Narrow, winding and beautiful. Kin Kin drops need the right truck, and we check which one before we quote.
Around Kin Kin containers mostly get used for property storage, farm gear and dry storage to move things into ahead of the wet. 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.
Kin Kin is a small village in the far north of Noosa Shire, in steep, green country that was once dairy and timber land. Today it's small farms, lifestyle properties and people who want to be a long way from traffic lights. A container is useful on those blocks because the alternatives, building a shed or driving to town for storage, are slow and expensive.
People here use them for farm gear and feed, tools and machinery parts, and dry storage for anything that has to survive a wet season in a humid valley. Some become workshops or studios, and our workshop guide covers setting one up on a hinterland block.
Getting a container to Kin Kin takes more planning than most places we deliver. The roads in are narrow and winding, with tight bends and overhanging trees, and many properties have steep, unsealed driveways. Not every truck suits every drive. A tilt-tray needs a firm, level spot and a straight run, and some Kin Kin blocks simply don't have one near the house.
Photos are the only way to be sure. Take one of the driveway from the road, one of any bend or pinch, and one of the spot you want. If a crane truck or a smaller unit is the answer, you'll know before the quote.
The hinterland gets heavy summer rain, and unsealed tracks can be impassable to a loaded truck for a while after a big fall. If you want a container in place before the wet, order in the dry. A property we can't reach after rain doesn't get a delivery until it dries out.
Place the container on high, firm ground with solid supports under the corners. A cargo-worthy container keeps rain out from above. It won't keep out rising water, because floodwater gets in past the door seals, and an empty container can float. Ventilate it, because valley humidity condenses on steel overnight.
A 20ft is the usual choice. It's easier to get down a tight drive than a 40ft and still holds a lot. On very tight sites a 10ft is sometimes the only thing that can be placed, although it costs more than a 20ft. A 40ft needs a sidelifter and about 30 metres of working room, which few Kin Kin blocks have. Our acreage guide covers siting.
Some properties around Kin Kin run off-grid or partly off-grid, with solar panels, batteries, water tanks, pumps and a generator for cloudy spells. That equipment needs a dry, secure home, and a container is often it. It keeps the weather off, it locks, and it can sit near the tanks and panels.
If a container is going to house batteries or an inverter, design it properly. Ventilation, cable entry, fire safety and installation are licensed electrician territory, and battery systems have their own installation rules. For simpler uses, such as spare pump parts, fittings, generator fuel kept in a separate ventilated space, and tools, shelving and good airflow are enough. Keep it on firm, raised ground so the equipment stays dry through the wet.
Most Kin Kin customers keep their container, so buying is usual. Cargo-worthy used units are wind and watertight. As-is units cost less but are sold as seen and not sold watertight, so they're not for anything that has to stay dry. Hire suits a build or renovation, and hire units go out cargo-worthy, wind and watertight. Kin Kin is in Noosa Shire, so check with them about anything beyond storage.
Freight is quoted with the container, including any special truck the site needs, and the day is confirmed at order with the weather in mind.
Yes, with planning. The roads are narrow and winding and many drives are steep, so send photos and we'll confirm which truck can do it.
In the dry. Unsealed tracks can be impassable to a loaded truck after heavy summer rain.
Usually a 20ft. On very tight sites a 10ft may be the only option that can be placed.
Noosa Shire. Check with them about permanent placement, modifications or habitable use.
Pomona, Cooroy, Kin Kin, Imbil and Amamoor blocks are full of container workshops. The ones that work got the orientation, the airflow and the power sorted before delivery day — here is that list.
Soft ground, steep tracks, long driveways — what actually matters when your container is going onto a property in the Gympie region, not a suburban block.
Wahpunga, Cootharaba, Boreen Point, Pomona, Cooran, Ringtail Creek. Same deal: one delivered price, and the truck matched to your access.
Size, grade, freight and timing sorted in one conversation.
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