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Container Types

Container Sizes

All five types side by side, with the dimensions that decide which one fits your site. Every size delivered to your Michigan address with delivery inside the price.

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. Every quoted price includes delivery in Michigan.

New 20ft one-trip shipping container
Most Popular

20ft Standard Container

The 20ft is the size most people end up with, and for good reason. It fits a standard driveway or residential lot, holds roughly what a two-car garage holds, and can be placed in spots a 40ft simply cannot reach.

For a renovation, seasonal equipment, or a business that has outgrown its back room, the 20ft is usually the right call. It needs about 70 feet of straight clearance at the drop point.

How Michigan Customers Use It

  • ✓ Rehab and rebuild storage in Detroit's older neighborhoods, where lots are thirty to forty feet wide, the detached garage is gone, and there is nowhere dry to keep cabinets, flooring and millwork between phases.
  • ✓ Contractor tool and material storage on job sites across Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Kent, Ottawa, Ingham and Genesee counties, replacing the daily load in and load out.
  • ✓ Farm and orchard storage on the Fruit Ridge, down the lakeshore fruit belt and across the Thumb, holding bins, netting, irrigation line and sprayer parts dry and locked out where the work is.
  • ✓ Michigan sites that will never take a 40ft: on the hills above the river in Grand Rapids, on short-driveway blocks near downtown Lansing, and on alley-loaded Detroit lots, two 20ft boxes place where one long box cannot.
  • ✓ Up North cabins, hunting camps and lakefront property where the container is often the only lockable building on the parcel and the last quarter mile is sand or two track.
  • ✓ Seasonal equipment changeover for landscaping and property maintenance crews who run mowing in summer and plowing in winter and need somewhere to put the half that is out of season.

Specifications

Exterior Length20 ft (6.1 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length19 ft 4 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height7 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 1,170 cu ft
Door Opening7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H
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Specifications

Exterior Length40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length39 ft 5 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height7 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 2,350 cu ft
Door Opening7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H
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40ft standard shipping container
Double the Space

40ft Standard Container

Twice the storage of a 20ft in the same width. The 40ft standard is the working size for contractors, farms and businesses: large equipment, multiple pallets, or everything that will not fit anywhere else.

The trade is access. A 40ft needs about 100 feet of straight clearance for the tilt-bed to set it down. On a constrained lot, two 20ft units often place where one 40ft will not.

How Michigan Customers Use It

  • ✓ Supplier yard storage around the assembly plants, from the Detroit Assembly Complex and Factory ZERO to Lansing Grand River and Lansing Delta Township, holding racked parts, dunnage and returnable containers off the shop floor.
  • ✓ Freight and drayage staging in southwest Detroit, where carriers and brokers move between the crossings, the rail yards and the plants and need ground they control.
  • ✓ Furniture and precision manufacturing overflow south and west of Grand Rapids, holding components, jigs and finished goods near the plant rather than across the county.
  • ✓ Equipment and implement storage on Thumb and Saginaw Valley operations around Caro, Bad Axe, Frankenmuth and Bay City, where there is room to work and a straight pull off a county road.
  • ✓ Distribution and seasonal retail overflow along the I-94, I-96 and I-75 corridors, giving a growing operation room at the dock without signing for square footage it will not need in March.
  • ✓ Municipal, school and township storage across the state for road equipment, athletic gear, event staging and salt shed overflow that has no home between seasons.
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, just over 9 ft of usable height inside. That foot changes what the box can be. You can stand fully upright, run services overhead, and fit equipment a standard container will not take.

It is the usual starting point for conversions: offices, bunkhouses, break rooms and workshops. Clearance requirement is the same as any 40ft, about 100 feet.

How Michigan Customers Use It

  • ✓ Pallet racking in the tier one and tier two supplier yards around Detroit, Warren, Sterling Heights, Lansing and Grand Rapids, where the racks are tall and the extra foot of height is what makes them work.
  • ✓ Any build you intend to insulate and finish, because in Michigan the insulation has to touch the steel everywhere, and closed cell foam on the walls and ceiling takes headroom you cannot get back in a standard 40ft.
  • ✓ Distribution and logistics operations along I-94, I-96 and I-75, staging freight upright rather than flat.
  • ✓ Office furniture and precision component storage across Kent, Ottawa and Allegan counties, holding raw stock and finished goods at the plant fence line.
  • ✓ Machine shops, tool and die operations and fabricators statewide keeping tooling, fixtures and stock close to the equipment rather than back at the shop.

Specifications

Exterior Length40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Interior Length39 ft 5 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height8 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 2,694 cu ft
Door Opening7 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. What comes out is a weatherproof structure that costs less than building one and can be set almost anywhere.

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.

How Michigan Customers Use It

  • ✓ Job site offices for general contractors working Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Kent, Ottawa and Ingham counties, where a heated, lockable office on site beats a trailer that has to be towed.
  • ✓ Secure tool and parts rooms for the supplier base around the assembly plants, and for machine shops and fabricators that run crews away from any building.
  • ✓ Workshops and studios on Up North and lakefront property, where two 20ft units often place on a wooded lot that a 40ft never will.
  • ✓ Break rooms and dry storage at quarry, timber and aggregate operations that work well away from a permanent structure.
  • ✓ Hunting camp and field buildings on northern Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula tracts that have no structure on them at all.
20ft refrigerated container with its refrigeration unit
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, because that is the constraint that catches people out.

How Michigan Customers Use It

  • ✓ Apple growers and packers on the Fruit Ridge north and west of Grand Rapids, holding fruit between picking and packing.
  • ✓ Cherry, blueberry and asparagus operations up the lakeshore and around Traverse City that need reliable cold on the farm rather than a round trip to town.
  • ✓ Caterers, festival crews and event operators in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Traverse City who need cold storage delivered to a site that has none.
  • ✓ Restaurants and grocers adding walk in capacity in the lot rather than rebuilding the back of house.
  • ✓ Floral, nursery and greenhouse operations across the southern Lower Peninsula holding stock at temperature through a shipping season.

Key Specifications

Available Sizes20ft and 40ft
Temperature Range-25 F to +70 F
Power Requirement460V 3-phase
Condition AvailableUsed and reconditioned
Insulated WallsYes, integral
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Not Sure Which Container Is Right?

Describe the project and we will tell you which size and grade fits, and which one does not. New to grades? The container condition guide walks through every option.

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
about 70 feet straight clearance
Measured from the drop point in a straight line
40ft
about 100 feet straight clearance
Standard and high cube both

Also check: 10 to 12 ft of width, anything overhead (trees, power lines, roof overhangs), and the road surface. Gravel and dirt are fine. Flag steep grades and soft ground, because those are what actually stop a truck.

See How Delivery Works

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