When looking at a shipping container door, have you ever noticed it is covered with various numbers and letters? Contrary to your beliefs, there is a method to their madness! Ha! The various markings do provide important information about the ownership, contents, transportation, and condition of the container. Let’s look at shipping container numbers and their markings breakdown. Read More…
HC stands for High Cube, which describes the height of a shipping container. These containers are 9’6″ tall (one foot taller than standard 8’6″ tall containers). See Common Shipping Container Terms for more abbreviations and standard container industry terms.
Whether you have purchased or rented a container, it is essential to perform condenser coil maintenance and container defrost regularly on your refrigerated container. The frequency of maintenance depends on the environment the container is in. For more information and helpful example photos, click the links above.
We get a lot of questions about the age or what year our containers are. As of 2024, the date range is between 2002 and 2023, depending on your chosen option. Find out what we offer on our Refrigerated Shipping Containers page.
Yes, we can deliver the refrigerated container to your location as long as the door opening is wide enough for our semi-truck and trailer to fit through, and the ceiling is high enough for our tilt-bed to extend. You can refer to our Container Dimensions and Delivery Site Preparation guidelines for more information. It’s important to keep the machine at least 3 feet away from any wall to ensure proper airflow and allow space for a technician to access it, if needed.
Container dimensions can be found on our Container Dimensions page.
When containers arrive at our facility, we ensure they meet our strict criteria for quality prior to beginning any work. If you’d like, you can even visit our location and pick the exact container you’d like us to use before the modification process begins.
Most modern shipping containers feature 1″ thick 19-ply marine-grade sheet flooring. If that does not suit your needs, we would be happy to install the type of flooring you need for an additional cost. Read more in-depth on our What is a Shipping Container Floor Made of? page.
Our containers come in a variety of colors based on the shipping line. Our inventory changes daily and we cannot control what color the containers are when we purchase them. However, we can paint containers to match any color you need for an additional charge.
Yes, we can provide shelving to suit your storage needs. Please see our modification page HERE for more information.
We do a range of modifications based on our customer’s needs. Simple modifications include but not limited to extra doors, windows, vents & lockboxes.
Yes! We offer 24/7 customer phone support (1-877-391-4064). We also offer “as needed” repairs providing the repairs are due to normal wear and tear. This is at no additional cost to you!
All of our units are electric and our Refrigerated Containers require 460V three-phase power and a dedicated 30 amp circuit. If you are utilizing a 230V power source a dedicated 50 amp circuit is required. Upon your request, we will work directly with your electrician to assure the proper electrical service is in place or installed. We also have transformers for 208V 50 amp circuit.
Our refrigerated containers and trailers are capable of maintaining temps between -10°F and 80°F. Our new units can maintain -20°F depending on how much product is being stored and usage.
Yes, we have both styles of refrigerated containers. We have limited dock level units and they are 53′ trailers. Our 20′ and 40′ units are ground level.
We offer 20’L x 8’W x 8’6″H and 40’L x 8’W x 9’6″H. We also have limited 53’L x 8’6″W x 9’6″H.
We deliver our containers using a tilt-bed trailer. With the trailer raised, the container slides off the trailer resting on one end. Then the trailer will pull straight out from under the container.
We are located in Western IL outside the small town of Smithshire, 3 hours from Chicago and 3 hours from St. Louis.
Yes, please click here for a list of our current specials. Also, we offer what we call “Ugly Ducklings”. These are containers that are a little rough around the edges. Typically with more dents, dings and abrasions and possibly damaged floors and surface rust.
20’ and 40’ units are the common sizes we carry. However, upon availability, we can source custom sizes for you as well.
Yes, we also offer custom-built rentals. Call now to find out what we have available and for a quote.
Yes we do. Please contact us for a quote.
Yes we do. Please contact us for more information.
We plan on adding this type of equipment into our rental fleet in the near future! Please contact us for more information.
This depends if you are purchasing new or refurbished equipment. We will cover this in more depth when we prepare a quote for you.
No, you would need to contact a freight forwarding company.