shown that are coupled to the lower side of the upper load cell 128 and to the bumper 126 similarly the lower load cell 130 may be stabilized prior to coupling by one or more angularly disposed elongated members not shown that are coupled to the upper side of the lower load cell 130 and to the bumper 126 the exterior of all components of the new fendering system 124 are preferably coated with an epoxy coating system such as the epoxy high system manufactured by ameron protective coatings inc the detailed structure of the upper load cell 128 may be understand by reference to fig1 which is a sectional view of the new fendering system 124 taken at section a a the upper load cell 128 includes a generally cylindrical housing 134 that encases an annularly shaped elastomeric member 136 the exterior of which is bonded to the interior of the cylindrical housing 134 a generally cylindrical plunger 138 is bonded at one end to the annular elastomeric member 136 and at its other end to a generally cylindrical elongated elastomeric member 140 disposed within the bumper 126 a bevelled annular attachment guide 142 is weld or otherwise coupled to the cylindrical housing 134 the bevelled annular attachment guide 142 is preferably formed from a portion of cylindrical pipe of a diameter slightly smaller than the interior diameter of the cylindrical housing 134 that is cut at an angle not unlike the end of a hypodermic needle the bevelled annular attachment guide 142 is coupled to the cylindrical housing 134 so that the bevelled end protrudes therefrom a sufficient amount to slide easily into the stub 112 to facilitate coupling between the upper load cell 128.