The full length dry van. A 53 foot storage trailer holds 26 pallets loaded straight, about 450 square feet of floor, and sits at dock height so it works like another door on your building.
Manufacturers use the 53 for line-side staging and full production overflow, and distribution centers use it when a seasonal surge shows up faster than racking does. It is the same trailer that runs freight on the interstate, parked at your dock and left there.
Every one we rent is a steel dry van with swing-out rear doors, inspected and swept in our West Chester yard before it goes out. Exact interior figures vary a little by make and year, so if your load is tight to the inch, ask for the specs of the trailer we are sending.
| Length | 53 feet, about 52 and a half feet usable inside |
|---|---|
| Width | 102 inches exterior, a hair over 8 feet inside |
| Clear height | About 9 feet inside a standard dry van |
| Floor space | About 450 square feet |
| Pallets | 26 straight, up to about 30 turned, around 52 double stacked |
| Floor height | 48 to 52 inches, level with a standard dock |
| Doors | Swing-out rear doors, full-width access, lockable |
| Rate | $125 per month, 3-month minimum, then month to month |
Interior figures vary a little by trailer make and year. If your load is tight to the inch, ask for the specs of the exact trailer we are sending.
That is about 450 square feet of floor, and the height is where the 53 earns its keep. Two 48 inch loads stack inside with room to spare, so a cube-friendly product line turns 26 positions into roughly 52 without anyone touching a ladder.
Turning pallets to get to 30 works, but only for square, tightly built loads with no overhang. The pallets span about 96 inches of a roughly 98 inch interior, which leaves nothing to spare. We break down all three loading patterns in our 53 foot pallet math guide, and why dock height matters so much in our dock height post.
Line-side staging, raw material bought ahead, and finished goods waiting on a ship date.
Distribution centers and 3PLs adding a dock door's worth of capacity for a season.
Operations that need several trailers at once. We regularly place two or more 53s at the same building.
One 53 is almost always cheaper per pallet than two smaller trailers, and it only needs one spot and one dock door. Two smaller boxes make sense when you need to split the load across two locations or two departments, or when no single spot on the lot can take a full length trailer.
If your count is closer to 22 to 24, look at the 48 foot trailer at $95 a month or the 45 foot trailer at $75. If the load will overflow one 53, we will place a second one beside it. The size guide covers the trade-offs.
Call by noon, Monday through Friday, and same day delivery is the standard anywhere inside our 100 mile radius of West Chester: southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana. Our own driver spots the trailer where you want it, at a dock door, in the yard or on a job site, and drops it level so it is ready to load. When you are done, we pick it up. The walkthrough is in how storage trailer delivery works.
Terms are the same for every size: a 3-month minimum, then month to month for as long as you keep it, with no long-term lease. We deliver to Cincinnati, Dayton, Florence and the rest of the Tri-State service area. And if what you really need is to move the freight rather than park it, that is same day local trucking, from a few pallets to a full truckload.
Call by noon for same-day delivery across the Cincinnati Tri-State. 3-month minimum, then month-to-month. No long-term contracts.