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.

Smaller Footprint

20ft Standard Container

The 20ft is the smaller of the two standard sizes. Inside, it measures about 19 ft 4 in long, 7 ft 9 in wide and 7 ft 10 in high, and it can be placed in spots a 40ft cannot reach.

It suits a renovation, seasonal equipment, or a business that has outgrown its back room. It needs 110 feet of straight clearance at the drop point.

Common Uses

✓ Rowhouse renovations and moves in Philadelphia, the anthracite boroughs and Center City Allentown, where the lot can be narrow with no garage and the box may have 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 can be the only lockable building on the parcel.
✓ Pittsburgh and ridge country sites that cannot 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 a season's equipment can need a place to go.

Specifications

Exterior Length	20 ft (6.1 m)
Exterior Width	8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length	19 ft 4 in
Interior Width	7 ft 9 in
Interior Height	7 ft 10 in
Volume	about 1,170 cu ft
Door Opening	7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H

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Specifications

Exterior Length	40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width	8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length	39 ft 5 in
Interior Width	7 ft 9 in
Interior Height	7 ft 10 in
Volume	about 2,350 cu ft
Door Opening	7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H

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Double the Space

40ft Standard Container

Twice the storage of a 20ft in the same width. The 40ft standard suits contractors, farms and businesses with large equipment or many pallets.

The trade is access. A 40ft needs 130 feet of straight clearance for the tilt-bed to set it down. On a constrained lot, two 20ft units may fit where one 40ft will not.

Common Uses

✓ 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 a container on owned ground can hold equipment and supplies near the work.
✓ Equipment and implement storage on Lancaster, Lebanon, Berks and Cumberland county farms, where a bank barn ramp can take up the only level ground on the property.
✓ Sawmill, kiln and logging contractor storage across the Allegheny plateau around Kane, Ridgway, St. Marys and Galeton.
✓ Facilities and athletics storage in the university towns of State College, Bethlehem, Easton, Indiana and Slippery Rock.

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 and about 8 ft 10 in inside. That foot can help with tall equipment and overhead services, while insulation and a finished floor reduce the available headroom.

The extra foot suits conversions such as offices, bunkhouses, break rooms and workshops. It needs the same clearance as any 40ft: 130 feet of straight run.

Common Uses

✓ Pallet racking for the distribution yards along Interstate 78, Interstate 81 and Pennsylvania 33, where the extra foot of height can fit another level of racking.
✓ 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 Length	40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width	8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height	9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Interior Length	39 ft 5 in
Interior Width	7 ft 9 in
Interior Height	8 ft 10 in
Volume	about 2,694 cu ft
Door Opening	7 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. The result is a weatherproof structure that can be placed wherever the delivery truck can reach.

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.

Common Uses

✓ Job site offices for general contractors working Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Lancaster, Cumberland, Northampton, Butler and Washington counties.
✓ 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 can place where a 40ft cannot.
✓ 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.

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.

Common Uses

✓ 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 keeping the crop cold between picking and packing.
✓ 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 cold storage at the plant fence line.

Key Specifications

Available Sizes	20ft and 40ft
Temperature Range	-25 F to +70 F
Power Requirement	460V 3-phase
Condition Available	Used and reconditioned
Insulated Walls	Yes, 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

110 feet straight clearance

Measured from the drop point in a straight line

40ft

130 feet straight clearance

Standard and high cube both

Also check: at least 10 ft of width, at least 15 ft of driving height and at least 22 ft of height along the entire unloading path, plus the road surface. Gravel and dirt may be workable, but flag steep grades and soft ground before booking.

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

Container Sizes

All Container Types at a Glance

20ft Standard Container

Common Uses

Specifications

Specifications

40ft Standard Container

Common Uses

40ft High Cube Container

Common Uses

Specifications

Common Modifications Available

Modified Containers

Common Uses

Refrigerated (Reefer) Containers

Common Uses

Key Specifications

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Required Straight Clearance

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