08-21-2014, 04:12 AM
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Originally posted by terracore
20 foot containers are nearly impossible to get on the Big Island (and many of them are 40' containers that were cut in half and had the doors retrofitted),
Try a guy named Kimo Pa at Big Island Containers in Shipman Business Park, Kea'au. He sells better quality 20', 40', Hi-Cube, 10', conversions to construction offices, rentals, all kinds of things. Also has storage for containers at his lot there.
BTW, one piece of container lore for the uninitiated... there are lots and lots of surplus containers available in Hawai'i due to import/export imbalance, and they are of widely varying qualities. In Hawaiian parlance a "new" container is one that has only been used once, to ship in clean cargo. The Japanese ones are the best.
And if you pick one out to buy, be sure to record the serial number on the Bill of Sale, and check it against what is delivered. There's a bargain rate Honolulu dealer, with a Hilo number, who has been known to switch containers on people, substituting older, more beat up ones. With Kimo Pa in Kea'au you'll get what you paid for.