How we deliver your sea can.

It covers what your site needs before a 20ft container arrives, in five chapters: the pickup and 22-foot deckover tilt trailer that delivers it, allowing 72 feet of total clear length, checking gate width and overhead space before booking, keeping the unloading path straight with people back, and calling ahead if the ground, access or overhead space isn’t right. It has English captions, and the same checks are written out on this page.

No. It is an illustrated guide showing a 20ft sea can on a deckover tilt trailer behind a pickup, made to explain what a site needs rather than to record one particular drop. Your property won’t look like the drawing, so use the video as a checklist and run each check on your own route, from the road to the spot where the container will sit.

Yes, if it won’t be you. You or someone you designate must be on site during delivery to confirm placement, inspect the container and sign the delivery receipt. Sending them this page means they know to move vehicles, keep people back and stay clear of the front of the moving container. Once it is down, they should check the doors, floor and overall condition and note any damage on the receipt before signing.

A pickup towing a 22-foot bumper-pull deckover tilt trailer. The deck sits above the trailer’s wheels and tilts, and the container slides off the back onto whatever is underneath it, which is why the landing spot has to be firm and level. The clearances shown in the video are for this 20ft delivery.

It is the total length of straight, unobstructed ground a 20ft delivery needs, measured in one line and including the container’s final resting position. The spot where the container will sit counts toward the 72 feet rather than being added to it, and the rest of the run has to line up straight with that spot so the truck can back in and tilt the container off.

Mark the container’s footprint first, 8 feet wide and as long as the container, with room in front of the doors to swing them open. Then measure from the far end of that footprint back along the line the truck will approach on: a 20ft needs 72 feet in a straight line, at least 10 to 12 feet wide and 16 feet clear overhead. Anything in that space, such as a gate post, low wire or parked vehicle, has to be cleared, or the drop spot moved.

Because the truck cannot turn while the container is coming off the back of the tilted deck. The approach and the spot where the container lands have to line up, so a bend, an angled gate or a parked vehicle anywhere along that final straight run can stop the drop. Check gates, overhead wires and branches, parked vehicles and tight corners before you book, and move vehicles before the truck arrives.

Ground that carries the truck and then the container without sinking, and sits level so the container doesn’t twist and jam its doors. The trailer tilts and the container slides onto whatever is underneath it, so soft soil, mud or a slope becomes the container’s base. Compacted gravel, asphalt or a concrete pad all work, with blocks under the container recommended. Avoid spots that are prone to flooding or have soft soil.

Measure the clear opening at its narrowest point, post to post, with the gate swung fully open. The truck needs at least 10 to 12 feet of width along the whole route, and that includes gates, driveways and paths. Look up at the gate too, since an arch, sign or wire overhead counts against the overhead clearance a delivery needs: 16 feet for a 20ft, more for a 40ft. Confirm both before you book, not on the day.

Anything lower than 16 feet for a 20ft, and more over the drop spot for a 40ft: power lines, the hydro service drop to the house, tree branches, carports, building overhangs and gate arches. Walk the route from the road to the drop spot looking up as well as down. A high cube rides about a foot higher on a tilt-deck than a standard container, so check that its loaded height clears everything along the way.

Beside and behind the moving container, never in front of it. Give the operator room, and keep children, pets and everyone else well back while the operator works. If animals run loose on the property or a job site is busy, decide ahead of time who will keep them clear of the drop area while the container comes off.

Call if the ground is soft or sloped, if access is blocked or narrow, or if there are low wires or branches along the route. Calling before the truck leaves Kamloops lets the site be checked and the drop planned properly. Photos or a video of the path from the road to the drop spot help, and a property can often be assessed from satellite imagery or a video call. The number is (778) 694-4050.

No. The video’s clearances, including the 72 feet of total clear length, are for a 20ft container. A 40ft needs at least 110 feet of straight, clear length, including where it will sit, plus more overhead room while the deck tilts, so ask for the height your site needs when you book. The other checks still apply: a straight path, open overhead space, a clear gate and firm, level ground at the drop spot.

Yes. The same checks apply to a plain storage container, a custom container, a site office, a bunkie or a modular home build: a straight path, enough clear length, width and overhead space, and firm, level ground. A modified container keeps its corner castings and goes on a tilt-deck like a plain one. Where there is no straight run in, a backyard suite, bunkie or home may be set by crane instead, quoted as its own line.

It can delay your delivery, so call Valleyview as soon as you know, before the truck leaves. Under Valleyview’s terms, the buyer is responsible for adequate access and a suitable, level site, and for accurate information about access, clearance and ground conditions, and Valleyview is not liable for delays caused by site access issues. Delivery terms and schedules are agreed when you buy.

Tell Valleyview the town, or the address or a map pin for a remote site, and what you are putting on the ground: the container size, or the custom build. Add photos or a short video of the path from the road to the drop spot, the gate width and anything overhead. Valleyview then confirms access, quotes the delivery and gives you a delivery window. Delivery quotes are free.

Yes, power. A reefer needs 3-phase power, typically 460V, within reach of where it will sit, or a generator on an off-grid site, and your electrician should be lined up to install the outlet and make the final connection. Otherwise the site checks are the same kind as any tilt-deck delivery: firm, level ground, a clear straight run, gate width and overhead space. Confirm the reefer’s delivery clearances when you book.

Valleyview confirms your order with an invoice or confirmation, and the delivery terms, cost and schedule are agreed then, including a delivery window. A deposit may be required, and full payment is typically due before delivery. Use the time to prepare the spot and clear the route as the guide shows. On the day, the driver calls when they are on the way, and you or your designate meets them.

For tractors and other tall machinery, look at a 40ft high cube first, because the door opening decides what drives in: about 8ft 5in on a high cube against about 7ft 5in on a standard container. Measure the tallest point and add six inches, and check the width, including mirrors and any loader, against the interior width of about 7ft 8in. For feed, tools and parts, the catalogue lists used 20ft and 40ft standard containers for farm and acreage storage.

Expect faded paint. A used container has had a working life, and paint wear is cosmetic: it doesn’t affect whether the container keeps your contents dry. Markings vary from unit to unit, so check the photo on a yard listing or ask Valleyview about a particular container. If you want old markings covered, existing containers can be repainted and re-decaled, quoted per design; ask about it with your quote.

A used 40ft standard-height container is listed at $3,300–$3,600 plus tax and delivery, and a used 40ft high cube is listed at $3,500–$4,000. Both are cargo-worthy units, inspected and wind and watertight before they’re sold. The standard 40ft holds about 2,390 cubic feet, and the high cube, a foot taller, about 2,690. Delivery is quoted separately, and a 40ft needs more room on the route and at the drop spot than a 20ft.

Check the live inventory page for units physically in the yard, then call (778) 694-4050 or send a quote request for anything you don’t see. The inventory updates as units arrive and sell, and Valleyview also sources containers from partner depots across Canada. The website can’t promise that a listed item is in stock, so availability is confirmed with your quote. 10ft units are less common, so confirm those before ordering.

Send GPS coordinates or a map pin for the drop spot, plus a description of the route in: road names, gates, forks, creek crossings and the last stretch to the site. Valleyview confirms coordinates before an off-grid delivery and plans the route rather than trusting map apps where they stop being accurate. Photos of the access road and the drop spot help with the planning.

It depends on the use, the site and your local government. An office or workshop can sit on a slab, gravel pad or blocking without a poured foundation, but one people work in may be reviewed like a small building, with foundation and anchoring details on stamped drawings. A home or garden suite does not sit on blocks: the engineer chooses piers, screw piles, a grade beam or a slab from the soil, frost depth and loads. Ask your municipality or regional district before the container ships.

Keep water off it. Container floors fail when water gets in and stays, so keep the container level on a well-drained pad up on blocks, keep the door gaskets sealing, and use vents or desiccant. For a cleaner floor, sweep, degrease, let it dry and apply two coats of floor enamel, garage-floor paint or epoxy while the container is empty. Valleyview also does floor sealing, overlays and deck replacement as modifications in its yard before delivery, so decide on the floor before you buy.

Give them your address and what the container is for, then ask five things: what zone the property is in and whether containers or accessory structures are allowed; the setbacks from property lines, septic fields, wells and watercourses; whether it counts toward lot coverage; whether a permit, siting plan, screening or finish colour is required, and any time limit; and whether ALR, floodplain, a development permit area, a strata or a covenant applies.

Valleyview builds site offices, workshops and tool cribs, farm and ranch storage, refrigerated cold storage, pop-up shops and vendor bars, equipment enclosures, crew units for workforce camps, bunkies, garden suites and turnkey container homes. The first seven have published starting packages: a base container plus listed menu items, or a stock 20ft reefer for cold storage. Bunkies, garden suites and homes are quoted per design. For any other idea, Valleyview will tell you whether it is workable and, if it is, quote it per design.

The container is yours to keep. Once the final payment is made you own it outright, and there’s nothing to hand back. It can stay where it is. If you later want it somewhere else, call Valleyview to ask whether it can move it and what that would cost. The new spot needs level, firm ground and clear access for the truck, and check the rules for the new spot with the local government first.

A reefer controls its temperature; an insulated container without refrigeration only slows heat and cold getting in. A reefer arrives from the factory with several inches of foam in its walls, floor and ceiling and a working refrigeration unit. A standard container can be framed and spray-foamed, but it only becomes cold storage once a refrigeration unit is fitted. Produce or meat that must stay cold needs refrigeration, not just insulation.

Yes. A site office needs insulation, a lockable personnel door, window positions settled before any steel is cut, and power roughed in for your electrician to connect to a construction service, a generator or a permanent drop. A used 20ft base suits an office that moves between jobs; a new one-trip base suits a permanent office customers see. Valleyview’s insulated site office package covers the shell, and finished walls, heat and furniture are quoted per design. People work inside, so confirm permit requirements with your local government first.