Atlanta Mobile Office Trailer Rental

Red clay and afternoon storms

Georgia clay turns slick after a summer thunderstorm, and a trailer truck on a wet clay lot gets stuck. If the lot is dirt, plan a gravel entrance or schedule delivery for a dry day. A trailer set on clay should be blocked and leveled, since the ground shifts and the door starts to stick.

Storms bring wind and lightning. Ask about tie-downs and grounding, and whether the unit has surge protection for the computers inside. A plain power strip does not count.

Erosion control matters on new sites, and inspectors notice a muddy trailer pad that sends runoff into the street. A gravel pad solves two problems at once. If the job is in a creek basin or a low area, mention it. Flash flooding on small streams around the metro is common enough that a trailer in the wrong spot floats its contents, and the provider would rather move the pad than the unit.

Film sets and construction sites

Atlanta is a major film and television production center, and productions rent mobile offices for production staff, wardrobe and coordinators near a set. That demand competes with construction for the same units. If you are building in a busy production season, call early.

A unit near a set may need to move overnight, run on a generator and carry a lot of power for equipment. Say you are booking for production on the first call, since it changes the unit and the logistics.

On the construction side, Midtown and Buckhead mean towers and renovations on tight lots. Hartsfield-Jackson and East Point have airport and logistics projects. The BeltLine corridor has mixed-use development that needs sales offices as well as field offices.

Inside and outside the Perimeter

Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Peachtree Corners are office and healthcare territory along and inside I-285. Marietta and Smyrna carry a mix of industrial and commercial work. Tucker and Stonecrest are east of the city and growing. Douglasville, to the west, has warehouse and distribution projects.

Traffic on the Perimeter and the downtown connector decides when a truck can arrive. A provider based in East Point may reach Smyrna quickly and take longer to get to Stonecrest. Ask where the yard is, and if delivery pricing follows the mileage.

The Perimeter splits the metro in two for deliveries. Inside I-285, streets are older and tighter. Outside it, lots are bigger and the truck has room to turn. Marietta and Smyrna, in Cobb County, have their own building offices and habits, so ask if the provider has worked there. One that knows the local office can say what the inspector asks for.

Sales trailers for new communities

Atlanta's suburbs keep adding subdivisions and mixed-use projects, and builders put a sales trailer on the corner of the site to meet buyers before the models are done. Those units need a good entrance, working heat and air, and a ramp or an accessible route. They also need to look like somebody cares: a clean skirt, tidy steps and a straight sign.

Peachtree Corners, Tucker and Douglasville all see this kind of project, each with different buyers. Look at the walkway as well as the trailer. A buyer judges the community by the path to the front door, and a gravel path in a storm is a muddy mess.

North of the Perimeter, GA 400 ties Buckhead, Sandy Springs and Alpharetta together, and its traffic can turn a twenty minute delivery into an hour. Fulton County south of the airport, around Union City and Fairburn, is warehouse country with big flat lots and few surprises for a truck. Ask for a delivery window, not an exact hour.

Hot summers, damp springs

Georgia summers are humid. The air conditioner in a trailer should keep up with a full room of people and a printer. Ask about capacity and repair response, and what the provider does when a unit quits during a heat wave.

Check the roof and the seams. Heavy rain finds leaks, and a trailer that leaks wrecks drawings and laptops. A fresh coat of paint on the roof sometimes hides a problem.

Pollen is the other Atlanta fact. In spring a yellow coat covers everything outside, including the steps, and a good door seal keeps the inside usable. Wet red clay on a metal step is slick, so a rubber mat and a handrail are worth the small cost.

Georgia Tech, the Midtown hospitals and the campuses near Emory run on tight sites and long schedules. Atlanta owners like these tend to want a unit that looks tidy from the sidewalk. It should also stay put for the full project, so ask about skirting and paint before you sign.

The same-week question

Bring the address, the date you need the unit, the length of the job and the headcount. Say if it is dirt or paved, and if there is power. A field office, a sales office and a production office each get a different setup, so name which you are.

If the schedule is tight, say so. Same-week delivery is possible when the provider has stock in the yard, and not possible when the unit must be built or modified. A restroom, a data cable or a furniture package each add days.

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