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Notes from the yard and from the road. What to look at before you buy a used unit, what makes one worth selling, and the practical business of getting a cabin off one site and onto another.
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Written by people who lift these things for a living rather than by a marketing department. Plain, and occasionally unflattering about the trade.
What a Hiab actually does: getting a cabin onto site
People book a cabin and then discover they also need a crane, a slot in somebody else's diary and a second contractor standing about. A lorry loader removes most of that, but it has limits worth understanding before the day.
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Jackleg or anti-vandal: which cabin does your site need?
Most people asking for a site office already know roughly what size they want. The harder question is whether it should be a jackleg cabin or an anti-vandal steel unit, and the answer usually comes down to what the site does at night.
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How much is a used portable cabin worth?
Nobody can give you a figure for a used cabin over the phone without knowing what it is and where it stands. What they can do is tell you honestly which things push a number up and which ones flatten it.
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What to check before buying a used portable cabin
A used cabin sells itself on the outside and tells the truth on the inside. Here is what we look at when a unit comes into our yard, and what you should look at before you buy one from anybody.
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