A short run north up the Bruce. Curra blocks are usually an easy tilt-tray job.
Around Curra containers mostly get used for household storage, shed replacement and tradie gear. Whatever yours is for, the process is the same: one call, one delivered price, right truck for your access.
| Size | Used from | New from |
|---|---|---|
| 10ft | $4,350 | $6,400 |
| 20ft | $2,200 | $3,300 |
| 40ft | $2,600 | $5,500 |
| High Cube | $3,400 | $5,500 |
Guide prices ex Brisbane depot stock — freight to the Gympie region is quoted with your container so you get one delivered number. Ring 0487 176 951 for today's exact price.
Curra is mostly rural-residential: acreage lots of a few hectares within easy reach of Gympie, with a mix of families, tradies and people running small operations from home. That makes it one of the most straightforward places we deliver, and one of the busiest for household and tradie storage.
Typical Curra jobs are a container as a shed replacement, because a steel box is quicker than a slab and a build, a secure store for a tradie's tools and materials, or temporary storage while a house is extended or a family moves. Some owners keep a container for the ride-on mower, trailer gear and firewood, and never bother building a shed at all.
Most Curra blocks have plenty of room, a wide entrance and firm ground in the dry, so a tilt-tray drop is usually simple. The things worth checking are overhead power lines between the road and the house, trees along the drive, and any soft ground where water collects after rain.
If you've got a choice of spots, pick one that's firm, fairly level, and reachable with a straight run of about 15 metres for a 20ft. A 40ft on a sidelifter needs about 30 metres of working room beside the truck.
To make a container work as a shed, face the doors towards the way you'll approach it, leave room for them to swing fully open, and put the corners on blocks or sleepers. Shelving along one wall and a hook rail along the other turn a bare box into useful storage. If you want power, that's a job for a licensed electrician.
On acreage, a common set-up is two containers a few metres apart with a roof across the gap. It gives two lockable stores and a covered work area between them, and it can be built up over time.
A 20ft is the default: it holds a household's furniture during a move, or a ride-on, tools and shelving as a permanent shed. A 40ft suits people with machinery, a boat or a trailer to keep undercover, and it's the cheapest storage per square metre. For a workshop, a high cube gives the headroom you need. Our acreage guide has the details.
Plenty of tradies live on acreage around Curra and run their business from home. The van or ute goes out each morning, but the stock, tools and materials need somewhere secure overnight and on weekends. A container is the simplest answer: lockable, wind and watertight when it's a cargo-worthy unit, and easy to fit out with shelving and bins.
Put it near where the work vehicle parks so loading is quick, and face the doors so you can back up to them. Light and power make it far more useful, and that should be done by a licensed electrician. Keep an inventory by the door so you know what's there before you head to a job. If the business grows, a second container beside the first doubles the space without any building work.
If it's replacing a shed, buying is almost always cheaper over time, and a cargo-worthy container holds value. Why a container is storage you can sell later explains. Cargo-worthy used units are wind and watertight. As-is units cost less but are sold as seen and not sold watertight. For an extension or a move, hire is tidy, and hire units go out cargo-worthy, wind and watertight.
Curra is close to Gympie, so deliveries are easy to fit in. Freight is quoted with the container, and the day is confirmed at order.
Usually, yes. Most blocks are wide with firm ground. Check for overhead power lines, trees along the drive and soft spots after rain.
Yes. It needs no slab, it locks, and it can be moved later. Fit shelving along one wall and put the corners on blocks or sleepers.
Yes. Two containers a few metres apart with a roof across the gap is a popular acreage set-up. Check with council if the roof structure is permanent.
Yes. Hire suits the length of a build, and the container is collected when you're finished.
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