Preparing your site for delivery

• The placement area must be firm, compacted and level. Soft sand, wet clay, fresh fill and gravel berms all stop a tilt-bed drop.
• Support the unit at its four corner castings on concrete plinths, railway sleepers or solid blocks — this keeps the doors square and the floor off wet ground.
• Allow a slight fall away from the doors so rainwater does not pool at the threshold.
• On a slope, level the pads rather than the container: a twisted frame binds the doors permanently.

• A rigid truck with a 20ft unit needs about 4 m of width and a turning circle to match; a 40ft interlink needs considerably more.
• Check gate widths, boom heights, speed bumps, kerb drops and any weight-restricted culverts on the approach.
• Overhead power lines, telephone cables, tree limbs and shade-net canopies must be clear along the whole route and above the drop point.
• Note anything the driver should know — a locked gate, a security check-in, a narrow lane — in your delivery instructions.

A tilt-bed truck reverses to the placement point, lifts the trailer nose and slides the container off as it pulls forward. That needs roughly 30 m of straight-line clearance behind the final position, on firm level ground. If you cannot give that run, choose flatbed freight and have lifting equipment on site instead.

• A crane, telehandler or forklift rated above the unit's tare weight must be on site and operating in the delivery window.
• Use certified slings or a spreader engaging the corner castings — never lift from the floor rails.
• Have a competent operator and a banksman present; the delivering driver may not offload the load.
• If the equipment is late or under-rated, the load returns to the depot and a second delivery is charged.

• Someone authorised to accept the unit is on site and reachable on the number given at checkout.
• The placement area is cleared of vehicles, stock and materials.
• Standing time beyond two hours is billed hourly — keep the site ready before the window opens.
• Inspect before the truck leaves: doors open and close, serial and CSC plates match the invoice, and any transit damage is written on the delivery note.

• Grease the door cams and hinges; they seize quickly in coastal air.
• Keep the roof clear of standing water and debris.
• Ventilate or fit vents if you will store anything moisture-sensitive — condensation is the most common complaint on a sealed unit.
• Repositioning after delivery needs a return visit at tariff, so confirm the final position before the truck arrives.

Questions about your specific site? Call +27 73 473 3143 or see the shipping & delivery policy for the freight methods and rates.