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Container Types

Container Sizes

All five types side by side, with the dimensions that decide which one fits your site. Every size delivered to your Missouri address with delivery inside the price.

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. Every quoted price includes delivery in Missouri.

New 20ft one-trip shipping container
Most Popular

20ft Standard Container

The 20ft is the size most people end up with, and for good reason. It fits a standard driveway or residential lot, holds roughly what a two-car garage holds, and can be placed in spots a 40ft simply cannot reach.

For a renovation, seasonal equipment, or a business that has outgrown its back room, the 20ft is usually the right call. It needs about 70 feet of straight clearance at the drop point.

How Missouri Customers Use It

  • ✓ 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 the lots are narrow and there is often 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 will never 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 lines up most cleanly with the size and height figures in the city's adopted code, which is worth knowing before you order.
  • ✓ 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 Length20 ft (6.1 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length19 ft 4 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height7 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 1,170 cu ft
Door Opening7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H
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Specifications

Exterior Length40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Interior Length39 ft 5 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height7 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 2,350 cu ft
Door Opening7 ft 8 in W x 7 ft 5 in H
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40ft standard shipping container
Double the Space

40ft Standard Container

Twice the storage of a 20ft in the same width. The 40ft standard is the working size for contractors, farms and businesses: large equipment, multiple pallets, or everything that will not fit anywhere else.

The trade is access. A 40ft needs about 100 feet of straight clearance for the tilt-bed to set it down. On a constrained lot, two 20ft units often place where one 40ft will not.

How Missouri Customers Use It

  • ✓ Rail and intermodal overflow around the Kansas City yards and the St. Louis barge terminals, where owned ground storage beats per diem on a steamship line's box and floor space is committed years at a time.
  • ✓ 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 there is room to work and most placements are a straight pull off a county road.
  • ✓ Gin, elevator and irrigation contractor storage across Dunklin, Pemiscot, New Madrid, Stoddard and Mississippi counties, ahead of a harvest that runs hard from late September into November.
  • ✓ Warehouse and dock overflow along the I-70, I-44 and I-35 corridors, and around the Springfield distribution corridor, where a container gives seasonal room without signing for square footage nobody needs in March.
  • ✓ Quarry, mine and heavy contractor storage across the Lead Belt, the St. Francois Mountains and the aggregate operations that run in nearly every Missouri county, where a lockable steel box on a rough site outlasts anything built on the spot.
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, just over 9 ft of usable height inside. That foot changes what the box can be. You can stand fully upright, run services overhead, and fit equipment a standard container will not take.

It is the usual starting point for conversions: offices, bunkhouses, break rooms and workshops. Clearance requirement is the same as any 40ft, about 100 feet.

How Missouri Customers Use It

  • ✓ Pallet racking in the supplier yards and sequencing centers around Wentzville and Claycomo, where the extra foot of height is what makes the racking work at all.
  • ✓ 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 plant expansions run long and construction is the most container-hungry phase of any of them.

Specifications

Exterior Length40 ft (12.2 m)
Exterior Width8 ft (2.44 m)
Exterior Height9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Interior Length39 ft 5 in
Interior Width7 ft 9 in
Interior Height8 ft 10 in
Volumeabout 2,694 cu ft
Door Opening7 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. What comes out is a weatherproof structure that costs less than building one and can be set almost anywhere.

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.

How Missouri Customers Use It

  • ✓ Job site offices for general contractors working the St. Charles County and Northland growth rings and the Nixa, Ozark, Republic and Willard ring around Springfield.
  • ✓ Secure tool and parts rooms for the contractor base 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 often place where a 40ft never will and where the approach angle is planned before anything is cut.
  • ✓ 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.
20ft refrigerated container with its refrigeration unit
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, because that is the constraint that catches people out.

How Missouri Customers Use It

  • ✓ Produce, melon and orchard operations across the Bootheel and the river bottoms that need reliable cold 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 all three metros 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 Sizes20ft and 40ft
Temperature Range-25 F to +70 F
Power Requirement460V 3-phase
Condition AvailableUsed and reconditioned
Insulated WallsYes, 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
about 70 feet straight clearance
Measured from the drop point in a straight line
40ft
about 100 feet straight clearance
Standard and high cube both

Also check: 10 to 12 ft of width, anything overhead (trees, power lines, roof overhangs), and the road surface. Gravel and dirt are fine. Flag steep grades and soft ground, because those are what actually stop a truck.

See How Delivery Works

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