Non CDL Bulk Van route

[soberups]

It's very possible to go overweight if you make pickups at some times of shippers. Printers are the easiest to go overweight at. If you ever get over 26000 lbs without a cdl, you would be cited as well as UPS. I know I've gone over 26000 with the straight body. I don't know how they could enforce weight if you never travel past a weigh station.

Wineries are a weight problem for us sometimes; a double-axle P-700 can take 5,000 lbs of cargo which means that 125 full cases of wine (40lbs each) will overload you long before containment becomes a problem. I think the big trucks (we call them "Mashers" out here) can take about 15,000 lbs of cargo which is easy enough to reach on a big day at a winery.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

My center doesn't care about CDL requirements. I can't get it through their heads on some tanks/box vans that it doesn't matter what it is licensed for, but GVWR.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Wineries are a weight problem for us sometimes; a double-axle P-700 can take 5,000 lbs of cargo which means that 125 full cases of wine (40lbs each) will overload you long before containment becomes a problem. I think the big trucks (we call them "Mashers" out here) can take about 15,000 lbs of cargo which is easy enough to reach on a big day at a winery.

My center needs to understand this when the brickload a P1 with paper for the fort's logistics center.

 

[mdnj88]

We just call them "footers" here for "24 footers". Part of my route used to be on one but they took that stop off me. We have about 15 of those trucks since we do quite a few malls and industrial parks. We have one route that the driver uses 3 different 24 footers everyday to get his route done. 1 for deliveries and 2 for pickups

 

[Richard Harrow]

We just call them "footers" here for "24 footers". Part of my route used to be on one but they took that stop off me. We have about 15 of those trucks since we do quite a few malls and industrial parks. We have one route that the driver uses 3 different 24 footers everyday to get his route done. 1 for deliveries and 2 for pickups

Edison, NJ building?

 

[Wally]

We call it, "the mall truck".

I think you guys are talking about what we call a wally out here in the west

That's not right...

 

[selfcancelsignal]

Class D chauffeurs license for the PC's is all right for the straight trucks at our center, not a full blown CDL. Wonder when that'll be coming. It's bound to the way things go around Brown.


Sent from my rotary phone.

 

[ikoi62]

We just call them "footers" here for "24 footers". Part of my route used to be on one but they took that stop off me. We have about 15 of those trucks since we do quite a few malls and industrial parks. We have one route that the driver uses 3 different 24 footers everyday to get his route done. 1 for deliveries and 2 for pickups

Boundbrook?

 

[Alleycar]

We called ours the Pig. It was an old International that could barely make it up the hill to the mall, haha.

 

[Johney]

Class D chauffeurs license for the PC's is all right for the straight trucks at our center, not a full blown CDL. Wonder when that'll be coming. It's bound to the way things go around Brown.


Sent from my rotary phone.

Didn't the DMV do away with class D license? They did here.

 

[TooTechie]

We call it Evil Dave here

 

[104Feeder]

My center doesn't care about CDL requirements. I can't get it through their heads on some tanks/box vans that it doesn't matter what it is licensed for, but GVWR.

On the brownsides we have here, they are listing them as rated to 25,500lbs to avoid the drivers needing a CDL.

It would still be 20,000 lbs on the rear axle though, so possible to go overweight. Sometimes the MVD here will put out mobile weigh stations specifically for local carriers and they will weigh ours as well as Fedex and any commercial vehicle falling under DOT regs. Besides overweight, a driver could be cited for improper loading if the weight is distributed too much to the rear or one side in which braking could be affected. Generally the citations go to the driver thought they can write it any way they want. UPS would pay your fine but any points would be all yours. I would certainly lawyer up.

 

[mdnj88]

Edison, NJ building?

Njpar

 

[iowa boy]

Didn't the DMV do away with class D license? They did here.

Here in Iowa we still have the class D with different endorsements.

 

[Richard Harrow]

Njpar

We have one similar to this in Edison. I did it once. Never again. What a nightmare.

 

[Rainman]

Big Brown here.


Kmart sux. So does Walmart. And Orion.

 

[Covemastah]

We just call it a straight truck. Pretty good run. All dock stops. No resi's. Almost like being in feeders.

ahhh not quite,,,we only do about 5 to 7 stops a day and take lunch and stop for coffee.....

 

[Indecisi0n]

Speaking for most dudes everywhere, I don't want to jump onto "Big Eddy".

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[upschuck]

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I said most.

 

[danlin]

I have driven one to a satellite center for the last 5 years, no CDL , no problems.....yet.
Mine is called Big Bertha and its loaded right next to a mall one nick-named Large Marge...