A Week In The Life Of A Gypsum Express Dedicated Flatbed Driver
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2/1/21 Since the storm shut down just about all of South Eastern New York My Monday night Middletown load was cancelled. So it was just local stuff I pre-loaded coils on two Rolltight trailers which was great because no tarping. The first load I had to take down to the tandem drop yard next to the New York State Thruway Exit39. At the time I didn't realize that you couldn't make a left hand turn out of the drop yard and back on to the main road. So if you have to go back in that direction you now have to get on the Thruway and go to another exit get off find a place to turn around safely and head back to X39 to get back on your intended route! Leave it to New York to make something such a P.I.T.A. After that adventure I picked up a Dry van at the main terminal and dropped it at Patterson warehouse in Fulton NY. Then back to the mill to load another coil and finish out the night.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
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".
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.