COFC Shipping Skid

COFC Shipping SkidWant to ship your Ghost in a container? A number of Ghosts have been damaged in COFC (Container On Flat Car) rail shipments. This is the solution. It provides a method of truly holding the car without damage from 'normal' rail operation coupling and slack forces. These can be severe. SGA tech folks developed this skid system over several years and a number of shipments of Veteran cars where the containers were instrumented to determine the forces the

Want to ship your Ghost in a container?  A number of Ghosts have been damaged in COFC (Container On Flat Car) rail shipments.  This is the solution.  It provides a method of truly holding the car without damage from 'normal' rail operation coupling and slack forces.  These can be severe.  SGA tech folks developed this skid system over several years and a number of shipments of Veteran cars where the containers were instrumented to determine the forces the container saw in shipment.  After the system design was completed it was tested on an open trailer where the same forces were developed while the car was filmed.  Both Veterans and Ghosts have been shipped many times using these skids. . . never with any damage.  There are four key components.  1) the skid as installed in the container is solid against the bulkhead at the blind end of the container and the doors at the other.  2) the skid has screw plates that allow the skid to be properly attached to the container floor with enough correctly designed fasteners to hold the skid, 3) the skid contains winches that draw the car's suspension down so the car does not bounce and jounce, and 4) the wheels are restrained by energy absorbing chocks. . . the same ones used for transport of new cars in rail service (in 'autoracks').  Two Ghosts can go in a 40' container on two skids, one in a 20' container.

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Part No. SGA-26