The doors are the problem a closed container creates, and a flat rack removes them. Without side walls or a roof, this used 20ft rack gives 5.63 m of clear open deck loaded by crane from above, or by forklift from either side — machinery, pipe, steel sections, boats and vehicles that would never fit through a container door simply go straight on. It is bought as much for ground use as for freight — a rack makes a ready-built working platform or equipment skid with certified lifting points already engineered into the frame.
Dimensions and weight
- Length, external: 6.06 m (19 ft 11 in)
- Width, external: 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
- Height, external: 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in)
- Deck length, internal: 5.63 m (18 ft 6 in)
- Width, internal: 2.23 m (7 ft 4 in)
- Weight: 2,740 kg (6,041 lb)
- Deck: 28 mm marine plywood on a steel frame
Deck and load securing
- No side walls: crane-loadable from above, and forklift-loadable from either side
- Lashing rings set into the side rails, the deck and the corner posts
- Fixed or collapsible ends; collapsible units fold flat and stack when empty
- Forklift pockets optional — tell us how the rack gets handled
- Plated for shipping and stacking when loaded — refer to the plate itself for full detail
- ISO corner castings give certified lifting points on all eight corners
Tying down a load properly
The reason lashing rings run through three separate elements — rails, deck and corner posts — is that a load on an open deck has to be restrained in more than one plane. Rings in the rails take the lateral pull; rings in the deck let you bring a strap down over the top of a load rather than across it; the corner posts give you a high anchor for anything tall. Improvising with the frame itself is where flat rack loads go wrong. If you tell us the shape and weight of what you are carrying, we can say whether a fixed-end or collapsible-end rack suits it better.
What used condition means on a rack
These are ex-service frames and they look it: paint wear, surface rust on the rails and marking to the decking are all normal at this grade. A rack has no walls, no roof and no door seals, so the things that define condition on a closed container simply do not apply here — what matters is that the frame is true, the castings are sound and the deck is intact. Grading terms are set out in our condition guide.
Delivery, siting and cover
UK delivery is free, and that includes Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. The price shown is the total payable — no VAT is added at checkout. A rack is low and open so it comes off a tilt-bed easily, but at 2,740 kg with no walls to distribute the load it wants firm bearing directly under the rails; soft standing will let a corner settle and take the frame out of true. Crane or HIAB offload, if your site needs it, is agreed in writing before delivery. It carries a 3-month structural warranty from delivery covering the deck, main rails, cross members, end frames and corner castings, set out in our Warranty Policy; an open frame has no walls, roof or door seals, so weathertightness does not apply to it and is not warranted. Your statutory rights apply as normal: 14 days to change your mind under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, and separately 30 days to reject the goods if they are faulty under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
Related units
A load running longer than 20ft calls for the 40ft used flat rack, which doubles the deck length, and the 40ft new and used flat racks listing covers both grades in that size. Intermodal work that needs an unmarked frame generally calls for the one-trip 20ft flat rack instead. All lengths and both grades sit under flat rack containers, and you can request a delivered price for your postcode at any time.
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