Melons, cattle and gas. Chinchilla sits where farming country runs into the Surat Basin, and that mix makes it one of the more interesting places we deliver — a melon grower and a gas contractor want very different things out of the same steel box.
Around Chinchilla it's mostly site storage and lockable crib space for contractors working the fields, packing and irrigation gear for the growers, compliant units for fuel and chemical, and long-term hire for jobs with an end date on them. Different jobs, same conversation: which grade, what size, and whether your ground and your approach suit a tilt-tray, a sidelifter or a crane.
| Container | Used from | New from |
|---|---|---|
| 10ft Containers | $4,350 | $6,400 |
| 20ft Containers | $2,200 | $3,300 |
| 40ft Containers | $2,600 | $5,500 |
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. We quote the truck to Chinchilla at the same time as the box, so there's no second invoice.
A lot of work around Chinchilla is contracted — a season, a shutdown, a construction phase. When the storage need finishes with the job, hiring is usually cheaper than buying and there's no disposal problem at the end. We hire 20ft units from $27 a week on flexible terms, cargo-worthy grade and watertight for the whole hire.
Where it turns over is roughly the twelve-month mark. Past a year buying starts to win, and past two it wins clearly, because a well-bought used container resells for most of what you paid. Tell us the timeline and we'll quote it both ways — including when the answer costs us money.
Between the growers with spray chemical, the workshops with solvents and the contractors holding fuel and oil on site, compliant bunded storage is routine demand around Chinchilla and Miles. Most container yards treat a DG unit as a six-week special order. We hold them, because out here that lead time is useless.
The one thing to get right before you order is the class and the volume. DG units differ by what's stored and how much of it, and a unit that doesn't match what's going in it will fail an inspection — which is a compliance finding, not a refund.
Two very different jobs. Industrial and gas-related sites out this way are usually the easiest deliveries we do — engineered hardstand, room to swing, someone on the gate who knows what a sidelifter needs. Farm and rural-residential drops are the ordinary kind of tricky: long tracks, soft patches after rain, and gateways built for a tractor rather than a truck with a container overhanging both sides. If your site has an induction or a gate time, tell us when you order and we'll sort it before dispatch rather than at the boom gate.
Wherever you are, the vehicle needs the same three things: bearing capacity, room to manoeuvre and headroom. Pictures of the gateway and the intended spot answer nearly every question we'd otherwise have to ask. More in what we need to get a container onto your block.
Yes, and it's a regular run. Let us know about inductions, gate times and any site-specific requirements when you order and we'll have it sorted before the truck leaves rather than when it arrives.
Under about a year, hire generally wins — no capital tied up and nothing to dispose of at the end. Past two years, buying wins clearly. In between it depends on whether the work is contracted or rolling, and we'll do that arithmetic with you on the phone.
Grade, size and access for your Chinchilla address, in about five minutes on the phone.