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Self-storage costs add up. I'd consider putting a shipping container converted into a shed onto the land: https://search.brave.com/search?q=container+shed

Sure, a determined thief can still steal your stuff. But will they? I think at some point you just take reasonable precautions and accept the risk. If you're really concerned, you're going to have to haul your stuff out there every time.

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Odds are your stuff would be safe. But don't put anything you "can't lose" in one. They do catch on fire when some dickhead stores gasoline or explosives. People cut though the sheetrock walls to pillage units. Plus everything @Cantaloupe said.

Just remember that they're going to raise your rent after 6 months and then annually every year by approximately 20%. So whatever you're storing you're going to be repurchasing every single month. So make absolutely sure that the things you're storing are things that you would actually buy again every single month. If there's anything going into that storage that you would not pay $65 or $50 or whatever $300 whatever your storage is going to cost if there was anything going in there that you wouldn't pay that much for to repurchase every month then do not store it. Take it directly to the thrift shop or the dump. And before you store anything like old TVs or old kitchenware go to your local thrift shop and see what those things are going for right now and realize that if you ever want another one you can go buy one for 30 bucks at your thrift shop so you do not want to be spending money to store it every month.

These storage places rely on people putting things in storage and then being lazy and never ever wanting to go back in there and do the work to get it out. So it just keeps hitting your credit card or your bank account or however you're doing your automatic withdrawals every month.

So really really really get rid of everything that you don't want and can't repurchase at a thrift shop. Don't keep old lamps don't keep old TVs don't keep old clothes don't keep old knick knacks don't keep on kitchen goods. If you can buy it use it a thrift shop don't keep it.

Mentally it's very easy to put things in storage but it's extremely difficult both physically and mentally to get up the energy and discipline to get them out.

So they have you every month paying them.

Get rid of the stuff now do not store it. There is almost nothing you could possibly own that you would want to store that you couldn't go by at a thrift shop a year from now instead of storing it. Don't store stuff. Trust me I've made this mistake.

Don't leave any expensive items like ATV's in one.

What is the price of a storage unit, and what is the price of a weekend atv rental?
Get a 2x4 storage locker if you have smaller stuff.

Hey one that is fenced in with a chain and padlock, cut the chain and add your padlock for a secret exit if needed.

A friend of mine built a self storage facility. I thought that’s what you were talking about.

He said it’s the smartest financial thing he’s ever done. The easiest money he ever made. He paid the mortgage off in a few years and now has a business with almost no expenses but a steady income.

As crackinjokes said, nobody ever picks their shit up.

protect your stuff from mold and mildew