Winston-Salem sits about 56 road miles from our Woodlawn yard, comfortably inside our 75 mile free delivery zone. Here is exactly how a container gets from our lot to yours.
We get asked this one a lot from Forsyth County. Fifty-six miles feels like it should cost something extra when the free zone caps out at 75, but it does not work that way. Anywhere inside 75 road miles of our Woodlawn yard, delivery and leveling are free, full stop. There is no sliding scale where the price creeps up as you get closer to the edge of the zone.
The route down runs US-52 south into the Piedmont, and it is a straightforward pull for our tilt-bed trailer. Whether you are 15 miles out or 56, the container arrives the same way: loaded, leveled on blocks, and with the welded lockbox already in place. Nothing about the mileage changes what is included.
Every container we deliver, 20-ft or 40-ft, rides in on a tilt-bed trailer. The truck backs the trailer toward the drop spot, tilts the bed, and slides the container off under its own weight while the winch keeps it controlled. That means we need a straight, clear path to pull the trailer in, not just enough room to park a container once it is off the truck.
The ground itself needs to be firm enough to carry a fully loaded delivery truck, not just the container once it is sitting still. Soft or saturated ground can bog down the trailer before it ever reaches the drop point. Leveling on blocks is part of every delivery we do, so a small amount of unevenness is normal and expected. If your lot has real slope, that is a phone conversation before the truck ever gets loaded, not something we discover on site.
A lot of what we deliver goes onto rural acreage with plenty of room to swing a trailer around. Winston-Salem proper is a different kind of delivery. Business lots and in-town residential properties tend to run tighter, with less room to maneuver, driveways that curve instead of running straight, and neighbors close enough that placement matters more than it would out in the county.
If you are placing a container on a business property or in a neighborhood with an HOA, it is worth checking on placement rules or setback expectations before delivery day, since those are set locally and vary lot to lot. We are glad to talk through where a container will physically fit on your specific property once we know the address, but zoning and permit questions for Winston-Salem and Forsyth County are handled on their own, separate from the delivery logistics covered here.
A used, cargo-worthy 20-ft container delivered and set is $3,200 out the door. A used, cargo-worthy 40-ft is around $4,900 out the door. Renting runs $165 a month for a 20-ft and $235 a month for a 40-ft. Every one of those figures already includes delivery, leveling on blocks, and the welded lockbox, since none of that is sold separately.
If you want a one-trip container instead of a used cargo-worthy one, expect it to run several hundred to a couple thousand dollars more than a used box of the same size, since one-trip units come off the boat in close to new condition. A quote for your Winston-Salem address, size, and placement comes back the same day you call, and we can also walk you through the rent-to-own program on that same call if buying outright is not the plan yet.
Tell us your size, your address, and what the lot looks like, and we will call back with a written quote the 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.