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Buy It or Borrow It – The Mule Delivers.
Ohio's Trusted Container Source – Rent or Buy a container today!
Metal Mule Containers is your go-to partner for secure, durable, and fast-delivered storage containers across Northeast Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and beyond. Based in Cleveland and locally grown, we specialize in renting and selling shipping containers that are built tough to last and delivered super-fast, directly to your location.
Whether you're clearing space at home, managing overflow at a business, or gearing up a construction site—our containers work as hard as you do. Choose from a wide range of sizes, grades, and terms, all backed by reliable, no-BS customer service and professional, on-time delivery.
We’re not a middleman—we’re your neighbor with steel in our bones and a mule’s work ethic.
We define excellence in moving containers from point A to point B.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. We mold our services around your specific demands.
Exterior Dimensions:
• Length – 20ft or 40ft
• Height – 8ft 6-inch-high (standard) or 9ft 6- inch (high cube)
• Width – all shipping containers are 8 ft.
One-Trip (New):
New Shipping Containers are often referred to as One-Trip containers. These
units are built overseas and used for a single cargo shipment from the manufacturer to the
United States, arriving in like-new condition. Minimal wear, factory-quality, and ready to serve
for decades.
Cargo-Worthy:
Certified for overseas cargo transport under CSC criterions and include a CSC plate. Ideal for export or heavy-duty storage. Aesthetically, cargo worthy containers all have some exterior rust, dings, dents, marine grade laminated plywood flooring but are ready for ocean export.
Wind & Watertight (WWT):
Great for ground-level storage. Sealed tight and solid under pressure. Water/Wind Tight Containers are retired from the steamship lines. These units may have exterior rust, dings, dents, or professional welded patches, but the flooring will be solid & doors operational for Water/Wind condition. All containers are inspected at the depot facility prior to pick-up or delivery. Many people use these containers for ground-level storage or for building purposes as they cannot be used for ocean export.
Container Specifications:
• Corten Steel Construction
• 1 1/8″ laminated Marine-grade plywood flooring
• Lockable double doors
Weight:
• 20ft standard shipping containers weigh approx. 5,000 lbs.
• 40ft standard shipping containers weigh approx. 8,000 lbs.
• 40ft high cube weigh approx. 8,500 lbs.
Shipping containers AKA:
Cargo container, cargo boxes, conex, conex box, conex container, container van, dry cargo, dry, storage, dry van, freight container, intermodal, ISO, sea can, sea container, corrugated box, shipping crate, maritime container.
Containers for everyone -
just tell us where and when.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. We mold our services around your specific demands.
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