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Container Types

Container Sizes

All five types side by side, with the dimensions that decide which one fits your site. Every size delivered to your Pennsylvania address with delivery inside the price.

Quick Comparison

All Container Types at a Glance

Type Length Width Height Int. Volume Best For Quote
20ft Standard 20 ft 8 ft 8.5 ft 1,170 cu ft Home storage, driveways Quote
40ft Standard 40 ft 8 ft 8.5 ft 2,350 cu ft Contractors, farms, businesses Quote
40ft High Cube 40 ft 8 ft 9.5 ft 2,694 cu ft Tall equipment, conversions Quote
Modified / Custom 20 or 40 ft 8 ft Varies Custom Offices, cabins, custom builds Quote
Refrigerated (Reefer) 20 or 40 ft 8 ft 8.5 ft Varies Food, produce, breweries, catering Quote

Dimensions shown are approximate exterior. Interior dimensions are slightly smaller. Every quoted price includes delivery in Pennsylvania.

New 20ft one-trip shipping container
Most Popular

20ft Standard Container

The 20ft is the size most people end up with, and for good reason. It fits a standard driveway or residential lot, holds roughly what a two-car garage holds, and can be placed in spots a 40ft simply cannot reach.

For a renovation, seasonal equipment, or a business that has outgrown its back room, the 20ft is usually the right call. It needs about 70 feet of straight clearance at the drop point.

How Pennsylvania Customers Use It

  • ✓ Rowhouse renovations and moves in Philadelphia, the anthracite boroughs and Center City Allentown, where the lot is narrow, there is no garage and the box often has to work from the curb.
  • ✓ Contractor tool and material storage on job sites across Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Delaware, Lehigh, Northampton, Allegheny and Butler counties, replacing the daily load in and load out.
  • ✓ Farm, timber and hunting camp storage from Lancaster and Berks through the Susquehanna Valley and up into the Pennsylvania Wilds, where the container is often the only lockable building on the parcel.
  • ✓ Pittsburgh and ridge country sites that will never take a 40ft: on hillside streets and switchback drives, two 20ft boxes place where one long box cannot, and give you two doors and two locations.
  • ✓ Gas pad, pipeline and utility crew storage across the southwest and the Northern Tier, holding valves, fittings, spill kits and protective equipment at a site with no building on it.
  • ✓ Winter storage for campgrounds, marinas, ski areas and short term rental managers through the Poconos and the Laurel Highlands, where an entire season's equipment has to go somewhere in October.

Specifications

Exterior Length20 ft (6.1 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length19 ft 4 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height7 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 1,170 cu ft
Door Opening7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H
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Specifications

Exterior Length40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length39 ft 5 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height7 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 2,350 cu ft
Door Opening7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H
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40ft standard shipping container
Double the Space

40ft Standard Container

Twice the storage of a 20ft in the same width. The 40ft standard is the working size for contractors, farms and businesses: large equipment, multiple pallets, or everything that will not fit anywhere else.

The trade is access. A 40ft needs about 100 feet of straight clearance for the tilt-bed to set it down. On a constrained lot, two 20ft units often place where one 40ft will not.

How Pennsylvania Customers Use It

  • ✓ Yard storage for the third party logistics operators and carriers along the Interstate 78 and Interstate 81 warehouse belt, from the Lehigh Valley through Hazleton, Jonestown, Harrisburg and Carlisle.
  • ✓ Manufacturing and supplier storage at the plant fence line, from the Mack Trucks and Air Products base in the Lehigh Valley to the specialty metals and fabrication shops through Allegheny, Westmoreland and Beaver counties.
  • ✓ Port and drayage overflow along the Delaware River terminals and the Interstate 95 corridor, where owned ground storage beats per diem on a steamship line's box.
  • ✓ Equipment and implement storage on Lancaster, Lebanon, Berks and Cumberland county farms, where the bank barn ramp has already eaten the only level ground on the property.
  • ✓ Sawmill, kiln and logging contractor storage across the Allegheny plateau around Kane, Ridgway, St. Marys and Galeton, through a season that does not stop for winter.
  • ✓ Facilities and athletics storage for the university towns, where State College, Bethlehem, Easton, Indiana and Slippery Rock all move an enormous amount of property every August and every May.
40ft high cube one-trip container with the doors open
Most Space

40ft High Cube Container

Same footprint as the standard 40ft, one foot taller: 9 ft 6 in outside, just over 9 ft of usable height inside. That foot changes what the box can be. You can stand fully upright, run services overhead, and fit equipment a standard container will not take.

It is the usual starting point for conversions: offices, bunkhouses, break rooms and workshops. Clearance requirement is the same as any 40ft, about 100 feet.

How Pennsylvania Customers Use It

  • ✓ Pallet racking for the distribution yards along Interstate 78, Interstate 81 and Pennsylvania 33, where the extra foot of height is what makes the racking work.
  • ✓ Any build you intend to insulate and finish, which matters more in Pennsylvania than in a warm state, because the code's prescriptive numbers here are R-30 in a wall and R-60 in a ceiling and every inch of that is headroom you do not get back.
  • ✓ Powdered metal, precision machining and tooling shops around St. Marys, Ridgway and Johnsonburg storing dies, fixtures and raw powder drums off the plant floor.
  • ✓ Cement, aggregate and quarry operations through the Lehigh Valley, Berks County and the Cumberland Valley keeping screens, belting and parts close to the pit rather than back at a central shop.
  • ✓ Food and snack manufacturers around Hanover, York, Hershey and Lititz staging seasonal packaging, pallets and promotional stock upright rather than flat.

Specifications

Exterior Length40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Interior Length39 ft 5 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height8 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 2,694 cu ft
Door Opening7 ft 8 in W x 8 ft 5 in H
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Common Modifications Available

  • ✓ Personnel doors and roll-up doors
  • ✓ Windows, fixed or opening
  • ✓ Electrical wiring, outlets and panel
  • ✓ LED interior and exterior lighting
  • ✓ Insulation, HVAC and climate control
  • ✓ Flooring overlays and wall panels
  • ✓ Custom exterior paint and branding
  • ✓ Built-in shelving and workbenches
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Modified shipping container converted into a finished workspace
Custom

Modified Containers

A modified container starts as a standard steel box and gains the parts you need: doors, windows, insulation, electrical, climate control. What comes out is a weatherproof structure that costs less than building one and can be set almost anywhere.

Which modifications matter depends on where it will sit. Insulation and ventilation are decided by climate, not preference, so tell us the site and the intended use before the specification is fixed.

How Pennsylvania Customers Use It

  • ✓ Job site offices for general contractors working Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Lancaster, Cumberland, Northampton, Butler and Washington counties, which carry most of the state's new housing.
  • ✓ Secure tool and parts rooms for gas field, pipeline and utility crews across the southwest and the Northern Tier, which move to the next site with the crew.
  • ✓ Workshops and studios on ridge and plateau property, where two 20ft units often place where a 40ft never will.
  • ✓ Break rooms and dry storage at quarry, sawmill and industrial operations that run crews well away from any building.
  • ✓ Camp and field buildings on hunting tracts through Potter, Clinton, Cameron and Elk counties that have no structure on them at all.
20ft refrigerated container with its refrigeration unit
Refrigerated

Refrigerated (Reefer) Containers

A reefer is a shipping container with a refrigeration unit built into one end, holding anywhere from -25 degrees F to +70 degrees F. The insulation is part of the original build, not added afterwards, which is why it holds temperature the way a retrofitted box cannot.

Available in 20ft and 40ft. It needs a 460V 3-phase connection, or a compatible generator where 3-phase power is not on site. Confirm your power supply before ordering, because that is the constraint that catches people out.

How Pennsylvania Customers Use It

  • ✓ Produce growers and packers through Lancaster, Chester, Adams and Erie counties, holding crop between picking and packing at the farm rather than on a round trip to town.
  • ✓ Mushroom houses and their packers around Kennett Square and the Chester County belt, which grow roughly half of the nation's crop and run on cold that does not wait.
  • ✓ Caterers, festival crews and event operators through the Poconos, the Laurel Highlands and the city markets who need cold delivered to a site that has none.
  • ✓ Restaurants and grocers in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Harrisburg adding walk in capacity in the lot rather than rebuilding the back of house.
  • ✓ Dairy, meat and food processors across the Susquehanna Valley and the snack food belt around Hanover and York needing reliable cold at the plant fence line.

Key Specifications

Available Sizes20ft and 40ft
Temperature Range-25 F to +70 F
Power Requirement460V 3-phase
Condition AvailableUsed and reconditioned
Insulated WallsYes, integral
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Before You Order

Site Preparation and Delivery Clearance

Containers arrive on a tilt-bed truck. Knowing your clearance before the truck is booked is what keeps a delivery from turning into a second trip.

Required Straight Clearance

20ft
about 70 feet straight clearance
Measured from the drop point in a straight line
40ft
about 100 feet straight clearance
Standard and high cube both

Also check: 10 to 12 ft of width, anything overhead (trees, power lines, roof overhangs), and the road surface. Gravel and dirt are fine. Flag steep grades and soft ground, because those are what actually stop a truck.

See How Delivery Works

Tilt-bed delivery in action. This is what to expect at your property.