Shipping containers for sale in Hattiesburg, MS: what a delivered 20ft or 40ft really costs
Longleaf has used and one-trip 20ft and 40ft shipping containers for sale in Hattiesburg, delivered by tilt-bed to your lot, and the delivered price for your ZIP is listed on our containers page with the haul already in it. What a delivered 20ft or 40ft really costs comes down to four things — size, grade, standard or high cube, and road miles from the depot holding that box — and nothing is added at the door unless the truck cannot set it.
Shipping containers for sale in Hattiesburg: what you can buy
Shipping containers for sale in Hattiesburg come in two sizes, two heights and three grades, and most people around here just call any of them a conex box. We sell 20ft and 40ft, standard and high cube, delivered anywhere in the Hub City — 39401, 39402, 39406 and 39407 — and across the Pine Belt to Petal, Purvis, Sumrall, Laurel and the rest.
Used wind and watertight is the plain-storage box: no holes, doors that seal, rust and dents included. It is the right buy for most people — see the 20ft used WWT. Cargo worthy is a used box that has passed a structural survey, for weight or for moving from site to site. One-trip is near-new, the pick when the box will be seen from the street or turned into a shop; see the 40ft high cube one-trip. What each grade really promises is in one-trip vs used.
On size: a 20ft holds roughly a one-car garage and fits most town lots; a 40ft doubles the floor for well under double the money but needs a lot more room for the truck. 20ft vs 40ft walks through it.
What the delivered price includes, and what it does not
Containers for this area ship from depots on the Gulf Coast, and the delivery leg is priced on road miles from the one holding the grade you picked. That is why the price changes with your ZIP, and why we show it delivered instead of quoting the box at the depot and the haul later. Enter your ZIP on the containers page and the number you see is the number you pay for the box set on your ground. The full reasoning is in container delivery cost.
Not included: anything on your side of the fence — a gravel pad or corner blocks, permits where your city wants one, and a failed drop. If the truck arrives and cannot set the box because the ground is soft or the run is short, that trip is billable and a second attempt is charged again.
Your card is authorized, not charged, until we confirm the order and the delivery window with you, and delivery is typically within a week or two after that. If you only need a box for a few months, a local rental yard is honestly the better answer; buying makes sense when you will still want it next year.
Before you buy a container in Hattiesburg
Measure the run. A tilt-bed needs about 60 feet of straight, firm, level ground for a 20ft and about 100 feet for a 40ft, plus 14 feet of clear sky. Older streets in town with narrow drives and big oaks often take a 20 and not a 40. See delivery access.
Make one call. Hattiesburg sits in both Forrest and Lamar counties, and the rules for a container kept on a residential lot differ town to town. Inside the city limits, ask the City of Hattiesburg's planning or code office how a permanent shipping container is treated; outside them, call Forrest County or Lamar County planning. Read your HOA covenants too. See permit rules.
Then plan for a lock box and vents from the accessories page — theft and condensation are the two things that actually go wrong with a container in south Mississippi. See containers for sale — delivered price by ZIP
Buying a container?
Longleaf sells used and one-trip 20ft and 40ft shipping containers, delivered by tilt-bed across the Pine Belt. Enter your ZIP for the delivered price — it comes straight from the supplier feed and already includes the haul. Locks, vents, shelving and lights are on the accessories page. We sell; we do not rent.
Keep reading
- What does container delivery cost, and why? — Container delivery cost: why distance from the depot sets it, why size barely matters, what a failed drop costs, and why our price includes the haul by ZIP.
- Using a container for business inventory — Shipping container for business inventory: what stock a container you own genuinely suits, where a warehouse bay beats it, and keeping stock dry and countable.
- What does a storage container actually cost to buy? — Storage container cost to buy, explained: how size, grade, high cube and your distance from the depot set the delivered price, and what moves it up or down.
- 20ft vs 40ft: which container should you buy? — 20ft vs 40ft shipping container: how much each holds, why the 40 is the better value per square foot, and why the 100 feet a 40ft needs usually decides it.
- Do you need a permit for a shipping container on your property? — Shipping container permit rules in the Pine Belt: how cities treat a permanent container like a shed, when the street needs a permit, and who to call first.
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