DAN'S SHIPPING CONTAINERS
Every enquiry answered within one business dayYou hear back from a person, not an autoresponder. Enquiries that land on a weekend are answered the next business day.

Ring us, and a person answers.

Shipping containers bought, hired and delivered anywhere in Australia. One number, one delivered price with the truck already in it, and somebody who tells you what grade the job actually needs rather than the dearest one on the list.

Every enquiry answered within one business day — You hear back from a person, not an autoresponder. Enquiries that land on a weekend are answered the next business day.

Every enquiry answered within one business day.You hear back from a person, not an autoresponder. Enquiries that land on a weekend are answered the next business day.
What this is

A container is a simple purchase that people manage to get wrong.

Not because it is complicated. Because three questions get answered in the wrong order, and by the time anyone notices there is a truck in the street.

The three questions are grade, size and access — in that order. Grade decides whether the thing keeps rain off what is inside it. Size decides whether it fits and what it costs per cubic metre. Access decides which truck can put it down, and access is the one that turns a straightforward order into a bad afternoon.

We ask all three before we quote anything. It takes about five minutes and it is the whole difference between this and buying off a web form.

That is genuinely the pitch. We are not the cheapest steel in the country and we do not pretend to be. What we are is the outfit that rings back, tells you the truth about what you are looking at, and quotes the delivery with the container so there is one number rather than two.

More about how we work →

The range

Three sizes cover almost everything.

Two out of three containers we send anywhere are 20ft, and that is not because it holds the most. It is because it is the largest unit that arrives on an ordinary tilt-tray, which means it fits sites nothing bigger will reach.

  • 10ft

    10 Foot Shipping Containers

    The block is tight, the council setback is unforgiving, or you only ever need to lock up a mower, a compressor and a rack of tools.

    $4,350used, from
    $6,400new, from
  • 20ft

    20 Foot Shipping Containers

    You want the default answer. A tradesman's full kit and a bench, a three-bedroom house of furniture, a farm's worth of feed and fencing gear.

    $2,200used, from
    $3,300new, from
  • 40ft

    40 Foot Shipping Containers

    You have the room, the ground is firm and level, and the truck can get a clear straight run at the spot.

    $2,600used, from
    $5,500new, from

All prices are guide prices in AUD and exclude GST. They are starting figures for the grade named, they move with condition, availability and where the unit has to come from, and none of them is a quote until the cartage to your address is on it.

Grades matter more than anything else in a container quote. Cargo-worthy is the grade we check wind and watertight before it leaves the depot. As-is units are cheaper again and are not sold watertight — they may carry a patched repair, a soft spot in the floor or a door seal that no longer seats, and we tell you exactly what is wrong with one rather than let you find it on delivery day. New single-trip units are sealed, unmarked and have made one loaded voyage. If the container has to keep rain off what is inside it, buy cargo-worthy or better.

Specialty types:

The full range, with dimensions →

How it works

Four steps, and no surprises in any of them.

  1. Tell us the job, not the product code

    What is going inside, where it is going, how long you need it. That is enough for us to know which grade and size actually suit, which is usually not the one people ring up asking for.

  2. We answer within one business day

    You hear back from a person, not an autoresponder. Enquiries that land on a weekend are answered the next business day. You get a delivered figure with the cartage in it, for a named grade, not a range.

  3. You see the actual unit

    Photographs of your container on request, sent before delivery. Door end, floor from inside, and anything that has been repaired.

  4. It lands where you want it

    We confirm the vehicle against your access before the truck is booked, not on the day. Tilt-tray, crane truck or side loader — the site decides, and we tell you which.

The whole process in detail →

Delivery

The delivery is the part that goes wrong, so it is the part we spend time on.

A tilt-tray needs about twenty metres of straight run behind the spot. A crane truck needs almost none, and lifts over a fence instead. A side loader places a 40ft beside the trailer — and on nearly every rig in the country, that is the driver's side, which is the single most common reason a 40ft becomes two 20ft units.

None of that is a reason to worry. It is a reason to answer four questions before anyone books a truck: run-in length, width at the tightest point, what is overhead, and whether the ground will hold.

How delivery actually happens →

Where we deliver

Australia-wide, and specific about it.

We deliver everywhere. The pages below are the places we can tell you something useful about — depot logic, realistic lead times, and what the access is genuinely like — rather than a postcode with a template behind it.

Common questions

The things people ring and ask.

How quickly will somebody get back to me?

Every enquiry answered within one business day. You hear back from a person, not an autoresponder. Enquiries that land on a weekend are answered the next business day. If you would rather not wait at all, ring 1300 263 976 and you will get a person.

Do you deliver outside the capital cities?

Yes. We deliver Australia-wide, including regional and remote addresses. The city pages on this site are the places we can say something specific about; everywhere else is a phone call and a cartage figure, and we will tell you honestly if a location is a long lead time rather than book it and hope.

Is the price on the website the price I pay?

The prices on this site are guide prices, ex GST, and they are starting figures for the grade named. The number you actually pay depends on the grade, on what is standing in the depot that week, and on the cartage to your address. We quote the container and the truck as one delivered figure so there is no freight surprise at invoice time.

Can I see the container before it turns up?

We send photographs of your actual container on request, before delivery — the door end, the floor from inside, and a close shot of any repair. If a unit will not photograph well, that is usually a sign we should be offering you a different one.

What is the difference between cargo-worthy and as-is?

Cargo-worthy is the grade we check wind and watertight before it leaves the depot. As-is units are cheaper again and are not sold watertight — they may carry a patched repair, a soft spot in the floor or a door seal that no longer seats. Both are the right buy for the right job, and we will tell you which one your job actually needs.

Get a delivered price

Four questions about the container, then how to reach you. Every enquiry answered within one business day.

Tell us the job

Four quick questions about the container, then how to reach you. Every enquiry answered within one business day.

1. What are you after?

And how do we reach you?

You hear back from a person, not an autoresponder. Enquiries that land on a weekend are answered the next business day. Your details stay with us.

Or skip the form — 1300 263 976

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