Shipping Container Suppliers in Montana

MoCan Containers runs two yards, one in Billings and one at Gallatin Gateway outside Bozeman. Most container companies in Montana work from a single lot, so having a second yard cuts the haul in half for buyers on either side of the state. They quote delivery on a 300 mile radius from whichever yard is closer, and they run tilt beds, so the box slides off level instead of getting dropped. Tim and Kaitlin McKenzie started the business in 2016 after hauling a container across the state as a favor. You can buy new one trip units or used boxes in 20ft and 40ft, and smaller sizes turn up as stock moves.

TCB Transport keeps a wider range of lengths on the ground than most Montana yards, running from 8ft units up through 20ft, 40ft, 45ft and high cubes. Flat racks and full open side boxes sit in the yard too, which matters if you are hauling something that will not fit through a standard door. They are blunt about condition. The site walks through everything from damaged as is boxes up to cargo worthy grade A, and says plainly that the cheapest box on the lot is not the best one. Delivery runs on their own rear unload tilt trailers inside 50 miles of Geyser, and they will go further across Montana for a fee.

Lockwood Storage Solutions has been trading out of Lolo since 2000, and Crystal and Gary Lockwood still run it. That is twenty six years working one valley, and it shows in how they set up a delivery. They ask about site access and placement before picking the truck, instead of sending the same rig to every job. The range on the lot is broad for a yard this size. Alongside standard 10ft, 20ft and 40ft boxes they stock 45ft high cubes, double door and side door units, insulated reefers and finished office containers. The business carries an A plus rating with the Better Business Bureau, though it is not accredited.

Montana LockBox is the only yard in Montana that puts a price on every unit it sells, listed by size and by grade, right on the website. You can see that a used wind and water tight 20ft runs about 3,200 dollars and a new one trip 40ft high cube runs about 6,200, before you ever pick up the phone. The grades are separated properly too, with wind and water tight, cargo worthy and IICL priced apart rather than lumped together as used. Stock at the Great Falls lot covers small garden style boxes from 8ft to 12ft, standard 20ft units, 40ft high cubes, double door and multi door builds, and a non working reefer shell.

Valley Storage sells the short boxes most Montana yards do not bother stocking. Alongside the usual 20ft and 40ft units, the Kalispell lot carries 9ft, 10ft and 45ft, which covers the small backyard build and the long equipment run at the same place. That saves a trip out of the Flathead when nobody local has the length you need. Delivery goes out across the valley and further afield, and the sales side is kept separate from the storage side of the business, so a purchase is a real published option rather than something you have to ask about. Whitefish, Bigfork, Somers and Marion are all named on their delivery list.

Columbia Containers has been selling boxes off the same stretch of Highway 2 since 1994. Thirty two years in the Flathead buys a delivery list that reaches well past the valley, out to Eureka and Rexford on the Canadian line, west to Libby, and south to Polson and Seeley Lake. Buyers in those towns usually pay a freight premium because the nearest yard is hours away, so a supplier that already runs those roads is worth a call. The stock itself is straightforward. Ten, 20 and 40 foot standard boxes, sold new or used, no specialty units. Reviews from buyers repeatedly mention the delivery going smoothly, which is where a container purchase most often goes wrong.

Helena Container Rental and Sales stocks mobile office units next to the standard 20ft and 40ft boxes, which is the combination a job site usually needs. Crews get somewhere dry to keep the drawings and somewhere secure to lock the tools, both delivered from the same yard on North Montana Avenue. The company sells new and used, and rents short or long term, so a contractor can rent through a build and buy at the end if the box earns its keep. It belongs to the National Portable Storage Association, which few container yards in Montana bother with. The website is thin, so expect to phone for sizes and pricing.

Montana Mobile Storage does its own cutting, welding, sandblasting and paint at the Missoula yard. That means a door, a window or a color change happens on site instead of the box going out to a fabricator and coming back weeks later. The company has been at it for more than thirty years and sells 20ft and 40ft units new or used, alongside the modified builds. Two things to know before you call. The public review record is very thin, with almost nothing recent to read, so ask for photos of the actual unit and recent customer references. Pricing and grades are not published anywhere, so get the condition written down before you pay.