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Can two containers be delivered together?

Updated August 23, 2026 · Answered by Containers Delivered, Woodlawn VA
The short answer

Usually not on one truck. Our tilt-bed trailer carries and drops one container at a time, sliding it off the back as the truck pulls forward. If you're getting two boxes, we can often schedule the two drops close together instead of weeks apart. Call and we'll line up the timing for your site.

One truck, one box at a time

A tilt-bed trailer only does one thing: it tips up at the back and lets a single container slide off as the truck eases forward. That motion is why a single trailer run sets down one box, never two. Even a flatbed carrying two units still needs two separate unload passes, one right after the other.

So the honest answer to can it come on one truck is no. The more useful question is how close together two deliveries can land, and that part is flexible.

Getting two boxes close together

Buying or renting two containers doesn't have to mean waiting twice as long. Depending on what's out at the yard and who's driving, we can often schedule the two drops close together rather than weeks apart. Ask when you book and we'll tell you what the run looks like.

That depends on schedule, not on the trucks themselves, so it's worth flagging when you book rather than assuming it happens by default.

Two 20s land easier than a 20 and a 40

Site prep scales with what's coming. A 20-ft container needs roughly 65 feet of straight pull-in room; a 40-ft needs about 95 feet. Two 20s side by side means clearing two spots at that smaller footprint. A 20 and a 40 together means the site has to handle the bigger box's 95-foot run at minimum, plus a second clear approach for the other one.

None of that is unusual on a farm or a jobsite with room to work, but it's worth walking both spots before delivery day rather than after.

How to schedule two deliveries so they land close together

  • Tell us both drop spots when you book, even if they're on the same property.
  • Say whether the two drops need to land close together or whether a few days apart works fine.
  • Send photos of each spot, same as you would for a single delivery.
  • Mention if the two boxes are going to two different addresses.

What stays the same either way

Free delivery within 75 road miles of Woodlawn applies to each container on its own, not as a shared discount for ordering two. Every unit still gets leveled on blocks and shipped with its welded lockbox, whether it's the only container going out that day or one of a pair.

Ordering two containers doesn't change what free delivery covers. It just means two trips instead of one, and we'll tell you up front how close together they can run.

Key takeaways

  • One tilt-bed trailer delivers one container at a time, so two boxes almost always means two truck runs.
  • We can often schedule the two drops close together, so ordering two boxes doesn't have to mean waiting twice as long.
  • A 20-ft container needs about 65 feet of straight pull-in and a 40-ft needs about 95 feet, and two units need room for both.
  • Free delivery within 75 road miles applies to each container on its own, not as a shared discount.
Inside 75 road miles of Woodlawn, delivery and leveling are free on each container we sell or rent, so ordering two doesn't add a delivery charge either way.
Our tilt-bed trailer is built to slide one container off the back per trip, so two boxes always arrive as two separate truck runs, even when both go out close together.
Ordering two containers

Tell us both drop spots

Call and we'll work out the timing for two deliveries before either truck rolls.

or (276) 237-6144