Positioning system for skips

[MartinLe]

We need to position skips* to within a few (~10?) cm on level ground. I've seen positioning systems for roll on/off containers, these were horizontal guide rails on the ground and presumably the container is pushed between them.

Skips are lowered onto the ground from above:

Image source:

http://www.loacker.cc/hu/stoffstroeme/dienstleistungen/containersysteme/absetzcontainer.html

At first glance, a few bars jutting from the ground at an angle (to form a funnel) could do the trick. From looking at videos the skips swing when beeing set down. The bars would need a coating with PE or a similar soft(er than metal) and tough material.

I don't want to invent something as I'm sure this is a solved problem. So far my googling hasn't brought me to a solution. What to do when your skip needs exact placements?

I'm lookingfor an actual product that does this or at least a few good pictures and further info so I can properly spec. and tender the thing.



*This is, I think, the UK english term. I'm talking about the specific container as seen in the image, do USians also call them skips?

 

[MartinLe]

Here's the idea I will go with for now:
triangular profiles bolted to the ground along the long sides + 2 smaller ones on the back side
Profiles in galavanized steel, side facing the skip gets a PE plate mounted on it (wear protection).

Comments?

 

[bimr]

First time that I observed the term USian. I prefer USonian, something that I believe Frank Lloyd Wright coined, but never caught on.

The term that we use is dumpster.

A heavy rail surrounding the dumpster is probably adequate. Don't believe that there is any standard size for dumpster. One would have to work with the particular refuse hauler and get the dumpster dimensions.