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[F1 9LFG]

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 

[05omegav6]

Have you tried local storage firms

[F1 9LFG]

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. 

[jtypecav]

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.

[albitz]

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

[F1 9LFG]

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...

Flabay here i come

[albitz]

See link above.

[F1 9LFG]

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?!

 

[albitz]

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.

[albitz]

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. 

[F1 9LFG]

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 

[F1 9LFG]

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 

[albitz]

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 

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

[albitz]

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.

[F1 9LFG]

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 

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