Shipping Container Delivery
Summit Shipping Containers’ Delivery Service
Summit Shipping Containers offers it’s customers a first-class delivery service. In fact, our logistics team are experts at delivering shipping containers to both retail and commercial clients. Moreover, Summit Shipping Containers has depots spanning the West Coast and East Coast. This means that you’ll always get the cheapest freight rates. Betterstill, we’re proud to offer America's fastest container delivery service. Are you needing a container fast? Call Summit Shipping Containers today for a quote on delivery.
Fortunately, we offer an array of delivery options. This allows us to cater to your specific delivery needs. Furthermore, when we’re arranging delivery, we’ll ask you a series of questions to determine the best method for delivery. For example, we’ll ask you about access to site and container positioning. Our most common shipping container delivery methods are:
How we deliver shipping containers.
Tilt-bed truck
Tilt-trays are our go-to for 20ft shipping container deliveries. Tilt-tray trucks are very maneuverable and unload containers by sliding them off of the rear of the truck. Essentially, the truck drives or reverses into position. The tray of the truck tilts up and slides the container off the back of the tray and onto the ground.
For a 20ft container, at least 18m in length and 3m in width is required when unloading. In addition, the height of the container while on the truck is 4.2m. However, once the tray lifts up the total height reaches 6.5m. It’s also important that your site is safe for delivery. Essentially, the ground must be level and dry.
Side-Loader Delivery
40ft shipping containers are usually delivered using side loading trucks. These trucks have a crane on each end that picks up the container and places it on the drivers side of the truck. Our side loading trucks can also position your container onto footings that you might have prepared.
For this delivery to take place, you will need at least 15m in length and 7m in width. Height wise, the container and truck totals 4.2m. However, while unloading at least 6.5m is required. Being a semi-trailer, your site must be reasonably level and dry for delivery to take place.
Tilt-bed truck and trailer
The tilt-bed truck and trailer combo can deliver containers up to 45’ in length or a combination thereof (i.e: 2 x 20’ containers, 4 x 10’ containers). This truck requires 100-feet of straight line clearance to complete the delivery. First, the truck is backed up to where you want the container placed. Next, the trailer is titled and then, the container is rolled off the back of the trailer. When booking your order delivery, we'll ask whether the container is to be loaded with the doors facing the cab or the rear of the truck. This positioning determines the final door placement at the delivery site.
Please let us know if there are any clearance concerns at the site or en route to the site. We will be happy to preview the route before delivery to confirm the delivery can be completed. Our 40’ standard, 40’ high cube, 45’ high cube, or 2 x 20’ rental storage containers are delivered and picked-up on these trucks.
HIAB Delivery
The crane truck can deliver containers up to 24’ in length or a combination thereof. This truck can also pull a trailer if multiple 20’ (or smaller) containers are to be delivered to the same location. A crane is mounted between the cab and the deck to load and offload containers. Under standard circumstances, the crane can place a 20’ container about 25’ away from the truck. This truck is operated by a certified crane operator.
The crane truck is a great delivery option if the container needs to be placed over a fence, on an elevated platform, stacked on top of another container, or if precision placement is of utmost importance. Please note, the feasibility of every delivery placement is assessed on a case by case basis.
To prepare your site for delivery, your shipping container should be placed on firm, dry, level ground, i.e. pavement, gravel, or hard dirt.
The tilt-bed and flat-bed truck deliveries are quoted a flat rate that includes 30 minutes of offloading time. If the site is not ready to receive delivery, equipment is not prepared, or etc., and additional time is required, an hourly rate per our terms & conditions will be charged in 15 minute increments.
The side-lifter and crane truck deliveries are generally billed at an hourly rate, beginning when the driver leaves our yard and concluding when the driver returns to our yard.
For all deliveries, our dispatcher will call the site contact 24 hours in advance to confirm the 2-hour delivery window. The day of delivery, the truck driver will be call the site contact with a 30-minute delivery window.
Terms & conditions apply to all deliveries.