On the thruway they can do it, but up here on 81-no way. Can't do double 40's. Against the law, I believe. I am sure Nanc will correct me if I am wrong, so I don't feel the need to look it up.Around Denver they are trying to do away with as many 28 foot trailers and moving to 40 footers. We can pull double 40's here, so instead of pulling triples we are pulling double 40's. Is this company wide and what is the reasoning?
THE EMPIRE is now buying used containers and painting them white,,,all 53 footers.. usually 600 to 602 series , This is so they can double stack them on the rails..much cheaper..Major problem is closing these Trailer doors. The door rods are made out of cheap metal and over time has bent the rods so bad you need a mechanic up on a ladder to pound them shut !! i have seen it twice so far !!
good luck if no one around in small building and you get one !! That load will sit!
Another thing, most in-state centers barely have room for a 28, let alone a 40 or 53. If you've been around your state and had to place a center load in a door, chances are you're aware that UPS acquires or buys the cheapest place they can find, with no consideration as to how a trailer is gonna get in there straight.
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THE EMPIRE is now buying used containers and painting them white,,,all 53 footers.. usually 600 to 602 series , This is so they can double stack them on the rails..much cheaper..Major problem is closing these Trailer doors. The door rods are made out of cheap metal and over time has bent the rods so bad you need a mechanic up on a ladder to pound them shut !! i have seen it twice so far !!
good luck if no one around in small building and you get one !! That load will sit!
I'm at the largest building we have and its bad. Designed when 53' was the exception. Now the norm. Can't imagine the smaller buildings trying to deal with this.
They're all Chinese hand-me-downs. Bought because they're cheap with little regard to functionality.
Is that why my mudflaps drag on the road???..........It's easy to go over 20,000lbs on the front axle on a single screw.
UPS placed a large order for 53' trailers. Something like 6,800 -- but my memory may be flawed. The reason being is that they're rail cars that can be double-stacked, thus giving UPS a cost advantage over FedEx Ground, which routes everything by ground. We're starting to see more-and-more of these shiny, new, made-in-China trailers. Now all we need is equipment that can handle the loading/unloading of the 53'...
THE EMPIRE is now buying used containers and painting them white,,,all 53 footers.. usually 600 to 602 series , This is so they can double stack them on the rails..much cheaper..Major problem is closing these Trailer doors. The door rods are made out of cheap metal and over time has bent the rods so bad you need a mechanic up on a ladder to pound them shut !! i have seen it twice so far !!
good luck if no one around in small building and you get one !! That load will sit!
Fedex does ship by rail, went to a Norfolk Southern yard one Friday nite was suprised to see a few Fedex ground trailers. Maybe they just do this on weekends like we send certain loads over the rails on weekends.
We unload 53's all the time without power unloaders. All we have are rollers.Nothing but DBL 28's down here. We have had a lot of new 53's show up, but they are being used to pickup big accounts, and runs between hubs. You could get a 53' into my center, but it would take them all day to unload it- all we have is rollers, no power unloaders to reach into the trl.
wonder why, bodies are breaking down.......do the mathWe unload 53's all the time without power unloaders. All we have are rollers.
wonder why, bodies are breaking down.......do the math