Bought outright · England, Scotland & Wales
Sell jackleg cabins
Jackleg cabins bought as they stand, legs sound, bent or missing. A photograph or two and the postcode it is standing on is enough to get a figure and a collection date.
What we take
The most common cabin on any compound
A jackleg cabin is the workhorse of the trade. It levels itself on rough ground, it comes off again without leaving a slab behind, and that is exactly why so many of them end up standing forgotten behind a yard when the job that needed them finished.
We buy them singly and by the compound. Because they are built to be lifted repeatedly, the lifting points on a jackleg cabin are usually in better order than on anything else standing next to it, which makes them straightforward to move and worth having.
- Types
- Jackleg site offices, stores, canteen cabins, split and open plan units, gatehouses.
- Sizes
- 10, 12, 16, 20, 24 and 32ft, plus 8ft and 9ft stores. Nothing is too small to price.
- Legs
- Sound, seized, bent or missing. All bought, at different figures.
- Numbers
- One cabin, or every unit on a compound in a planned sequence.
Not sure what yours is called? It does not matter — see what we take.
What decides the figure
What we are looking at in the photographs
Two or three pictures are enough to start. On a jackleg cabin these are the ones that tell us the most.
A corner, low down
Close enough to show the leg, the bracket it bolts through and the underside of the corner. It is where a jackleg cabin tells you its real condition.
The outside, from an angle
Two elevations and the roof line in one frame, far enough back to show the length and the door and window arrangement.
The chassis, if you can see it
Standing on legs usually means you can see underneath. Anything visible of the chassis rails is worth a picture.
The floor inside
At the corners and across the doorway, where a floor softens first.
The roof
From an upper window, a bank or anywhere safe and higher than the cabin. Never climb onto it for us.
The way in
From the road looking towards the cabin, showing the gateway, the standing ground and anything overhead.
Useful if you can get it, not a requirement. Send what you have and we will ask if we need more.
How the collection runs
Our own vehicles. The cabin is wound down off its legs or lifted straight from them and taken away whole, on our own HIAB where the ground and overhead clearance allow it and a tilt bed where they do not. Where the access looks awkward, send a photograph from where a lorry would have to sit and we will tell you how we would reach it.
Legs that will not wind are a routine problem rather than a reason to walk away, and the crew deal with it on the day. What actually stops a collection is access, which is why the photograph from the road is the useful one.
Payment is by bank transfer on collection, against a figure agreed before the lorry is booked.
The rest of the compound
Rarely just the one cabin
Jackleg cabins usually stand alongside containers, welfare and anti-vandal units. All of it can be handled together.
Site cabins and offices
Site offices, stores and gatehouses, bought in service, tired or stripped back.
See details →Containers
Shipping and storage containers, plain or converted, 6ft through to 40ft.
What we pay for containers →Modular buildings
Multi-bay blocks taken apart and moved in a planned sequence.
See details →Buying rather than selling? We also have used jackleg cabins for sale and all used cabins.
Common questions
Jackleg cabins, asked and answered
What is a jackleg cabin?
A portable cabin that stands on adjustable legs at each corner rather than on a solid base, so it can be levelled on ground that is not flat and lifted again without groundworks. Most site offices, stores and welfare cabins on a compound are jackleg cabins, whether or not anybody calls them that.
Do the legs have to be there?
No. Legs go missing, get bent by a forklift or seize solid, and none of that stops a cabin being bought. Say what is there and the figure allows for it. What matters far more is whether the corners the legs bolt to are still sound.
Do you buy jackleg cabins with the legs seized?
Yes. A seized leg is a normal thing to find on a cabin that has stood for a few years and it is dealt with in the yard. Do not spend money freeing them off before you sell.
What sizes do you take?
From 8ft and 10ft stores up to 32ft offices. Small units are wanted and are never too small to be worth a figure — short cabins move quickly and are straightforward to lift.
How many do you buy at once?
One, or every cabin on a compound. Several together nearly always price better than a single unit, so if a job is finishing send the whole picture rather than one cabin at a time.
How are we paid?
Bank transfer on collection, against a figure agreed before the lorry is booked.
Do you sell jackleg cabins as well?
Much of what we buy is refurbished in our own yard and resold, so yes. Tell us the size and layout you want and we will say what we can do. What is standing changes week to week.
Jackleg cabin standing behind the yard?
A photograph or two and the postcode it is standing on. That is enough for a figure, and the figure is what you are paid on collection.