Be ready to direct placement
Have a site contact available or reachable so the driver can confirm placement, door direction, access, and any last-minute site concerns.
DELIVERY CALCULATOR
Estimate truck transport costs for shipping containers from the ship to their final warehouse destination.
Delivery Prep
Good placement starts before the truck arrives.
Container delivery is heavy-equipment work. The safest, cleanest deliveries happen when access, surface, direction, blocking, hazards, and customer instructions are confirmed before dispatch.
Prepare the surface
Firm, level ground is best. Gravel, concrete, asphalt, timbers, blocks, or container pads help support the unit and keep doors working properly.
Site information matters
The customer should identify landscaping, trees, fences, concrete, asphalt, underground services, overhead hazards, soft ground, and tight access points before delivery equipment enters the site.
Driver discretion applies
If conditions are unsafe, inaccessible, frozen, muddy, blocked, or inconsistent with the site information provided, delivery or pickup may need to be adjusted or rescheduled.
How It Works
Frequently Asked Questions
We use deck trucks and trucks with tilt trailers to deliver your shipping container. They both maneuver differently, so you’ll want to be prepared and make sure you have room on-site for one or the other. You can speak with your sales rep to understand which one is coming to you.
To deliver a shipping container, our trucks will need enough room to drive straight away from the location. For a 20’ shipping container delivery, we will need at least 65’ of clearance for the truck to drop the container on site. For a 40’ container delivery, we will need at minimum 110’ of room for the truck to drop the sea can in place.
If you’re concerned that you don’t have enough room on-site, you can take pictures and email them to us at sales@thecontainerguy.ca. We’ll be able to tell you whether we can or cannot deliver to that location.
Shipping containers can be loaded with the doors either to the front or the back of the truck. Please let us know which way you want the container loaded so the doors are facing the right way when we get there.
Clearing the area for the truck and creating a foundation for the container are the most important things you need to do to prepare your site. We recommend placing the container on 6” treated wooden blocks under only the four corners of the container. Elevating the container above ground will allow for proper airflow and not trap moisture beneath the container, which can cause condensation and floor rot.
This depends on the driver and the customer. If the driver is not comfortable delivering to that area but you’re willing to accept responsibility for any damage that might occur, there is a waiver you can sign prior to guiding our driver in placing the container where you want it. If you don’t want to sign the waiver, the driver will place the container where they are comfortable and it is your responsibility to move it where you want.