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20' Flatrack
Open bed with fixed end walls. Full internal dimensions, door opening, capacity and weights below.
- Inside length
- 5.698 m
- Inside width
- 2.230 m
- Inside height
- 2.255 m
- Door width
- Not applicable
- Door height
- Not applicable
- Capacity
- Not applicable
- Tare weight
- 2500 kg
- Max cargo weight
- 21500 kg
About the 20' Flatrack
A load bed with end walls but no sides and no roof, so cargo can overhang the width and stand well clear of the deck.
It exists for cargo no closed unit will take: pieces wider than the door aperture, taller than the roof, or heavy enough that the load must bear on a reinforced steel deck rather than a plywood floor.
Because there is no enclosure, door dimensions and cubic capacity are meaningless here. What governs instead is deck area, the payload rating, and how the load can be lashed down.
What it carries
How it is built
- A steel deck on a reinforced underframe, rated to carry heavily concentrated point loads rather than an evenly spread one.
- End walls only — fixed on standard units, hinged on collapsible ones — with no side walls and no roof.
- Lashing rings set into the side rails, frequently with stanchion pockets for uprights.
- Corner castings at the standard ISO positions, so it handles and stacks like any other container.
- A steel frame carrying a softwood floor, with end walls strong enough both to take cargo securing and to let several flatracks be stacked.
- Lashing rings are set into the side rails, the corner posts and the floor, rated to 2,000 kg on 20 ft units.
- Some 20 ft flatracks have forklift pockets.
- Stanchions can be fitted for cargo that needs uprights.
Why it is used
- Takes cargo wider and taller than any closed unit can accept.
- High payload rating, which suits dense cargo such as steel, stone and machinery.
- Can be loaded from the side or from above, so the door aperture never limits the piece size.
What to check before booking
- Cargo is fully exposed to weather and spray and usually needs wrapping or sheeting.
- Lashing and weight distribution must be worked out per shipment; over-width or over-height cargo also limits what can be stowed alongside.
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