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DALBY CONTAINERS
Downs owned · Mon–Fri 7:30am–5pm, Sat 8am–12pm · Delivered across the Darling Downs

Containers for the Downs, delivered without the range.

New and used shipping containers, sold and hired from Toowoomba and Dalby out to Warwick, Chinchilla, Miles and Goondiwindi. Our stock already sits on this side of the escarpment, so nothing has to climb a hill to reach you — one local number, one delivered price, and a unit that's been checked before it goes anywhere near your block.

A Downs number that a person answersCargo-worthy units checked wind and watertight before they leave the yardDelivery across the Downs from Toowoomba out to Goondiwindi, Miles and Tara
What do you need?

Containers for the farm, the workshop and the house block

10 Foot Shipping Containers

The small one.

Used from $4,350 · New from $6,400 See 10ft Containers

20 Foot Shipping Containers

The one most people out here end up with.

Used from $2,200 · New from $3,300 See 20ft Containers

40 Foot Shipping Containers

Twice the length for nowhere near twice the price.

Used from $2,600 · New from $5,500 See 40ft Containers

General Purpose

The standard box, and the right answer most of the time.

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High Cube

An extra foot of roof.

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Dangerous Goods

Compliant DG units for chemical, fuel and hazardous stock — ventilated, bunded, and built to pass an audit.

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Guide pricing only, ex GST — what you pay delivered depends on where you are and what's in the yard that week. Ring (07) 4516 5999 and we'll give you a real number, not a range.

Why buy locally

We're already on this side of the hill

Plenty of yards will sell a container into Toowoomba from the coast. What they're also selling you, without itemising it, is a loaded truck climbing 700 metres of escarpment — and a delivery date that belongs to whatever is happening on the range that morning.

We come the other way. Flat country, along the Warrego, no climb and no descent. And because we deliver onto Downs black soil every week, the advice you get about where the thing should sit and when the ground will carry a truck is the part that actually saves you money.

  • A Downs number that a person answers — (07) 4516 5999
  • Cargo-worthy units checked wind and watertight before they leave the yard
  • Delivery across the Downs from Toowoomba out to Goondiwindi, Miles and Tara
  • Photos of your actual container on request, sent before delivery
How our sales & hire work
Where we run

Three very different delivery jobs

Toowoomba and the escarpment

Our busiest run. Highfields, Westbrook, Glenvale, Wilsonton, Middle Ridge and the acreage either side — and the industrial country out towards Charlton and Wellcamp. Often the same week.

Toowoomba deliveries

Grain, cotton and cattle

Dalby, Oakey, Pittsworth, Cecil Plains and the cropping country between them. Machinery spares, feed and compliant DG units for the spray program, which most yards won't stock.

Farm deliveries

West and south-west

Chinchilla, Miles, Tara and down to Goondiwindi and Warwick. Long runs, so we combine deliveries where we can and the freight comes out better than people assume.

Western deliveries
Before it leaves

What "checked" actually means

It's an easy word to put on a website. On a cargo-worthy unit it means someone climbs in, shuts the doors and looks for daylight. Floor sounded for soft spots. Door seals and gear worked so they still open when the timber has swollen. Roof checked for ponding, and any bare steel treated before it travels.

We also sell as-is units, which are cheaper and are not sold as watertight. We'll say plainly which grade you're looking at rather than let you find out later. Ask and we'll send photos of your actual container, serial number visible, before it's delivered — and if it isn't right, it doesn't go on the truck.

Ask what's in the yard
No-obligation quote

Stock moves — get this week's number

Tell us the job and the address. You'll get one delivered price with the freight already in it, not a range and a surprise later.

Call (07) 4516 5999

We ring back the same day where we can. Your details stay with us.

Local know-how

From the blog

Buying a Container in Toowoomba: The Range, the Freight and the Driveway

Why the escarpment is the biggest hidden variable in a Toowoomba container price, which suburbs cause access trouble, and what to have ready before the truck arrives.

Black Soil, Trucks and Why We'll Sometimes Ask You to Wait a Week

Downs black soil carries anything when it's dry and nothing when it's wet. What that means for delivery day, how to pick a pad, and why a bogged sidelifter costs more than the container.

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