For horse owners, barns, ranches and equestrian facilities. Cactus Containers builds tack rooms out of 20 ft and 40 ft shipping containers at our Decatur, Amarillo and Midland yards — configured around your setup, then delivered.
A tack room from Cactus Containers is a modification our own fabrication crew performs on a 20 ft or 40 ft shipping container you buy from us. The work happens in-house at the yard in Decatur, Amarillo or Midland, Texas, and the finished unit is delivered to your barn, arena or acreage.
We publish a price for the two basic builds we get asked for most, in 20 ft and 40 ft, with every spec listed. Beyond those two, there is no fixed tack room spec — we can do less than the basic build or a good deal more, and anything off that spec is quoted per build. Tell us what you need to store and where it’s going, and the nearest yard will put a number on it.
Tack rooms are built in two container lengths — 20 ft and 40 ft — and then configured to what you need. The container is the shell; the layout inside is decided with you before we quote it.
20′L × 8′W × 8′6″H
Standard ISO exterior dimensions. Same 8 ft width as a 40 ft container, half the length — the option to look at when the site is tight or you’re storing for fewer horses. What goes inside is configured per build.
40′L × 8′W × 9′6″H
Dimensions shown for a 40 ft high cube, which stands one foot taller than a standard 8′6″ container. A 40 ft is what one of our Decatur customers bought for their daughters’ tack room. Layout is still configured per build.
| Container size | Exterior L × W × H | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 20 ft standard | 20′ × 8′ × 8′6″ | The shorter of the two lengths. |
| 40 ft standard | 40′ × 8′ × 8′6″ | Twice the length, same height as the 20 ft standard. |
| 40 ft high cube | 40′ × 8′ × 9′6″ | One foot taller inside than a standard 8′6″ container. |
Those are the ISO standards these containers are built to. They describe the steel shell only — nothing about what a given tack room build includes. call the nearest Texas yard or request a quote .
Most people want a number before they want a conversation, so here are the two builds we put together most often — every spec listed, and one all-in total for the finished tack room. Pick your yard to see the price that applies to you.
Built on a 1-Trip 20′ Standard container — 20′ L × 8′ W × 8.5′ H.
Built on a 1-Trip 40′ High Cube container — 40′ L × 8′ W × 9.5′ H.
We can do less than this and we can do more than this — every tack room is built to order. Drop the pad racks, add twenty more feet of tie rack, run the saddle racks down both walls, skip the interior paint, add a window or a roll-up door — the two builds above are simply the specs we get asked for most, priced so you have a real number to work from.
Tell us what you actually need and we’ll spec it and price it for you.
Both totals are the price of the finished tack room at the yard, plus tax if applicable. Delivery is quoted separately, by distance from the yard that builds it.
The basic build above includes the 12″ solar fan, and our rent-to-own program covers containers with no plumbing or electrical in them. So the basic tack room, exactly as specced, is a buy-outright build.
Build the same tack room without the solar fan and it qualifies for rent-to-own. Same racks, same hooks, same insulation, same steel door, same paint inside and out — just the four corner intake vents doing the ventilating instead of a powered fan.
So it’s a straight choice, and both answers are good ones: take the fan and buy it outright, or leave the fan off and spread the cost.
The two basic builds above are where most people start, not where they have to finish. A container tack room can be configured with any of the things below.
The list above is a menu, not a spec sheet — none of it is a fixed inclusion beyond what’s in the two basic builds.
An online build-your-own tack room configurator is something we’re working toward. It isn’t live yet — for now, a phone call or a quote request is the fastest way to spec one out.
These are two completely different things and it’s worth being clear about which one you’re asking for.
Custom fabrication done in-house by our own crew, on a container you buy from Cactus Containers. We cut, frame and weld the work in at the yard in Decatur, Amarillo or Midland, and the finished tack room is delivered to you.
Cactus Containers also sells standalone accessory kits — parts for customers who are modifying their own container themselves. Those are a separate product, we do not install them, and buying one is not how you get a tack room built.
Cactus Containers holds 4.7 stars from 94 Google reviews across our Texas yards.
Our daughters recently purchased a 40' tack room container from Cactus Containers. Hands down the best money they could have spent. Living in Amarillo, TX we were a little hesitant in the beginning ordering out of East TX.
Real builds from our Decatur, Amarillo and Midland yards. Tell us your setup and we’ll build to match.
Tack rooms are fabricated at the Cactus Containers yard nearest you and delivered from there. All three yards are open Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM, and Saturday from 9 AM to 12 PM, closed Sunday.
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Need the container on its own instead? Browse the shipping container catalog with per-yard pricing, compare container sizes and dimensions, or read about custom container builds.
Send a quote request with your container size, your location and what you need to store — or just call the yard closest to you and talk it through with a real person.