Grazing and rural residential country on the Orara south of Grafton, where the blocks are big, the driveways are long and the timber is close. It is straightforward delivery country in a dry month and a conversation in a wet one.
Out of the South Grafton yard, Coutts Crossing orders run mainly to hay, fencing and stock gear on the grazing blocks, machinery and tool storage for owner-builders and trades on the rural residential lots, secure storage on properties a long way from a neighbour, and dry lockable space for people who rebuilt after the fires and would rather not put everything back into one shed. People who visit before buying tend to buy a better box for the money. If Coutts Crossing is close enough, ring ahead and we will have the likely units opened up.
If you would rather see the steel than a photo of it, the South Grafton yard takes visitors who ring ahead, and the general purpose page explains what each grade is sold as.
| Size | Used from | New from |
|---|---|---|
| 10ft Containers | $4,350 | $6,400 |
| 20ft Containers | $2,200 | $3,300 |
| 40ft Containers | $2,600 | $5,500 |
Prices exclude GST and start low for a reason: grade. Ask which unit we would load for Coutts Crossing and you get one delivered figure.
A lot of the demand out here has a common shape: somebody is putting things back together and needs somewhere secure and dry to keep tools, materials and salvaged gear while it happens. A container does that well because it does not need approval as a structure in most temporary situations, it goes in before the shed does, and it locks properly.
The other thing it does is spread risk. Putting everything back into one large shed is efficient right up until something happens to the shed. Two containers at opposite ends of a property is not a sophisticated strategy but it is a real one, and it comes up in conversation here more than anywhere else we deliver.
For hay, fencing wire, drums and general farm gear, an as-is unit is often plenty and it is meaningfully cheaper. It is not sold watertight and we will tell you exactly what is wrong with it — a patch, a soft floor section, a seal that has gone hard — but for a dry store where a little weather is tolerable, that is an honest saving.
For anything that has to stay dry — tools, feed, chemicals, anything with a motor — buy cargo-worthy. Every cargo-worthy unit is checked wind and watertight before it leaves the yard, and the difference between the two grades is a few hundred dollars against the cost of ruining what goes inside. The grades are set out on the buying page.
The recurring feature here is the driveway: long, usually unsealed, often with a grade on it and frequently with timber close on both sides. None of that stops a delivery on its own, but together they narrow the vehicle choice. A tilt-tray needs to reverse a straight run to the drop point, and a driveway that bends around a stand of trees halfway along is where that becomes impossible. Overhanging limbs matter as much here as street trees do in town, because a tray up on the angle is tall and a branch is not going to move. Grade is the third factor — a container coming off a tilt-tray on a slope wants careful handling and sometimes a different truck entirely. After rain the unsealed section near the house is usually the soft part. Photographs of the driveway from the road end and of the spot itself answer nearly all of this in a couple of minutes.
Soft ground is the thing that strands trucks round here, more than distance or gates. Tell us if the spot is lawn, gravel, sand or new fill, and whether it has rained — then see getting a container onto your block.
Usually yes. What decides it is whether there is a straight run to line up on, whether anything overhangs the approach, and how the surface behaves after rain. Send a photo from the road end and one of the spot and we will tell you which truck before we quote.
Often, yes. As-is units are cheaper and are not sold watertight — they may have a patched repair, a soft floor patch or a seal that no longer seats. For hay, wire, drums and gear that tolerates a bit of weather, that is a genuine saving. Where the load must not get wet, pay for cargo-worthy.
Describe the contents and the space. We match it to what is sitting in the yard.
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