11-04-2014, 05:51 AM
My point is that people tend to look at the container as a uniformly strong box, one that can be loaded on any of its surfaces. This is no more true of a container than it is of a car. You would not jump around on the roof of your car just because it is a large open surface like the sidewalk. Unlike the sidewalk it is not designed to support foot traffic. It was made no stronger than absolutely necessary. Neither is the roof of the container. Walk on one. It is pretty springy. I wouldn't have more than a couple of people at a time standing on it. You also don't want to wear through the paint by walking on it. So the question arises of just how the presence of the container down there benefits you if you have to build as though it isn't there.