12 cars??

I used to load these 13 car loads every 2-3 days going from Montreal to Toronto. Was a lot of work!! And it took forever to get there cause those daycabs had no power!!!!

 

I'm trying to find an old Leaseway picture I have of a Volvo day cab / old Cottrell High Rack with 13 Chev Cavaliers on it from the early 90's ........

 

This is close ..... but not mine ....... I found this on Google ......... my trailer was newer.

 

Lordstown. Takes all day to get 13 staged to load. Hahahaha. The shuttle driver went 1mph

 

They fired them up again a few years ago in the west. Refurbished a dozen or more and run them daily. At first guys hated them but on the longer hauls they make sense

 

Where are they legal?

BC doubtful
Alberta yes
Sask yes

 

Bc yes up to Alaska hwy
Ab
SK
Mb

 

ON, PQ, NF ( as long as no over hang ) NS, NB, and PE ok with overhang .... unless all that changed .... but they were only practical out west.

 

In the 80's when the length limit was 65' we heard stories of 75' 14 car stingers coming online, I never believed it. At the time I was a NuCar Carrier O/O and my eyes would glaze over with $ signs. Then in the 90's Cassens would load 14 Horizons / Omni's out of Belvidere, Ill and it didn't take more than 3 hrs to load. Almost every single car had be loaded exactly right or it wouldn't work.
That all changed when the OEM's went to straps. Nowadays you can back or drive some load positions and it won't matter, whatever is easiest to open the door to get out.