The Bottom Line - What To Put Under Your Shipping Container
Tuesday 19 May 2020 Filed in: General
Where you choose to place your shipping container is very important to prevent future problems with using the doors. In particular original shipping container doors (ISO doors) can be a bit of a heave-ho to open and close, and if the container isn't sited on hard-standing, level ground this can make things worse. The simple solution is to plan and prepare for delivery in advance.
What happens to containers on uneven ground
Known in the trade as "racking out", if just one corner of the shipping container isn't level the container will twist slightly which causes the doors to go out of alignment, making them difficult to use. This is made worse if the load inside the container is unevenly distributed. Soft ground, such as grass will cause the corners of the container to sink in, which also causes racking out.Standing your container on a hard, level surface prevents these problems, but of course, we understand that this is not always an option. Many of our customers will want to place their shipping containers in fields and gardens, on grassy terrain. This is possible with a few options.