10ft10ft Shipping Containers
The side passage is narrow, the council setback leaves you nothing to play with, or all you need is somewhere lockable for a mower, a compressor and a rack of tools.
Used from$4,350
New from$6,400
Hire
Shipping container hire
Site storage, seasonal overflow, somewhere to lock the tools while the shed goes up. Hire suits the jobs where you know the container is temporary — and we will tell you when buying is the better answer.
- 10ft from
- $22 / week ex GST
- 20ft from
- $27 / week ex GST
- 40ft from
- $42 / week ex GST
- Minimum term
- Generally one month
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.
When hire is right
What hire actually suits
- A job with an end date. A build, a renovation, a harvest, a shutdown, a season. If you know roughly when you will not need it any more, hire is almost always cheaper than buying and reselling.
- Storage you need now and cannot commit to. Flood or fire recovery, a house sale that went through faster than expected, a lease that ended early.
- Overflow that comes and goes. Plenty of our hire customers run one or two units year-round and add more for three months when they need them.
- Trying before buying. If you are not certain a 20ft is big enough, hiring one for a couple of months answers that question far more cheaply than buying the wrong size.
When buying is the better answer
Past roughly eighteen months to two years of continuous hire on a standard unit, the arithmetic usually turns over and buying costs less — even allowing for the fact that you then own something you have to move or sell later. We would rather say that at the start than bill you through it. The hire versus buy guide works the comparison through properly.
What you are hiring
Cargo-worthy grade or better, checked wind and watertight before it leaves. Lock box fitted. We do not hire out as-is units — the whole point of a hire container is that whatever goes in it comes out the same, and an as-is unit is not sold watertight.
Hire rates
- 10ft, from
- $22 / week
- 20ft, from
- $27 / week
- 40ft, from
- $42 / week
Guide rates in AUD, ex GST, coming down with the term. Delivery and collection quoted with the container.
Get a hire price
How it works
Four steps and a phone number
Tell us the size, the term and the address. We check what is available, quote you the hire rate with delivery and collection worked out, and book a truck. You get a delivery window and a call from the driver.
When you are done, give us notice and we collect it. No lock-in beyond the term you agreed, and if the job runs long we extend it rather than start again.
Sizes
Available for hire
10ft
20ft20ft Shipping Containers
You have about seven metres of straight, reasonably level ground to put it on and you would rather not find out in six months that you should have gone bigger.
Used from$2,200
New from$3,300
40ft40ft Shipping Containers
You have the room, the access is genuinely open, and you want the most storage per dollar available anywhere.
Used from$2,600
New from$5,500
Common questions
About container hire
How much does it cost to hire a shipping container?
Hire starts from $27 a week for a 20ft, ex GST, with the rate coming down the longer the term. A 10ft is a little less and a 40ft more. Delivery and collection are quoted separately with the container because they move with distance and access. Tell us the term and the address and you will get the whole figure rather than the headline one.
What is the minimum hire period?
Usually a month, though we are flexible where it makes sense. Where the maths gets interesting is at the other end — past roughly eighteen months to two years of hire on a standard unit, buying is generally the cheaper answer, and we will tell you that rather than keep billing you. There is a full comparison in our hire versus buy guide.
What condition are hire containers in?
Cargo-worthy or better, always. A hire unit is checked wind and watertight before it goes out — we are not hiring out as-is containers, because a leaking container full of somebody's stock is nobody's idea of a good arrangement. If you want to see the specific unit before it ships, ask and we will photograph it, or come out to the yard.
What happens at the end of the hire?
Give us notice, we book a truck and collect it. The container comes back in the condition it went out in, allowing for fair wear — normal marks and surface rust are expected, a hole cut in the side for a window is not. If you have modified it, tell us early rather than at collection, because it changes what happens next.
Can I hire with an option to buy?
Often, yes, and it is worth asking about up front rather than a year in. Where it makes sense we can structure it so hire paid counts toward a purchase, which suits jobs where the term genuinely is not known at the start. Ring and talk it through — it depends on the unit and the term.
Get a price
Get a hire price
Tell us the size, roughly how long you need it and where it is going. Every enquiry answered within one business day.
Or skip the form and ring us — 0477 410 500, Mon–Fri 7:30am–5pm, Sat 8am–12pm