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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: F1 9LFG on 21 October 2013, 21:48:39
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Hi all
I am in need of a 20ft shipping container (hire for 6months)
Anyone know anyone who's in the business - recommendations?
Looked online but I have to call every company to obtain a price so thought I'd ask here!
I'm in Braintree, Essex btw.
Cheers :y
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Have you tried local storage firms :-\
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We have but I need a container on site, we've brought a smaller house and will be building an extension, so I need to store half our current houses stuff & 2 sheds full of
crap valuable belongings. needing access to it constantly. :)
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What about buying one and selling it on? I got my 40ft high cube for 1k delivered - was a few years ago mind. But they hold their value. May not be an option, but may well be half of the amount, but worth that in scrap.
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Might be cheaper to buy one and then sell it on when you've finished with it ?
A place in Bocking sells them,but appears to only sell 40ft ones. :-\
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40-hi-cube-shipping-containers-/221236784003?pt=UK_BOI_Containers_Pre_Fab_Buildings_ET&hash=item3382bd6b83
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What about buying one and selling it on? I got my 40ft high cube for 1k delivered - was a few years ago mind. But they hold their value. May not be an option, but may well be half of the amount, but worth that in scrap.
hmmmm - not thought about that... :y
Flabay here i come
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See link above. ;)
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Might be cheaper to buy one and then sell it on when you've finished with it ?
A place in Bocking sells them,but appears to only sell 40ft ones. :-\
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40-hi-cube-shipping-containers-/221236784003?pt=UK_BOI_Containers_Pre_Fab_Buildings_ET&hash=item3382bd6b83
Cheers, 40ft may be a tad big but if the price is good then maybe. It would seem I'd have to arrange collection from site & delivery to home on that one. plus getting it down from where it is now if I've read that correctly?!
:o
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Best people for that job locally is David Watson Transport.They have every possible combination of truck/ HIAB you could imagine.
They are based on Earls Colne Airfield. Having said that,they arent the cheapest,so it might be worth spending a bit of time ringing round some local companies to compare.
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I wish I had somewhere to put one,as I could really do with having one. I have allsorts of stuff cluttering up the place.
I end up throwing away perfectly good Omega doors,wings,and other parts as I just don't have anywhere to put them all. :(
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Best people for that job locally is David Watson Transport.They have every possible combination of truck/ HIAB you could imagine.
They are based on Earls Colne Airfield. Having said that,they arent the cheapest,so it might be worth spending a bit of time ringing round some local companies to compare.
I know them, they are using what was 'Millbank tracks' rolling stock..?
I may pop up and have a chat with them and look at these containers - Cheers :y
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I wish I had somewhere to put one,as I could really do with having one. I have allsorts of stuff cluttering up the place.
I end up throwing away perfectly good Omega doors,wings,and other parts as I just don't have anywhere to put them all. :(
Can never have too much storeage space ay ::)
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Best people for that job locally is David Watson Transport.They have every possible combination of truck/ HIAB you could imagine.
They are based on Earls Colne Airfield. Having said that,they arent the cheapest,so it might be worth spending a bit of time ringing round some local companies to compare.
I know them, they are using what was 'Millbank tracks' rolling stock..?
I may pop up and have a chat with them and look at these containers - Cheers :y
Sort of. The parent company was Milbank floors (I had the misfortune of working for them for 20 years) and Milbank trucks was a subsidiary, whose MD was Dave Watson - a really nice bloke and also shrewd as they come.
When it all went tits up in 2008,he bought Milbank trucks from the administrators and renamed it David Watson Transport.
http://www.dw-transport.co.uk/the-fleet.ashx
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I wish I had somewhere to put one,as I could really do with having one. I have allsorts of stuff cluttering up the place.
I end up throwing away perfectly good Omega doors,wings,and other parts as I just don't have anywhere to put them all. :(
Can never have too much storeage space ay ::)
True. Ideally a medium sized warehouse with a rent of £10 per week would be just nice. :y ;D
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Best people for that job locally is David Watson Transport.They have every possible combination of truck/ HIAB you could imagine.
They are based on Earls Colne Airfield. Having said that,they arent the cheapest,so it might be worth spending a bit of time ringing round some local companies to compare.
I know them, they are using what was 'Millbank tracks' rolling stock..?
I may pop up and have a chat with them and look at these containers - Cheers :y
Sort of. The parent company was Milbank floors (I had the misfortune of working for them for 20 years) and Milbank trucks was a subsidiary, whose MD was Dave Watson - a really nice bloke and also shrewd as they come.
When it all went tits up in 2008,he bought Milbank trucks from the administrators and renamed it David Watson Transport.
http://www.dw-transport.co.uk/the-fleet.ashx
:o ???
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I wish I had somewhere to put one,as I could really do with having one. I have allsorts of stuff cluttering up the place.
I end up throwing away perfectly good Omega doors,wings,and other parts as I just don't have anywhere to put them all. :(
Can never have too much storeage space ay ::)
True. Ideally a medium sized warehouse with a rent of £10 per week would be just nice. :y ;D
we can all dream! :D
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Try Billy Box (or possibly Billie box :-\)
When I was enquiring a couple of years back they were quoting around £10/week IIRC
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Try this one there all over the country and seam to buy back the container when your finished :)
http://www.thecontainerman.com
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Just a word of caution - they do attract condensation inside so it may not be the stroage solution it appears to be - especially for soft furnishings. Transport costs as previously stated are quite high - minimum of £400 to move one of these from A to B.
Darren