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Container Rack

How it works

How it works.

Every shipping container has lashing rings welded to its rails. Our uprights hook onto them. Everything else hangs off the uprights.

The hook bolt passed round a lashing ring at the top of a Standard Duty upright.

Five steps

Step
by step

  1. 01

    Hook on the uprights

    Pass the hook bolt round the lashing ring, drop the upright into place and tighten the nut. One upright per lashing ring.

    The Standard Duty upright: a 2 mm galvanised steel channel with the hook bolt at the top and slots down its length.
    A gloved hand tightening the hook-bolt nut at the top of an upright.
  2. 02

    Slot in the arms

    Each arm drops into a slot on the upright at the height you want. Standard Duty uprights have 10 positions, Heavy Duty 5.

    A Standard Duty 450 mm arm: a galvanised steel bracket with the hook that drops into an upright slot.
    Gloved hands lowering a Standard Duty arm into a slot on the upright.
  3. 03

    Add the decks

    Lift each deck onto its pair of arms and screw it down from underneath. A three-level bay takes about 25 minutes.

    A timber deck cut to span two uprights, resting on a pair of arms.
    Timber deck boards resting on a pair of Standard Duty arms.
  4. 04

    Load up

    Spread loads evenly along each deck. Heaviest items low.

    A finished Standard Duty wall with four levels of decks, ready to load.
    Four levels of Standard Duty racking with timber decks along a white container wall.

Four parts

The
parts

Lashing rings

Will it fit
my container?

Every ISO container has lashing rings welded to its rails. One upright hooks onto each.

Lashing rings

4 points5 points

Count the lashing rings on each side wall: usually four or five on a 20ft. Each upright needs one.

Internal sizes

Internal length, width and height of the four containers in millimetres
ContainerLengthWidthHeight
20ft standard5,8982,3522,393
20ft high cube5,8982,3522,698
40ft standard12,0322,3522,393
40ft high cube12,0322,3522,698

Loads

Know
your numbers

Spread loads evenly along each deck. The configurator warns you when a wall's levels add up to more than the upright can carry.

Safe working loads by system and arm depth
SystemUprightArms
Standard Duty600 kg450 mm: 150 kg · 600 mm: 100 kg · 750 mm: 75 kg
Heavy Duty900 kg600 mm: 300 kg

Out again

Taking
it down

Unscrew the decks, lift out the arms, undo the hook bolts. The container is as it was. Containers can be moved with the racking in place as long as the decks are empty and every fixing is tight.

Questions

Fitting questions

If yours isn't here, call 01636 552215.

Talk to us
Can I install it myself?

Yes. The racking is designed for containers and goes in with a spanner and a screwdriver. A three-level bay takes about 25 minutes.

See the installation guide

What tools do I need?

A spanner for the hook bolts. A screwdriver or cordless driver if you fit the timber decks.

The hook won't fit behind the lashing ring.

Rings are welded in by hand and sometimes sit tight to the wall. Take the hook-bolt assembly apart, put the hook round the ring first, then bring the upright to it, pass the bolt through and fit the nut.

Does it fit a high cube container?

Yes, with longer uprights. Choose high cube in the configurator and we'll quote it.

My lashing rings are spaced differently from your photos.

The uprights still fit. Only the deck length changes, and we can supply decks to your spacing or you can cut your own.

How many archive boxes fit in a 20ft?

About 200 along one side with four levels of Standard Duty, depending on the box.

Does it fit a 40ft?

The steel does. Deck lengths depend on the 40ft's lashing spacing, so choose 40ft in the configurator and we'll quote it.

Google reviews

Rated 5.0
on Google

From 9 reviews on Google

  • Google Review

    mark myles

    Great product that fits quickly and easily. The sales team went above and beyond to help me get the right product delivered quickly.

  • Google Review

    CNC Repair UK Ltd

    We recently purchased the heavy duty container racking, its a very robust & well finished racking system which was ideal for our needs. Phil got the order out to us really quickly, great service.

  • Google Review

    Tom Hinchley

    Fantastic product! We have used this racking on international projects for machinery spare parts and raw materials. Simple to install and more than doubled our storage capacity in our containers. Real value for money and a brilliant company to deal with.

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The orange container open, with the Self storage racking installed on both walls.