Interesting to see they use the French speed decals in South America too.Did the container have a fragile sticker on it, that normally makes people chuck stuff about 
TheNewBoy:
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Hee hee hee…I posted the reply but the page froze. Having pressed the “submit” button another couple of times with no success, I rebooted the computer only to find it had been posted thrice !!! Tried to edit 2 of the posts by deleting all content only to be told “Cannot post. Too few characters” 
Make sure those satellites are well strapped to the rocket, I’m sure there must be vibration issues there too… but what do I know I’m no rocket scientist.
Cronus, they are tightly bolted to the launcher. But not as big as you would think!
A pyrotechnic shears the fixing and off they go once up there.
Cheers
Paul
If the container and it’s contents don’t weigh much ( sub 10 tons ) I 'd suggest that you may benefit from adding ballast weights to the trailer . With the container loaded and locked in the middle of the trailer . Another 5 tons of ballast over the fifth wheel plate and another 5 ton over the axles of the trailer will allow the trailer to "float " a little better on the road - the extra weight will leave it less likely to bounce / jar . It may be that the speeds will have to be reduced as well to stop the shock loading on the final leg as well .
Evening
After much investigation work CSI style, we have discovered:
One twist lock wasn’t connected at all (photographic evidence m’lord)
The suspension unit inside the container had moved a little and allowed the load to bang into the sides of the container (chuffin great dent seen m’lord)
Both issues have been fixed now, and the last ride from Bremen to Holland saw the lowest shocks ever!
Let’s see what our South American friends can do next time…
Cheers
Paul
Have you thought it could be handling of the container at transfer to a UK trailer I assume it has gps if it was a rough ride for the road part of the journey it be down to driver you said you subcontract the haulage it could be the driver is unaware of the delicate nature of the load all they would know it’s a container of machinery
SWEDISH BLUE:
perhaps we could run some experiments with people inside and ask them afterwards?Only if they come from the planners office
Be careful, I’m not convinced you’ll find actual people in a planning office…
On all of the sliders I have used, it shows the pin configuration for all sizes of container 20’,30’ 40 and 45 as well as 2 X 20 . For a twenty foot loaded container the trailer should be opened to pin 3 I believe, apparently this location is correct for braking effort. Due to the weight of your box though it would be quite within reason to double up and put another box up to 18 tonnes on the trailer. Not many hauliers would miss the chance to put a second box on, more boxes=more money. This could mean a heavier box having a bounce effect on the trailer with the load unevenly spread.
On the twistlock front,the standard swivel units are either in or not, there isn’t as far as I am aware any method of torque adjustment. They are fitted, they are used, they sometimes fall off but that’s it. The screw thread lock is a different animal, in that the lock can be engaged but until it is tightened it has no retaining value, so if two at either end were not tightened for instance,the box could rise and fall up to an inch, but not fall off as long as the screws on the other end were tightened
Update…
After seeing the twistlocks were not really secure, we insisted the containers were held down with additional straps.
Result, no strange shocks were seen on the entire journey.
Thanks for all your advise.
Paul
I’m not too proud to drive a rigid if it means I get a free trip to FG to drive it
