Once you’ve selected your shipping container—whether you’re renting or purchasing—it’s time to prepare your site for delivery. Proper preparation ensures a smooth, safe, and efficient drop-off. Space Requirements for a Container DeliveryBefore delivery, we’ll typically ask about the space available at your location. To ensure safe placement, you’ll need approximately: This allows enough room for […]
No. We do not rent containers. We sell them only.
We sell many different sizes of containers available for sale. Standard sizes include 20′ & 40′ containers, but on many occasions we will have containers as small as 8′ long by 8′ wide and 8.5′ tall and up to 45′ long by 8′ wide x 9.5′ tall.
The amount of space is minimal. For a 20-foot unit, you will need approximately 85 feet of straight clearance, 40-foot container you will need 125 feet.
We deliver 20’ containers to your site using a tilt bed truck. The driver will back in the truck, tilt the bed, and drive out from underneath the container.The container will gently slide off the truck, onto the ground. The driver will need to pull straight out from underneath the container.
The site will have to be fairly level, smooth, and firm. We can deliver on dirt, cement, grass, crushed stone, and asphalt. Keep in mind that a container might sink in a soft surface and our truck could leave tire marks.
We recommend that you or a designated contact person be present the first time we deliver a unit to you. If this is not possible, we can discuss other alternatives.
We strive to deliver your container in the shortest amount of time. We can usually deliver within a week.
Full payment is due upon delivery. We accept cash, check, and major credit cards. There is a 3% processing fee for all credit/debit card transactions.
It is your responsibility to check with your local authorities about the placement of the container.
We do not provide insurance for your goods and liability of stored items rests with the customer.
We do not have the capability to move containers full. Our containers can be used on site, filled, and we will pick them up when it is empty. We do not provide moving services.
We ask that you not store any of the following materials in the container: illegal, toxic, waste, contaminated, controlled, hazardous, restricted, explosive, flammable, chemical, paint, or any inherently dangerous material of any kind.
We sell containers with doors at one end, both ends (double door containers), side doors (open side containers), and also can do modifications.
The containers on the website are the actual containers we have in stock. To purchase a particular container, note the container ID number to specify it.
Yes, all of our containers are located at 286 White Mountain Highway (Route 16) in Chocorua, NH. We’d love it if you looked at them in person. We are not always on site but you can feel free to stop in and check them out. All we ask is that you close any container doors that you open while there.
We occasionally sell containers with doors at one end, both ends (double door containers), and side doors (open side containers). Click here to view our current inventory.
We are available Mon - Friday from 8:30am to 4:00pm EST
Check out our inventory of containers - buy the one you want.
Up North Storage Containers proudly delivers shipping containers throughout New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine for customers purchasing a container. Please note that we only offer delivery within these states—no exceptions. UpNorth Storage reserves the right to decline delivery to any location deemed unsuitable for any reason.
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