Shipping containers?

**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 08-04-2017, 08:04 AM

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.

**Jumper Bones** · 08-04-2017, 10:50 AM

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.

**Gepeto** · 08-04-2017, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by goldengatestinx

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

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:

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.

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

**Alaskan Rover** · 08-04-2017, 06:13 PM

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.