Contractors face a specific storage challenge: work vehicles and equipment represent significant value and are essential to making money, but residential neighborhoods don't welcome them. Finding secure, accessible, affordable storage near your service area directly affects your bottom line.

• Service body trucks
• Pickup trucks with tool boxes
• Crew cab trucks
• Flatbed trucks

• Enclosed tool trailers
• Utility trailers
• Equipment trailers
• Specialty trailers (scaffolding, etc.)

• Compressors
• Generators
• Power equipment
• Specialty tools
• Smaller construction equipment

• Box trucks
• Vans (cargo, service)
• Dump trucks (smaller)

Most contractors need access before standard business hours—often 5:00-6:00 AM.

Critical question: "What are your earliest access hours?"

Contractor vehicles often contain $10,000-50,000+ in tools and equipment.

Must-haves:

• Gated access with individual codes
• Adequate lighting
• Secure perimeter fencing

Better:

• Camera coverage
• Access logging
• Management presence

Many contractors have trucks with trailers attached.

Requirements:

• Space length for truck + trailer
• Maneuvering room (backing trailers is challenging in tight spaces)
• Surface that handles trailer weight

Growing contractors often have 2-5+ vehicles.

Considerations:

• Volume pricing
• Ability to add/remove vehicles
• Spaces that work for different vehicle sizes

What they offer:

• Space designed for larger vehicles
• Often accommodate trailers
• Gated security
• Flexible terms

Typical cost: $75-175/month per vehicle

What they offer:

• Specifically serve commercial users
• May offer more services
• Understand contractor needs

Typical cost: $100-250/month per vehicle

What they offer:

• May allow on-site operations
• Sometimes include building space
• More formal arrangements

Typical cost: Varies widely based on arrangement

Storage should make sense for your service area:

East Metro contractors: Storage in Conyers, Covington, or Oxford puts you near I-20 for access throughout the east side

Citywide contractors: Central location may be worth the premium

Specific area focus: Store closest to where most work happens

Every day, you or your crews:

1. Commute from home to storage
2. Commute from storage to jobs
3. Return to storage
4. Commute from storage to home

Minimize total travel time by positioning storage strategically.

I-20, I-85, I-75, and I-285 are your lifelines. Storage with good highway access speeds every trip.

Storage fees: $75-200/month per vehicle

Additional costs:

• Setup fees (often $25-75)
• Insurance requirements (may add $10-25/month)

Travel time:

• 30 minutes extra daily = 10+ hours monthly
• Value that time at your hourly rate

Fuel:

• Extra miles to/from storage add up

Convenience factor:

• A difficult facility wastes time every visit

Scenario: 3 work trucks

Option A: Closest facility ($150/month each)

• Cost: $450/month
• Extra travel: 0

Option B: Farther facility ($100/month each)

• Cost: $300/month
• Savings: $150/month
• Extra travel: 20 min/day extra × 22 days = 7.3 hours/month

Is $150/month worth 7+ hours? Depends on what you'd do with that time.

Essential:

• Gate that works and closes
• Individual access codes
• Perimeter fencing

Better:

• Cameras
• Management oversight

Always use:

• Hitch locks on trailers
• Lock truck and trailer compartments
• Don't leave high-value items visible

Consider:

• GPS trackers (worth it for equipment theft recovery)
• Wheel locks for trailers
• Alarm systems

• Verify your contractor/commercial insurance covers stored vehicles and equipment
• Understand the facility's liability limitations
• Document your equipment value

Oxford RV Storage serves contractors throughout the east Metro area:

• Located on I-20 for easy highway access
• Space for work trucks and trailers
• Gated access with individual codes
• Competitive east-Metro pricing

For contractors serving Conyers, Covington, Newton County, and the eastern Atlanta area, the location provides convenient access. For contractors with citywide coverage, the I-20 location works well for east-side jobs and is accessible (though not optimal) for western work.