Shipping Containers for Sale in Raleigh, NC

Container Delivery in Raleigh

Raleigh is North Carolina's capital, the seat of Wake County, and the anchor of the Research Triangle. Deliveries reach Wake, Durham, Johnston, Franklin, Harnett, Granville, Chatham, Orange, Nash, Lee and Vance counties. Delivery areas include Downtown Raleigh, Historic Oakwood, Mordecai, Boylan Heights, Five Points, Hayes Barton, Cameron Park, the Village District, Glenwood South, the Warehouse District, North Hills, Six Forks, Brier Creek, Wakefield, Falls River, Southeast Raleigh, Northeast Raleigh, Longview and Budleigh.

Placements in unincorporated Wake County fall to Wake County Planning, Development and Inspections instead of the city.

Include your address and a description of the access when you request a quote.

A few things shape how a delivery goes in this area:

• The canopy matters in Raleigh. Willow oaks and water oaks arch over the streets and driveways of Historic Oakwood, Five Points, Hayes Barton and Cameron Park. A tilt-bed truck has to raise its bed to slide the container off, so the clear path overhead needs to be well above the height of the box. Walk the route from the street and look up before you order.
• Ground varies across Wake County. Much of the county is Piedmont clay over weathered rock, but a band through western and southern Wake has clay that shrinks and swells with moisture. A container set straight on that ground can go out of level, so put blocks or timbers under the four corner castings.
• Head southeast toward Johnston and Harnett and the soil turns sandy as you approach the Sandhills. Loaded trucks can bog in soft sand that a pickup crosses without noticing, so tell us whether the last quarter mile is sand, clay or gravel.
• Raleigh containers come out of the Norfolk, Virginia depot, roughly 180 miles away. Describe the drop spot, the gate width and the turnaround in your quote request so the delivery can be reviewed before it is scheduled.
• Drop spots in Raleigh need at least 10 feet of width along the whole delivery path, in addition to a straight run of 110 feet for a 20ft container or 130 feet for a 40ft.
• Subdivisions in Cary, Apex, Holly Springs, Morrisville and Wake Forest can have covenants that restrict what can be stored in view of the street, and the association enforces them rather than the city. Read yours before the truck arrives.

For permit questions on a specific address, contact the City of Raleigh Planning and Development Customer Service Center, 1 Exchange Plaza, Suite 400, Raleigh NC 27601, phone 919-996-2500. For property in unincorporated Wake County, Wake County Planning, Development and Inspections, Waverly F. Akins Wake County Office Building, 336 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh NC 27601, planning 919-856-6310 and permits and inspections 919-856-6222.

Container Types Available in Raleigh

• 20ft Standard: For residential driveways and smaller sites
• 40ft Standard: Contractors, farms, businesses and larger properties
• 40ft High Cube: Conversions, tall equipment, extra headroom
• Modified: Job site offices, custom builds
• Refrigerated: Food service, cold storage