Cattle, timber and ranges. Kyogle is the postcode where the delivery question is almost never about your property — it is about the road that gets there, and it is worth asking us early.
The Kyogle orders are typically station and cattle property storage, fodder, fencing and equipment storage, timber and sawmill gear, machinery storage on the larger holdings, chemical and fuel storage on properties running their own pumps, and workshop conversions on the smaller hinterland blocks. The specification follows the job rather than the other way round, which is why we ask what is going in the box before quoting anything.
On grade: cargo-worthy is what we check wind and watertight before it goes on a truck, and it is what to buy if the contents have to stay dry. There are photographs of the real unit available on request, sent before delivery.
| Size | Used from | New from | Hire from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10ft Containers | $4,350 | $6,400 | POA |
| 20ft Containers | $2,200 | $3,300 | $27/wk |
| 40ft Containers | $2,600 | $5,500 | POA |
Ex GST, indicative. The honest number for a Kyogle address comes with the cartage attached. Delivery into Kyogle is part of the price we give you, not an extra worked out later.
This is the piece of advice we give most often in this postcode and it saves the most trouble. On a Kyogle property the paddock will almost always take whatever you buy. The road in will not.
The pattern is consistent. Sealed road to a point, then gravel, then a climb with switchbacks that were surveyed for a bullock team and sealed later without being straightened. A twelve-metre rigid load cannot negotiate some of those, and no amount of driver skill changes it. A 20ft will get to most places. A 10ft will get almost anywhere.
So if you are working out sizes for a property up towards the range, do it in the other order. Tell us the address first, let us look at the route, and then decide whether you are buying one 40ft, two 20fts or something short. Two 20fts on separate pads is very often the right answer up here and it is not a compromise — it is two lockable boxes in two useful places.
Kyogle's demand is agricultural and it is practical. Fodder and fencing storage that will not be got at by weather or wildlife. Fuel and chemical storage on properties running their own pumps and spray programs, which is where the bunded and ventilated units come in. Machinery and workshop gear on holdings where the nearest hardware is a long drive.
Timber is still part of the picture too, and sawmill and forestry contractors are steady buyers of secure site storage.
The other regular job is the smaller hinterland block being set up from nothing. A container arrives before the shed does, holds everything while the build happens, and stays afterwards as the workshop. That is a good use of a container and it argues strongly for buying cargo-worthy rather than as-is, because it is going to be there a long time.
In most towns the delivery question is your driveway. In Kyogle it is the route. The country north and west of town climbs into the Richmond Range and the roads that get you there are narrow, steeply graded, tightly cambered and in places overhung by growth nobody is going to cut back. A rigid load simply cannot get around some of those bends, and that is a fact about the road rather than a judgement about your gate. The practical consequence is that a 40ft is often impossible where a 20ft is entirely fine, and where a 20ft is marginal a 10ft will get there. The property itself is usually the easy part — cattle country means wide gates, long tracks and plenty of level ground to place on. So the single most useful thing you can do is give us the actual address early, before you settle on a size. We will look at the road in rather than the paddock, because that is where these jobs are decided.
Wherever you are, the vehicle wants the same basics — a surface that will not give way, an unobstructed approach and nothing over the placement point. Pictures of the gateway and the intended spot answer nearly every question we would otherwise ask. More in getting a container onto your block.
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Tell us what is going in it and where it is going — you get one number, not a range.