Also called Flat rack
A flat-rack container is a steel platform with two end walls and no sides or roof, built to carry cargo that's too wide, too tall or too oddly shaped to fit inside a boxed container. Some models have fixed end walls, others fold flat when empty so they stack for the return trip. Containers Delivered doesn't stock or sell flat-rack containers.
A flat rack isn't one fixed spec, it's a category, and the number that matters most, how much weight the platform can carry, changes depending on the manufacturer, the age of the unit and whether the end walls are fixed or collapsible. Two flat racks that look identical parked side by side can be rated for different loads.
That's true of a lot of specialty container equipment and it's exactly why nobody should shop a flat rack off a rule of thumb someone quoted them once.
The number that matters is stencilled on the unit itself, on the CSC plate riveted to the frame alongside the tare weight and maximum gross weight for that specific box. That plate is the honest source, not a spec sheet for the model in general, because two units of the same model can carry different ratings depending on age and condition. Whoever's supplying the flat rack should be able to point you to that plate before you load it.
Take the sides and roof off a container and what's left is a steel base with two end walls, sometimes fixed, sometimes hinged to fold down when the rack is empty. That shape exists for one reason: cargo that won't fit inside a closed box. Machinery, pipe, steel coil, boats, anything wider or taller than a standard container's door opening gets strapped or chained straight to the platform and loaded from the top or the side by crane.
Flat racks are specialty freight equipment, and the jobs that call for one, moving something too big for a box, aren't the storage and jobsite security work most of our customers are solving for. We stock and sell standard closed 20-ft and 40-ft steel containers, and a flat rack simply isn't in that lineup.
If a closed 20-ft or 40-ft solves it, we can likely get you into one this week.
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