Another Topic Just For Fun - What Was Your Last Load? How Much Did It Weigh? How Many Miles?
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Ha! I missed that thread the first time around!
There's a little more to this onion trip:
The shipper loaded my trailer incorrectly. I didn't find out until I drove 20 miles away to a scale. I had just over 38k on my open spread axles, which is legal for most of the way (allowed 40k on spreads). The trouble is, once I get to NY I'm required to close the axles, limiting my weight to 36k.
So after scaling open at 38k, I scaled closed and was over 41k. Not good, but no worries I'll just stop by our yard in Sprimo and have them move two pallets to the front.
Of course in the process they tipped a whole pallet of 42 bags on the ground...
So after restacking all the bags on a pallet, we had to wrap it with the only thing available, plastic. Afterwards I poked a gazillion holes in the plastic for the ventilation.
In the end it all worked out fine. The shipper accepted the load and I was on my way.
But I hate hauling onions. Give me a load of steel on my deck any day.
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
Turtle, I think that load of onions made you cry...lol. glad it all went well in the end
Commercial AC units with 4 stops including final weighing in at 8500 lbs. From Laredo, TX to drop 1 in Capitol heights, MD. Drop 2 in Yonkers, NY. Drop 3 in Rochester, NY. Final in Mississauga, ON.
Funny thing about this load is that it ran about 2550 actual miles but pays 2780 miles. I'm not complaining with the extra 5 CPM for Canada for all loaded miles and additional 25 bucks per stop. Border crossing is also counted as a stop and pays accordingly. Good load for a weeks worth of work.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
Last load I just relayed to another driver. Started with a 13,900 lb trailer loaded with misc households from Rotterdam, NY to where we did the switch in Raphine, VA at White's truck stop. Final will be at a Target DC in Madison, AL. Total miles for me was 532.
Current load is 6 forklifts, 47000 lbs, loaded in Indiana and have deliveries in Valdosta, Orlando, and West Palm Beach, 1265 miles.
That's a heavy load, Susan!
Yes, heavy is our specialty. We have a legal cat scale and tandems are legal in every state. I'm off for a few days of home time then south we go.
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
CAT Scale:
A network of over 1,500 certified truck scales across the U.S. and Canada found primarily at truck stops. CAT scales are by far the most trustworthy scales out there.
In fact, CAT Scale offers an unconditional Guarantee:
“If you get an overweight fine from the state after our scale showed your legal, we will immediately check our scale. If our scale is wrong, we will reimburse you for the fine. If our scale is correct, a representative of CAT Scale Company will appear in court with the driver as a witness”
Delivered this morning at zero dark early at the consignee- got there last night and docked before they came in this morning. It was a 45,700 lb beer load from Elkton, VA to Washington, PA. 330 total miles.
Consignee:
The customer the freight is being delivered to. Also referred to as "the receiver". The shipper is the customer that is shipping the goods, the consignee is the customer receiving the goods.
Last load was from Toledo, OH to Anderson, SC. 52 Plastic skids filled with foam dashboards for BMW.. 10,080 lbs.. loved that 10.2 mpg
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HAHA thanks for the link. Onions were definitely the talk of TT for a couple of weeks...too funny
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