The hub of the lower Clarence and the middle of the cane country. Maclean is two deliveries in one postcode: a hillside town with steep, narrow older streets, and the cane flats around it where the ground rather than the geometry is what decides the job.
Going by our order book, Maclean wants containers for chemical, fertiliser and machinery storage on the cane blocks, gear and equipment for the contractors who service them, dry storage for the businesses along River Street with no room behind the shop, and household storage on the hill where the blocks are steep and a shed is difficult to site. We price the box and the truck to Maclean together, and we will say plainly when a cheaper grade sitting in the yard would do the job just as well.
Workshops, site offices and conversions around Maclean should start at the high cube page; plain storage is a general purpose container in whichever length the block will take.
| Size | Used from | New from |
|---|---|---|
| 10ft Containers | $4,350 | $6,400 |
| 20ft Containers | $2,200 | $3,300 |
| 40ft Containers | $2,600 | $5,500 |
Ex GST, from-prices only. A Maclean quote names the unit and includes getting it there — there is no freight bill behind it.
The pattern here is seasonal and it is why hire comes up as often as sales. Chemical, fertiliser, spare parts and harvest gear need somewhere secure at particular points in the year and are less pressing at others. For a grower who already has shed space and needs a bit more at the wrong time, a hired 20ft for a few months is a much better answer than another building.
For anything scheduled, the question changes. Spray chemical held in quantity wants ventilation and a bunded floor, and a plain container is close to the opposite of that specification. If an audit is anywhere in your future, get the DG class off the safety data sheet before you ring anyone — there is more on the dangerous goods page.
People assume the difficult part of a Maclean delivery is the forty-five kilometres from the yard. It is not — that is an easy run down a good road. The difficult part is the last hundred metres if you are up in the older part of town, where the street is narrow, the driveway is short and steep, and there is often a retaining wall or a set of steps between the road and where the container is supposed to sit.
In that situation the honest answer is frequently a crane truck. It costs more than a tilt-tray and it puts a container into a back yard that nothing else will reach. Send a photo from the street looking at the property and one from the spot looking back, and we will tell you which it is before quoting rather than after.
Maclean is built on a hill and the older streets show it. Grade is the first constraint, and a container coming off a tilt-tray on a slope is a different proposition to one coming off on the flat — sometimes it means a different vehicle, occasionally it means a different spot. Narrow older streets with limited turning room and established trees add the second layer. Down on the flats around the town the picture inverts: plenty of room, no gradient, and ground that has to be judged rather than assumed. Cane country holds water and cane headlands carry traffic when they are wet, which is precisely why they are soft when you need them firm. Whether we bring a sidelifter for a 40ft is decided by the surface, not the space. Tell us if the spot is on the hill or on the flat when you enquire — it changes the answer completely.
Send three pictures — the entrance, the run in, the spot itself — and whoever picks up at the yard can usually tell you tilt-tray, sidelifter or crane before you hang up. The access guide lists what to photograph.
Usually, but often with a crane truck rather than a tilt-tray. Grade, a short driveway and a retaining wall are the common combination up on the hill, and lifting the container over the obstacle is the standard solution. It costs more per job and it works where nothing else does.
Yes, in the right conditions. A sidelifter needs about thirty metres of working room and ground firm enough to take the legs, and cane headlands are often softer than they look. We will pick a dry stretch where we can and use plates under the legs where we need to.
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Call (02) 5616 9099