Shipping containers?

Trying to figure out the best/easiest way to store and then move my stuff in a few weeks.

I am moving out of my house in 3 weeks to go on a 2 month road trip and then move most likely out to MT. I need my house empty so I can rent it out.

I basically need to store my stuff for 2 months and having it in a shipping container at or near my house and then shipping it out when I need it would be awesome.

A 20' container is pretty cheap, but 2000+ miles of transport is probably expensive as hell no?

Other option is this 15 foot enclosed trailer I can get pretty cheap. My brother is dying for a good reason to haul something west with his big truck and buy some tractor parts on his way back east.

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Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian

Other option is this 15 foot enclosed trailer I can get pretty cheap. My brother is dying for a good reason to haul something west with his big truck and buy some tractor parts on his way back east.

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Sounds like you answered your own question, no?

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Originally Posted by Soups

Sounds like you answered your own question, no?

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he just wants to talk about his trip and eventual move, no?

go for the bro tow, can sell box trailer pretty easily about anywhere

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Originally Posted by BRUTAH

he just wants to talk about his trip and eventual move, no?

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I mean, isn't every Q&A thread on TGR an exercise in narcissistic horn tooting and confirmation bias?

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Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier

I mean, isn't every Q&A thread on TGR an exercise in narcissistic horn tooting and confirmation bias?

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hahaha good point

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Originally Posted by BRUTAH

hahaha good point

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I mean, that's the case with most of my Q&A threads at least.

Yeah we all knew that already but rock on.

ABF UPack is my preferred DIY moving service. They also provide short term storage but I have no idea if the rates are reasonable.

http://www.upack.com/

To the OP, maybe Pods is what you want if bro won't help you out.

https://www.pods.com

Check to make sure that the company delivers to the area you are moving to. I recently moved and only ABF would ship and store a trailer. PODS would not deliver to my new town.

Check with some moving companies, they do exactly that all the time. Likely to be more expensive, but might be worth the hassle free aspect.

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Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian

Trying to figure out the best/easiest way to store and then move my stuff in a few weeks.

I am moving out of my house in 3 weeks to go on a 2 month road trip and then move most likely out to MT. I need my house empty so I can rent it out.

I basically need to store my stuff for 2 months and having it in a shipping container at or near my house and then shipping it out when I need it would be awesome.

A 20' container is pretty cheap, but 2000+ miles of transport is probably expensive as hell no?

Other option is this 15 foot enclosed trailer I can get pretty cheap. My brother is dying for a good reason to haul something west with his big truck and buy some tractor parts on his way back east.

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Hit me up with your contact info via PM, my buddy in NY sells/stores shipping containers.

Yeah, pods doesn't serve my destination yet but ABF does. It's like $3500 though.

Trailer needs some work though so just trying to see what would be cheapest. Trailer is enclosed car trailer with ramp. Would probably be easy to sell to sledders or keep and convert into a cool camper someday.

So yeah, narcissistic horn tooting.

A few years ago my company bought a shipping container (think it was 20ft) and shipped some stuff up to BC from Socal. I think it was around $3k to have it trucked up north. They also had to bring in a crane to load it on the truck. I'm sure there was a better way....

Been toying with this idea as well. Containers can be had for less than cost of a pods (which would be smaller) and I have the land space to put it at destination. It's the freight rates that kill it. I am also thinking about a cargo trailer. I only need a 6x10 or 12 and can get new for right around 2k. Should be an easy sell at destination and I can take my time packing/unpacking.

I say cargo trailer is the cheapest solution in this instance.

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Most long haul movers also do storage-in-transit. Benkins, Atlas, etc.

takes special trailers to haul 20 or 40 ft containers , get a quote on the hauling before buying one

Buy enclosed trailer for $3k, use, sell for $3k.

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Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier

I mean, isn't every Q&A thread on TGR an exercise in narcissistic horn tooting and confirmation bias?

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And here I thought the issue was dead hooker capacity. My bad.

I see containers, especially 20 footers, on flat bed trailers pretty often. Strapped down, doing just fine on the road.

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Originally Posted by goldengatestinx

I see containers, especially 20 footers, on flat bed trailers pretty often. Strapped down, doing just fine on the road.

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Same here. I thought that was the whole point of shipping containers.


And, if you are still thinking of moving to Bozeman that shipping container might come in handy as affordable housing.

Lots of answers here.

https://www.supercubes.com/blog/2012...rs-demystified

I bought a single use* 20' shipping container last August for $2400 and had it dropped for $250 (about 60 miles) with a flatbed tow truck. Unit is pristine. I'm in NJ until 2020 and currently have our dart pointed at the greater Reno vicinity. The idea being, we will have our lives pared down into just this container by the time we roll.

Research proved that I can have it hauled anywhere in conus for less than 75cents a mile.


* "Single Use" is a container used once to ship high end goods and sold at the destination port.

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Originally Posted by Gepeto

I bought a single use* 20' shipping container last August for $2400 and had it dropped for $250 (about 60 miles) with a flatbed tow truck. Unit is pristine. I'm in NJ until 2020 and currently have our dart pointed at the greater Reno vicinity. The idea being, we will have our lives pared down into just this container by the time we roll.

Research proved that I can have it hauled anywhere in conus for less than 75cents a mile.


* "Single Use" is a container used once to ship high end goods and sold at the destination port.

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Nice. Most single use I've seen are tough to tell from new. I could use a couple 20s.

I got a buddy who took off traveling for 2 + years so he bought a container filled it full of his shit in his backyard and rented out the house until he gets back some day

Well the 16 foot enclosed trailer was just purchased for a whopping $free.99 so, yeah I think I have this solved!

Nice to know that you can get a 20 foot container shipped for $.75 a mile in CONUS. All prices I saw from a few years ago were like $1.30-1.50. Steep.

I moved all my shit from Hawaii to L.A. in a 20' container once. Surprisingly cheap, lots of empty containers going away from the islands and they're happy to fill them.

The trailers hike that thing up 4-5' in the air though. Make sure you got ramps.

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Originally Posted by goldengatestinx

Nice. Most single use I've seen are tough to tell from new. I could use a couple 20s.

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Yep... still had the dust from when the carpenters set the floor and the seals and hardware looked like the door had never been closed:

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Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian

Nice to know that you can get a 20 foot container shipped for $.75 a mile in CONUS. All prices I saw from a few years ago were like $1.30-1.50. Steep.

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Dropped in the parking lot of a dispatcher in port newark and nosed around until I found owner operator idling in the lot. Go any where I want for cash @ .75¢

Would haul anything I want. Only question was about weight.


But none of this compares to free - good on you

There is only one logical answer as others have said. A 20 ft double axle aluminum-skinned enclosed utility trailer with rear ramp door isn't cheap new...but you can pick up a decent used one for $2000, use it, store it, tow it, then sell it at new location for same price equals win-win.

and a three-quarter ton or better to pull it.

https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/t...252926604.html

Really

Are you serious?