Shipping Containers for Sale in Birmingham, AL

Container Delivery in Birmingham

Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County and the center of a seven county metropolitan region built in a valley between two long ridges. Deliveries reach Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Blount, Walker, Bibb, Chilton, Tuscaloosa, Talladega and Cullman counties. Delivery areas include Avondale, Forest Park, Highland Park, Five Points South, Southside, Crestwood North, Crestwood South, Woodlawn, Norwood, Ensley, West End, East Lake, Bush Hills, Titusville, Smithfield, North Birmingham, Pratt City, Wylam, Fountain Heights, Glen Iris, Redmont Park, Roebuck and Huffman.

Birmingham runs its own zoning ordinance through the Department of Planning, Engineering and Permits, so a container placed on a Birmingham lot is a land use question answered by the Zoning Division rather than a vehicle parked in a driveway, and the ordinance addresses temporary storage containers by name with its own conditions and its own permit.

Include your address and a description of the access when you request a quote.

A few things shape how a delivery goes in this area:

• Birmingham is a ridge-and-valley city, so grade is common. Driveways in Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook and Redmont Park climb steeply, and a container set on a slope needs blocking under the downhill corners so the doors swing true.
• Much of Jefferson and Shelby counties sits on carbonate bedrock, and the Geological Survey of Alabama documents sinkhole and subsidence activity in this karst terrain. If any part of the property has ever slumped, cracked or held a soft spot that reappears after rain, say so when you book, because the drop spot can be moved rather than setting several tons over a void.
• Alabama red clay is firm when dry and slick when wet. A yard that carried a truck in July can rut in a March week of rain. Gravel, crushed stone, timbers or blocks under the four corner castings keep the container level and the floor out of standing water.
• Intown streets in Forest Park, Highland Park, Norwood and Avondale are narrow, lined with parked cars and shaded by mature canopy. A tilt-bed truck needs the bed to rise, so low limbs over the driveway matter more than the width of the gate. Walk the route from the street to the drop spot and look up.
• Traffic affects the window. The interchange where Interstate 20, Interstate 59 and Interstate 65 meet, known locally as Malfunction Junction, and the US 280 corridor through Mountain Brook and Hoover both back up at peak. Ask for the window when you book.
• Newer subdivisions in Hoover, Chelsea, Trussville and Helena can sit inside an HOA with its own rules on what may be stored in view of the street. Read the covenant before the truck rolls.
• Birmingham runs 147 miles off the Atlanta depot on Interstate 20, a straight highway and a full run rather than a cross-town hop. Delivery timing depends on location, payment, weather and site access.

For permit questions on a specific address, contact the City of Birmingham Department of Planning, Engineering and Permits, 710 North 20th Street, Room 207 City Hall, Birmingham AL 35203, main line (205) 254-2211. Zoning Division (205) 254-2478. Permitting Division, City Hall Room 210, (205) 254-2904. For an address in unincorporated Jefferson County, contact Jefferson County Development Services, Jefferson County Courthouse Suite B200, 716 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. North, Birmingham AL 35203, (205) 325-5321.

Container Types Available in Birmingham

• 20ft Standard: For residential driveways and smaller sites
• 40ft Standard: Contractors, farms, businesses and larger properties
• 40ft High Cube: Conversions, tall equipment, extra headroom
• Modified: Job site offices, custom builds
• Refrigerated: Food service, cold storage