lined, fitted with a roller door a forklift has to drive through with the tynes up, or hung with a mezzanine across one end, it is the difference between a comfortable fit-out and a compromised one. Anything being converted, buy the high cube.
Can I buy one sight unseen?
Most people do, and there is nothing wrong with it provided you are looking at the right photographs. Ask and images of the actual unit will be sent rather than a catalogue shot — corners, door end, roof and floor — on request and before delivery. If you are close enough to Cornubia to drive over, ring ahead and do that instead on used stock. Everywhere else, the photographs are the substitute and they are of your box, not a box like it.
Do you hire these as well as sell them?
Yes, across the range and into every state we deliver to. Hire suits a container with an end date attached — a build, a fit-out, a season, a shed being put back up after a storm. Buying wins the moment the box is still going to be standing there in a couple of years, because the weekly rate and the purchase price cross over sooner than most people assume. Tell us how long it is needed for and we will work out which side of that line the job sits on.
Can a container be modified?
Yes — personnel doors, windows, vents, shelving, roller doors, paint and full fit-outs. It is worth settling before you buy rather than afterwards, because the base unit you start from changes what the work costs and occasionally changes whether it is worth doing at all. A tired as-is box is cheap to buy and expensive to convert. The modifications page covers what we get asked for most often.
Get a price
Not sure which one the job needs?
Describe what has to fit inside it and give us the address it is going to. You will be told which length and grade the job actually calls for, including the times the cheaper box is the better buy.
Or skip the form and ring us — 1300 467 776, Mon-Fri 7:30am-5pm, Sat 8am-12pm