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GUIDE TO SELECTING UNIT SIZE
| Unit | Compare to | Typical Contents | Other Uses |
| 5x5 | small closet | small furniture, chest of drawers. chair. boxes, miscellaneous small items | office or personal records, tools & equipment |
| 5x10 | large closet | furniture from one large room, couch and chair, chest of drawers or dresser, box springs and mattress set, plus small items and boxes | outdoor furniture, lawn mowers, garden tools, motorcycles |
| 5x15 | large walk-in closet | furniture from a small one bedroom apartment without appliances; small items and boxes | document storage |
| 10x10 | about 1/2 the size of a standard one-car garage | furniture from a one-bedroom apartment without appliances; small items and boxes | pharmaceutical inventory, sales and supplies |
| 10x15 | furniture from a two-bedroom house/apt; miscellaneous items and cartons | small car, files | |
| 10x20 | about the size of a standard one-car garage | furniture from a two or three-bedroom house with appliances; miscellaneous items and cartons | car or truck and other small items; winery sales |
| 10x25 | furniture from a large two or three -bedroom house; miscellaneous items and cartons | car or truck, tools, construction inventory | |
| 10x30 | will hold the content of a 40-ft. moving van | furniture from a large three or four-bedroom house; miscellaneous items and cartons | trucks, boats, limousines, equipment, construction, inventory of all types |
Space Requirement and Unit Capacities Guide
| Unit | SQ. Ft. | CU. Ft. | Pounds | Rooms | Residence | Truck Trailer | Size Unit |
| 5x5 | 25 | 175 | 1,120 | 1 | Sm-Med Trailer | 5x5x7 | |
| 5x10 | 50 | 350 | 2,240 | 2 | Large Trailer | 5x10x7 | |
| 5x15 | 75 | 525 | 3,360 | 3 | 12' Truck | 5x15x7 | |
| 10x10 | 100 | 700 | 4,450 | 4 | 1-Br. Apt. | 14' Truck | 10x10x7 |
| 10x15 | 150 | 1050 | 7,280 | 6 | 2-Br. Apt. | 18' Truck | 10x15x7 |
| 10x20 | 200 | 1400 | 8,960 | 8 | 3-Br. House | 22' Truck | 10x20x7 |
| 10x30 | 300 | 2100 | 13,440 | 12 | 4-Br. House | 24' Truck | 10x30x7 |
The above table may be used for estimating a project's storage space requirement. This is a general guide only and is based on the assumption that the average customer will not pack a unit as "tight" as a professional mover would. How much any unit holds depends directly on the type and amount of goods to be stored and the manner in which they are packed and stacked in the unit.
Calculations:
- SQ. FT. was determined by multiplying the length and width of each unit
- CU.FT. was arrived by multiplying square foot by 7' (average height)
- Pounds were determined by multiplying 5.6 times cubic foot (movers use 7)