What Fits in a 40ft High Cube Storage Unit?
40ft High Cube Container — What Fits and What It's Used For
A 40ft high cube is the largest unit available. It gives you the same 320 sq ft of floor as a standard 40ft container, a footprint of 40ft by 8ft with roughly a foot more headroom, taking volume to around 2,850 cubic feet.
Over 320 sq ft, a foot of additional ceiling is close to another 450 cubic feet of storage.
What fits in a 40ft high cube?
- Around 20 standard pallets floor-loaded, or roughly double that stacked two high, subject to weight
- Racking down both sides at full height with an additional shelf level, and a working aisle between
- A wholesale or online-seller stock holding, picked from regularly rather than sealed up
- Construction materials, consumables, plant and 2440mm sheet goods stood on end
- Full exhibition and events kit including tall stands, staging and flight cases
- A five-bedroom house with room to spare, and space to walk between things rather than pack wall to wall
What doesn't fit in a 40ft high cube?
Nothing longer than forty feet, and nothing needing more floor than 320 sq ft. If you have outgrown a container entirely, the answer is not a bigger container — it is a storage compound, a palisade-fenced yard with a high cube container inside it, giving you outside space for plant, trailers, materials or vehicles alongside the unit.
40ft high cube or standard 40ft?
Identical footprint, identical length, about a foot between them in height. Take the standard 40ft if you are storing household furniture and boxes, where you run out of floor long before you run out of ceiling. Take the high cube if you are racking, palletising, or storing anything that needs to stand upright, the gain is entirely in the space above head height, and on a footprint this large that adds up quickly.
Business storage without a warehouse
A unit this size is often taken as an alternative to a small warehouse or industrial unit.
You get a secure, dry, self-contained space with your own padlock, access at any hour of any day for you or your staff, no service charge, no business rates on the unit and no long lease, one month's notice rather than a three or five-year term.
Getting your things in and out
There is hard standing and room for an artic to reach the door and turn afterwards.
Everything happens at ground level with no lift, no shared loading bay and no booking a slot. Access is 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so deliveries and collections fit around your operation rather than someone else's opening hours.
The site is on the edge of Salisbury between Laverstock and Ford, five minutes from the centre and clear of the Churchfields traffic, with good links to the A30, A338 and A345.
The site is on the edge of Salisbury between Laverstock and Ford, five minutes from the centre and clear of the Churchfields traffic, with good links to the A30, A338 and A345.
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40ft high cube — common questions
How many pallets fit in a 40ft high cube? Around 20 standard pallets floor-loaded, and close to double that stacked two high where the goods and the floor loading allow it.
Is this your largest storage unit? Yes, at 320 sq ft with high cube headroom. Beyond this we let storage compounds, which combine a fenced yard with a container.
What is the difference between this and a standard 40ft? Roughly a foot of internal height over the same 320 sq ft footprint. No extra floor area, you are buying volume above head height.
Can I install racking inside? Yes, and the extra height usually allows one more shelf level than a standard container over the same floor area.
Can I run my business from the unit? You can store from it, and many businesses do.
What are the terms? One month minimum, no deposit and no long contract. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before your move-in date.