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.

Smaller Footprint

20ft Standard Container

The 20ft is the smaller of the two standard sizes. Inside, it measures about 19 ft 4 in long, 7 ft 9 in wide and 7 ft 10 in high, and it can be placed in spots a 40ft cannot reach.

It suits a renovation, seasonal equipment, or a business that has outgrown its back room. It needs 110 feet of straight clearance at the drop point.

Common Uses

✓ Rehab and renovation storage on the brick two families and bungalows of south St. Louis, Old North and the near north side, and on the pre-war lots of Hyde Park, Volker, Brookside and the Historic Northeast in Kansas City, where a lot can be narrow with no garage at all.
✓ Contractor tool and material storage on job sites across Jackson, Clay, Platte, St. Louis, St. Charles, Greene and Christian counties, replacing the daily load in and load out and taking the tool trailer out of the equation.
✓ Farm, hay and cattle storage across north Missouri, Little Dixie and the Ozark border counties, keeping feed, mineral, fencing, seed, chemical and small implements dry and locked at the field rather than back at the house.
✓ Ozark hillside sites that cannot take a 40ft: on benched pads and switchback drives around Branson, Kimberling City and the Table Rock shoreline, two 20ft boxes place where one long box cannot, and give you two doors in two locations.
✓ Residential placements in Kansas City, where a 20ft standard height box stays within the size and height figures in the city's adopted code.
✓ Lake and cabin property at the Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock, Stockton and Bull Shoals, holding boat gear, mowers, lifejackets, furniture and tools between visits on a lot with no garage and a long drive home.

Specifications

Exterior Length	20 ft (6.1 m)
Exterior Width	8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length	19 ft 4 in
Interior Width	7 ft 9 in
Interior Height	7 ft 10 in
Volume	about 1,170 cu ft
Door Opening	7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H

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Specifications

Exterior Length	40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width	8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length	39 ft 5 in
Interior Width	7 ft 9 in
Interior Height	7 ft 10 in
Volume	about 2,350 cu ft
Door Opening	7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H

40ft Standard Container in Missouri Get a Quote

Double the Space

40ft Standard Container

Twice the storage of a 20ft in the same width. The 40ft standard suits contractors, farms and businesses with large equipment or many pallets.

The trade is access. A 40ft needs 130 feet of straight clearance for the tilt-bed to set it down. On a constrained lot, two 20ft units may fit where one 40ft will not.

Common Uses

✓ Rail and intermodal overflow around the Kansas City yards and the St. Louis barge terminals, where a container on owned ground can hold equipment and supplies near the work.
✓ Vehicle assembly supplier storage around the Wentzville plant in St. Charles County and the Claycomo plant in Clay County, holding racks, dunnage, fixtures and returnable packaging at the yard rather than inside the building.
✓ Equipment and implement storage on row crop operations through the Missouri and Mississippi bottoms, Little Dixie and the Bootheel, where a field can leave room to work.
✓ Gin, elevator and irrigation contractor storage across Dunklin, Pemiscot, New Madrid, Stoddard and Mississippi counties, where a container can hold parts, supplies and equipment near the work.
✓ Warehouse and dock overflow along the I-70, I-44 and I-35 corridors, and around the Springfield distribution corridor, where a container can add seasonal room without more square footage in the building.
✓ Quarry, mine and heavy contractor storage across the Lead Belt, the St. Francois Mountains and the aggregate operations across Missouri, where a lockable steel box can sit on a rough site.

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 and about 8 ft 10 in inside. That foot can help with tall equipment and overhead services, while insulation and a finished floor reduce the available headroom.

The extra foot suits conversions such as offices, bunkhouses, break rooms and workshops. It needs the same clearance as any 40ft: 130 feet of straight run.

Common Uses

✓ Pallet racking in the supplier yards and sequencing centers around Wentzville and Claycomo, where the extra foot of height can fit another level of racking.
✓ Any build you intend to insulate and finish, because in a state that runs humid summers and real winters the insulation has to touch the steel everywhere, and that takes headroom you cannot get back in a standard 40ft.
✓ Distribution and logistics operations along I-70, I-44 and I-35, and around the Kansas City intermodal yards, staging freight upright rather than flat.
✓ Aerospace, machining and tooling shops across north St. Louis County and St. Charles County storing fixtures, raw stock and finished assemblies at the fence line.
✓ Animal health and food processing operations from St. Joseph across the metro to Columbia, where a plant expansion can use a container for storage during construction.

Specifications

Exterior Length	40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width	8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height	9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Interior Length	39 ft 5 in
Interior Width	7 ft 9 in
Interior Height	8 ft 10 in
Volume	about 2,694 cu ft
Door Opening	7 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. The result is a weatherproof structure that can be placed wherever the delivery truck can reach.

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.

Common Uses

✓ Job site offices for general contractors working in St. Charles County, the Northland, and Nixa, Ozark, Republic and Willard around Springfield.
✓ Secure tool and parts rooms for contractors around Fort Leonard Wood, Whiteman Air Force Base and the aerospace and defense campuses in north St. Louis County.
✓ Workshops and studios on Ozark hillside property, where two 20ft units can place where a 40ft cannot.
✓ Break rooms and dry storage at quarries, mine sites and timber operations that run crews well away from any building.
✓ Field buildings on farm, hunting and conservation ground across north Missouri, the southern tier and the Bootheel, on tracts that have no structure on them at all.

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.

Common Uses

✓ Produce, melon and orchard operations across the Bootheel and the river bottoms that need cold storage at the farm rather than a round trip to town.
✓ Meat, poultry and food processing operations in St. Joseph, the Sedalia and Marshall corridor and southwest Missouri, adding cold capacity at the plant without rebuilding.
✓ Caterers, festival crews and event operators in Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbia and Branson who need cold storage delivered to a site that has none.
✓ Restaurants, grocers and breweries in Kansas City, St. Louis and Springfield adding walk in capacity in the lot rather than rebuilding the back of house.
✓ Vineyards and wineries through the Missouri Rhineland between Augusta, Washington and Hermann, holding fruit and finished stock through a harvest that does not wait.

Key Specifications

Available Sizes	20ft and 40ft
Temperature Range	-25 F to +70 F
Power Requirement	460V 3-phase
Condition Available	Used and reconditioned
Insulated Walls	Yes, integral

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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

110 feet straight clearance

Measured from the drop point in a straight line

40ft

130 feet straight clearance

Standard and high cube both

Also check: at least 10 ft of width, at least 15 ft of driving height and at least 22 ft of height along the entire unloading path, plus the road surface. Gravel and dirt may be workable, but flag steep grades and soft ground before booking.

See How Delivery Works

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

Container Sizes

All Container Types at a Glance

20ft Standard Container

Common Uses

Specifications

Specifications

40ft Standard Container

Common Uses

40ft High Cube Container

Common Uses

Specifications

Common Modifications Available

Modified Containers

Common Uses

Refrigerated (Reefer) Containers

Common Uses

Key Specifications

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Required Straight Clearance

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