Width at the pinch point
Not the average — the tightest point on the route. Usually a gateway, a pair of posts, a grid frame or the gap between a shed corner and a tank. About 3.5m is comfortable for a tilt-tray. Take a tape to it.
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Delivery & access
We sort the truck. You sort the ground.
Cartage is quoted with the container, organised by us, and run by operators we use every week. In this district the deciding factor is almost never the truck — it is whether the ground will hold it and whether there is room to line up.
- Tilt-tray
- 10ft and 20ft, most jobs
- Sidelifter
- 40ft, needs ~30m room
- Crane truck
- Tight, steep or over a fence
- Freight
- Inside the quoted figure
The three measurements
Get these and we can pick the vehicle without leaving the office.
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Length of the run-in
A tilt-tray slides the container off the back of the bed, so it needs to reverse into line then drive forward out from under it. Around 20m of straight approach for a 20ft. Twenty metres is about twenty-five long steps.
03
What hangs overhead
Power and phone on timber poles, a limb off an established gum, a shed awning, a downpipe. The bed goes well up in the air during the slide. Overhead services are the most common reason a delivery is stopped on arrival.
Ground, by district
The fourth question, which is really the first, is whether the surface will carry a loaded vehicle. Out here it varies enormously over short distances.
- Red basalt — Kingaroy, Coolabunia, Kumbia, Booie. Goes greasy on the surface within an hour of rain while staying firm below. Trucks slide rather than bog, which is worse on a rise. Two dry days and it carries anything.
- Black soil flats — the Barambah country around Murgon. Superb dry, deep when wet, and it goes soft well below the depth the surface suggests.
- Decomposed granite — Nanango and the country south. Drains hard and fast; usually the best going in the district after weather.
- Range clay — Blackbutt, Yarraman, Benarkin. On a slope it lets a truck slide, and on a range driveway there is nowhere safe for that to end.
- Unsealed roads west — Proston, Hivesville. Slow to recover because there is too little traffic to knit the surface back together. Days, not hours.
- Freshly graded ground — anywhere. Consistently softer than it looks, because the crust that was carrying the weight has just been scraped off.
Four-question access check
How wide is the tightest point on the way in?
How much straight approach is there to the spot?
Anything overhead — wires, limbs, awnings?
What is the surface like where the truck has to stand?
Vehicles
| Vehicle | Suits | Needs | Relative cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilt-tray | 10ft and 20ft, the large majority of jobs | ~3.5m width, ~20m straight run, firm surface | Lowest |
| Sidelifter | 40ft, and 20fts where two are going in together | ~30m working room, ground its legs can stand on | Moderate |
| Crane truck | Tight blocks, steep range driveways, over a fence | Standing room and clear air above the placement | Highest, and refuses least |
Delivery areas
Pick your town for local ground conditions and access notes rather than general advice.
- Kingaroy
- Nanango
- Murgon
- Wondai
- Blackbutt
- Yarraman
- Proston
- Cherbourg
- Coolabunia
- Memerambi
- Tingoora
- Wooroolin
- Kumbia
- Hivesville
Not on the list? We run further west and further north than most people assume and the freight is often better than expected, particularly where the timing lets us combine with another delivery heading the same way. Worth a call either way. The full rundown is in getting a container onto your block.
Delivery — common questions
What access does a delivery truck need?
Roughly 3.5m of clear width at the tightest point, about 20m of straight run-in for a tilt-tray placing a 20ft, and nothing overhead at the spot. A sidelifter placing a 40ft wants closer to 30m of working room and ground its legs can stand on. Measure the width, pace the run, and look up.
How soon after rain can you deliver?
It depends entirely on the soil. Red basalt around Kingaroy and Coolabunia usually needs two dry days — it goes greasy on top while staying firm underneath, so a loaded truck slides rather than sinks. Black soil on the flats near Murgon goes deep and needs longer. Decomposed granite around Nanango drains fast and is often fine the next day. Unsealed roads out west take days because there is not enough traffic to work the surface back in.
Is freight charged separately?
No. Cartage is quoted with the container as a single figure, so the number you are given is the number you pay for the scope quoted. Nothing arrives on a separate invoice afterwards.
Can you place a container exactly where I want it?
Usually, and where a truck cannot reach the spot a crane truck often can — it stands on the best available ground and places the container past a fence, a tank or a slope. It costs more per delivery and it refuses far less. On range blocks around Blackbutt and Yarraman it is a normal answer rather than an exceptional one.
What should I have ready on the day?
Four blocks, hardwood sleepers or doubled pavers for the corner castings, a decision on which way the doors face, and the vehicle or machinery moved out of the approach. Ten minutes of preparation is the difference between a container that sits square for thirty years and one whose doors stop closing in the first winter.
No-obligation quote
Cartage quoted upfront, always
The delivered figure includes the truck. Nothing arrives on a separate freight invoice afterwards.
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