Including the uncomfortable ones. If your question isn't here, call or text (909) 224-3162.
7 to 10 business days from purchase.
Depots release containers on their own schedule and are only open Monday through Friday. We'd rather give a date we can hold than one that sounds better.
It depends on the distance from Long Beach to your site. Pick your container on the containers page, enter your ZIP, and an estimated delivery cost appears as its own line item.
The final figure is confirmed on your written quote, once we have the exact address and know where on the property the container is going. Access, approach width and placement all affect the haul.
A 20 FT needs 60 FT of clear straight space in front of the spot, about 80 FT total. A 40 FT needs 90 FT in front, about 130 FT total.
Both need 12 FT of width along the whole path in and 16 FT of overhead clearance. Surface has to be hard-packed and level.
Not in person — we're not a retail yard, so there's no lot to walk.
Instead: once your order is in, our driver inspects your actual container at the depot and sends photos of that specific unit. You get about 15 minutes to approve while he's still on site. If something's wrong, he requests a different one before he pulls out.
Most sellers put a container on a truck and you find out what you got when it hits the ground.
One Trip has made a single voyage from the factory — factory paint, clean floor, intact seals. Closest thing to new.
Cargo Worthy is a certified used grade: it passed a real inspection against a real standard and is approved for international shipping. Surface rust and dents are normal; structural problems are not.
Because it isn't a certification. There's no inspection standard behind it, no survey, and no authority defining it — any seller can apply the term to any container.
In practice, a container that wouldn't pass a Cargo Worthy survey gets relabelled wind and watertight and sold to someone who assumes it's a cosmetic downgrade rather than a structural one. We sold exactly one, and that was the last.
On One Trip containers, yes: Beige (RAL 1015) or Slate Grey (RAL 7015). Slate Grey is $300 more — it's the premium finish and it hides dust better.
On Cargo Worthy, no. It's used stock and the color is whatever the fleet gives us, usually brick red. We won't promise a color we can't control.
No. Payment comes first, then we release the container from the depot and schedule the driver. That's how the depot side of the business works — and it's also why we're upfront about the timeline instead of promising same-week delivery we can't control.
Fair question. This industry has a real problem with it.
Check our Google reviews — real names, and we've replied to every one. Ask for photos of the actual container before you pay. Ask for the grade in writing. Ask for the CSC plate. Anyone who won't answer those in writing is telling you something.
Yes. We invoice against a PO and can supply a formal written quote in whatever format your system needs. Our W-9 is downloadable and a certificate of insurance naming your entity is usually same-day.
It depends on your city, and California has over 500 building departments that read the rules differently.
General pattern: temporary placement on an active permitted project is often allowed for a limited window; permanent placement usually needs a zoning or building permit. Call your local planning department before you buy.
Yes. We've done it more than once — including a container delivered to a Marina del Rey yacht center for a buyer based in Nevada. The delivery address has to be in our service area. Where you sign from doesn't matter.
A steel Safety Approval plate bolted near the doors, required under the Convention for Safe Containers. It records the manufacturer, build date, maximum gross weight, stacking load and next examination date.
If a seller can't photograph the CSC plate on the unit they're selling you, ask why.
Yes — $150 added at checkout. Worth it if you're exporting, or if a lender or insurer wants current certification on file.
Yes, and delivery is charged per trip rather than per container. Two 20 FTs often ride together, which cuts the per-unit haul cost significantly. That saving is passed on to you.
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