A small heritage river village north of Grafton with cane and grazing country around it, sitting low on the Clarence flats. Deliveries here divide neatly into two jobs: tight, careful work in the village itself, and open flat country outside it where the only real question is how much water is still in the ground.
The Ulmarra side of our order book is largely fodder, fencing and machinery storage on the cane and grazing blocks along the river, dry storage for growers who would rather not put another shed up, secure storage for the businesses along the old highway frontage, and household storage on properties where a shed has already been lost once. Tell us what is going in it and roughly where it sits on the block. From that we can pick a unit off the yard and a truck for Ulmarra in the one call.
Tall gear going to Ulmarra, whether a mast, racking or a boat on a trailer, is decided by door height, so check the high cube figures on the dimensions page before ordering.
| Size | Used from | New from |
|---|---|---|
| 10ft Containers | $4,350 | $6,400 |
| 20ft Containers | $2,200 | $3,300 |
| 40ft Containers | $2,600 | $5,500 |
Guide figures ex GST. Condition moves the price more than length does, and the Ulmarra delivery sits inside the number we give you.
There is no point being coy about it in Ulmarra. This is low country, it has been under water within living memory and recently, and anyone buying a container here is thinking about that. So the honest position: a cargo-worthy container is sealed against rain from above. It is not sealed against water rising to the door seals, and once water is in, the box holds it. An empty container is also buoyant and will move in deep enough water.
What a container genuinely offers on this ground is height, mobility and dry lockable space. Blocked up on the highest firm point you have, it keeps gear clear of the common event rather than the catastrophic one. Because it is a box rather than a building it can be lifted and moved with warning — provided you have kept a truck a way in, which is the part people forget. And afterwards it is somewhere dry and lockable while you sort the rest out. The full version is in containers and flood risk on the Clarence.
On the cane and grazing blocks the practical route to the spot is usually a headland or a farm track, and both were built for tractors rather than for a loaded rigid. Headlands in particular are often softer than they look because they carry traffic when the ground is wet and never get a chance to consolidate.
The workable approach is to pick the placement first and then work backwards to whether we can reach it, rather than the other way round. If the good firm spot is a hundred metres from the good firm track, a crane truck reaching in is sometimes cheaper than the alternative. Tell us where you want it and what is between there and the road.
The village itself is a genuine heritage streetscape with narrow frontages, verandah posts close to the kerb and buildings that nobody is going to move for a delivery, so anything going into central Ulmarra gets assessed rather than assumed. Outside the village it is flat river country and the constraint changes completely: the ground. These are some of the lowest-lying farming flats on the Clarence, and the surface can look perfectly trafficable while holding water two hundred millimetres down. A loaded truck finds that out immediately. We would far rather come in a dry stretch than sink a vehicle in a paddock, and we will say so when we quote rather than promising a date we cannot hold after rain. The ferry across to Southgate is not an option for a loaded container truck, so anything on the far bank comes around by road.
A sidelifter needs firm footing for its legs and a long working strip; a tilt-tray needs a straight run behind the spot; a crane needs a stable stand and a clear swing. Which one suits your block is a short call — details here.
Yes, in the right conditions. The limit is ground bearing rather than distance — river-flat silt holds water well below a surface that looks dry, and a loaded truck breaks through it. We would rather move the date to a dry stretch than bog a vehicle, and we will be straight with you about that when we quote.
No. The ferry is not suitable for a loaded container truck, so anything on the Southgate side comes around by road. That affects the cartage figure, so tell us which bank you are on when you enquire.
The yard is at 1a Reid St, South Grafton. Ring ahead and we will have a unit opened up for you.
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