Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

Boyd Bros., Raildecks develop intermodal flatbed

 

Thats bad ase!

 

Wondering How the securement will hold up to the Rail Roads fragile handling ?
Let the carnage begin.

 

Yeah there's still a lot of drawbacks to it as of yet. Until battery technology vastly improves it's just not going to really be effective.

To put it in perspective, that particular one spent its entire life doing nothing but going from Compton to Long Beach pretty much and even then the company in question who was trying it out isn't willing to put up with it until it can at least last a full day. Which I mean that specific scenario would almost be what on paper these things were ideal for.

Im actually on my way to pick up another near Indy.

 

Everyday Compton to long beach? How the hell is that truck still in existance lol could they pick any worse of a route for a driver ??

 

Despite the route, and despite the particular name on the door. It is miraculously in one piece. I don't really know how long they had it for testing or how thoroughly they tested it. I know a lot of their more experienced drivers got a hold of it as well as the terminal manager himself apparently at one point.

But yeah, not a route i would envy by any means. I go in and out of long beach enough as is.

 

Recent load.
Blade was actually secured from above by steel cables, couldnt sit it on the deck like I wanted, chain to protect it from rotating.

Still 800 over on the rear, but ripper was against the neck soooooooo.

Currently on a 1400 mile dead head.

 

Could u permit it for the extra weight or did u just send her down the road and hope barney didnt have his glasses on when watching the computer screen?

 

Apparently I'm 3,000 lb lighter than most of the fleet anyway. So they already had ordered overweight. And we just kept it that way. In reality I was under gross by a hair and just over axle. So we just put the follow-up permits slightly above gross to compensate.

Permit lady seemed to think there wouldn't be a problem with it.

Either way Washington didn't give it a second look and every other weigh station that I went through was closed.

 

Ill never forget the time i crossed over the post fall, id scales at 91k. knew i was a little heavy but didnt think that much.. the dude was staring right at the computer . never gave me the red light , hammer the f down ! Then blew past the open scale in haugan, mt .... In Montana, im good to 85k but have to be legal on axles..... that was the last load i did before i put a scale on my trailer. Lol was dead on the money 12k steer 34k drives, thats why i thought i was good and didnt scale out...... Then...... 22.5 and 23.5 on spread. Got lucky as hell on that one.

I like watching u equipment guys tho, looks like it would be a fun gig, but from ur posts alot of headaches involved as well sometimes . sounds like overall everything is going good with u guys. Glad to see you out from under the swift beurocracy and making it out on ur own . thats the American dream right there