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40ft Used Cargo-Worthy Shipping Container: example photo of the grade
Standard cargo doors open at one end, showing the empty interior and floor
Checking the inside of a container for daylight with a flashlight

Example photos of the grade. Every used container is a little different; ask for photos of your unit and we push the depot for them.

Used Cargo-worthy (used)

40ft Used Cargo-Worthy Shipping Container

$2,895container price, plus delivery

In stock. Usually delivered 3 to 10 business days after you confirm.

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Total delivered: $3,490

Flat delivery fee, the same anywhere in the contiguous United States. Delivery details

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Add your ZIP code and delivery site, and we confirm the depot, the delivery date and payment with you. Nothing is charged until you confirm.

What you get for $2,895

Container
40ft standard
Condition
Used, cargo-worthy
Doors
Standard, one end
Price
$2,895 + delivery

One 40ft standard container in used, cargo-worthy condition, from a vetted depot near your delivery address. The price is the same anywhere we deliver. Delivery is a flat fee on top, by method: see delivery below.

Condition: cargo-worthy (used)

Cargo-worthy (CW) means the container was inspected and judged structurally sound to carry cargo: frame, corner posts, floor and doors in good working order, plus wind and watertight.

What to expect

  • Faded or patchy paint
  • Surface rust spots and dents
  • Patches and repairs are normal
  • A solid floor and working doors

What it isn't

  • It is not cosmetically pretty
  • It does not automatically come with shipping paperwork: if you need a survey certificate to ship it, ask before you buy

Best for: Storage that needs to be solid and secure, and anyone who might ship or move it later. More on this grade.

Dimensions

Outside
40' L x 8' W x 8'6" H
Inside
about 39'5" x 7'8" x 7'10"
Door opening
about 7'8" W x 7'5" H
Floor area
about 300 sq ft
Volume
about 2,390 cu ft
Empty weight
about 8,000 to 8,400 lb

Typical figures; they vary slightly by manufacturer. About as long as two and a half full-size pickups parked nose to tail.

Doors

This container has standard cargo doors: two swing doors at one end with lock rods, included in the price. Want something else? These are priced separately, depend on local stock, and are not part of the $2,895 price:

  • Double doors (both ends): Cargo doors at both ends so you can reach everything without unloading from the back. Mostly built new, so it usually means one-trip pricing.
  • Open side: One long side opens fully with folding doors, plus the normal end doors. Great for equipment and pallets. Built new, limited supply, priced well above a standard box.
  • Modified or specialty (ask us): Roll-up doors, a personnel door, windows, vents, shelving, a lock box, paint or insulation. Tell us what you need and we will check what is possible near you.

Pick them in the order form and we quote the difference before you confirm.

Delivery: tilt-bed or flatbed

Delivery is a flat fee per container, the same for every address across the contiguous United States. We don't deliver to Alaska or Hawaii.

A tilt-bed truck sliding a used container off its tilted bed onto a gravel driveway

Tilt-bed delivery $595

The truck backs up to your spot, tilts its bed and drives forward so the container slides off onto the ground. You choose which way the doors face.

You need:

  • A long, straight, clear approach: roughly 60 to 100 ft for a 20ft, 100 to 150 ft for a 40ft
  • About 12 ft of width, and 14 to 16 ft of clear height over the drop spot (no low wires or branches)
  • Firm, fairly level ground the truck can drive on
A forklift lifting a used 20 foot container off a flatbed semi trailer in a gravel yard

Flatbed delivery $595

A semi with a flat open trailer parks beside your spot and your forklift or crane lifts the container off. Best for businesses, farms and yards that already have the equipment, or tight sites a tilt-bed cannot reach.

You need:

  • Unloading equipment on site and ready when the truck arrives: for a 20ft, a forklift rated for at least 15,000 lb with 6 ft or longer forks, or a crane; for a 40ft or 40ft high cube, a crane
  • Room for a semi with a 48 to 53 ft trailer to pull in, park and leave
  • Someone on site to unload. The driver does not unload, and waiting time past the first hour may be billed by the carrier

For this 40ft standard: Plan on roughly 100 to 150 ft of straight, clear approach, since a 40 usually comes on a longer tilt-bed trailer. Not sure your site works? Pick "Not sure" in the order form and we'll talk it through. How tilt-bed delivery works · Preparing the spot.

How ordering works

  1. Tap Order this container, add your delivery ZIP code, site details and contact details.
  2. We match it to stock at a vetted depot near you and confirm the delivery date, the total and how to pay, by text or email.
  3. You confirm and pay. The container is delivered by the method you chose. Check it on the day: doors open and close, no daylight through the walls or roof.

Prices are per container, in US dollars, before any sales tax that applies at your address. Site prep, permits and HOA approvals are not included.

Order for $2,895 + delivery