No. Roanoke sits about 76 road miles from the Woodlawn yard, which puts it a mile past the free ring. Delivery there is quoted instead of free. It is a route we run up I-81 regularly, so being outside the line changes the paperwork a good deal more than it changes the trip.
The wrong turn people take on this one is assuming that outside the free zone means outside the service area. It does not. Roanoke is a mile the wrong side of a line, sitting on I-81, which is pavement our trucks are on most weeks. Being outside the ring changes what shows up on the invoice. It does not change whether we come.
The opposite wrong turn is just as common: since it is only a mile past, surely the delivery ought to be free anyway. The line has to sit somewhere, and it sits at 75 road miles from the gate on Elk Horn Rd. A line that slides every time somebody asks is not a line, and the next person to hear about it would be whoever is inside it paying full freight.
Most people reach for the straight line tool on a map. Road miles are what count, because a truck follows pavement and pavement in this part of Virginia bends around ridges. Two addresses that look the same distance out can be twenty minutes apart in real driving.
Roanoke reads at about 76 road miles up the I-81 corridor from Woodlawn. Your own address on that side of the map might come back either way depending on which end of the valley you are on. The number worth having is the one for your address, not the one for the city.
Past the ring the process is short. Give us the drop address and the size you want, and the trip gets priced and put in front of you before a truck is loaded. The quote comes back the same day. The figure you agree to is the figure, and nothing gets tacked on at the curb because the drive turned out longer than somebody guessed.
This is where an out of state seller comes apart. The steel is somewhere they have not stood, the trip is somebody else's to arrange, and the haul number shows up late and shifts around. Ours comes off a truck that leaves from the address we publish, driven by somebody who has run that stretch of I-81 before.
The box costs what it costs, in Roanoke the same as in Hillsville. The posted numbers on used cargo-worthy steel are $3,200 for a 20 ft and around $4,900 for a 40 ft, with the drive already counted into both of those inside the ring. Out at Roanoke the box price stays put and the haul is quoted on top of it.
Rentals work the same way. A 20 ft runs $165 a month and a 40 ft runs $235 a month, month to month, with the run out to Roanoke and back quoted separately. The welded lockbox, the blocks and setting the unit level do not change with distance. Those come with the container wherever it lands.
City names are a rough guide and nothing more. Call (276) 237-6144 with the ZIP where the box is going and you get a straight answer on whether you fall inside the ring or land on a quoted trip, usually while you are still on the phone.
Send us the drop address and the size and the haul comes back in writing, same day.
Same-day reply. We'll send a real number, a real delivery window, and any photos we need to confirm fit.
You'll hear back from us today (or first thing tomorrow if it's late). For anything urgent, call (276) 237-6144.