Our Delivery Guidelines are designed to ensure a smooth, hassle free delivery of your storage container. Please take a few minutes to read through them. If you have any questions feel
Free to contact us.
Both the delivery site where your container will be dropped and the ground where the truck will park while unloading need to be level ground, or at most a mild incline of not more than five degrees. If the hiab truck need to pass over any terrain that is sloping while unloading your container, damage to the equipment could result, so the driver may refuse to unload your container.
Suitable Road Surfaces:
Paved road surfaces such as concrete and asphalt are best for the delivery of shipping containers. If you live in a rural area we can deliver a container to you, but as a minimum standard, the delivery site must be on a maintained two lane county road. Unsuitable road surfaces include loose dirt, sand, flooded and muddy areas, sandy, grass areas with soft soil, Additionally you should walk around the delivery site and remove rocks, tree stumps and other debris that could damage our equipment.
Weight Distribution:
When placing the container onto the ground the weight of the container needs to be distributed equally onto the four steel corner castings. If not, a slight twist in the container may result, making the doors difficult to open and close. Alternatively you can place pavers, hard blocks of wood or railroad ties under the container, remembering to check that the surface is level.
Height and Width Restrictions:
Generally, a minimum height and width of 14 feet is required. When the container is unloaded the driver will raise up the container to slide the container. The highest point of the container is approximately 10 feet. Beware that low hanging tree branches, gates, arches, eaves and other obstacles can damage the hiab truck, so you need to ensure there is sufficient clearance to avoid the driver hitting them. Limited visibility may also be a safety hazard for the delivery driver so on the day of the delivery ideally you should have two people on site to act as spotters of low hanging objects. If you do not have enough space for the hiab truck to go into, do let us know so our delivery team can come with forklift that can easily move the container into your premises, coming with a forklift has an additional price for delivery.
Length Restrictions:
For a 10ft container the truck needs minimum of 40ft in straight lineFor a 20ft container delivery our trucks need a minimum of 60ft in straight line.
For 40ft container delivery our trucks need a minimum of 100ft in straight line.
*If you do not have enough space please request for Forklift*