anyone haul apples?

They're typically hauled on flatbed in wooden or metal bins, out of the orchards... Beyond that, I'm not sure.

 

Pretty sure you just answered yourself there..... Cold storage....

 

I've never hauled apples but I think most shippers require shipment be kept just above freezing (33-34F) and constant (continuous operation) Rates are probably going to vary considerable depending on the crop and season and truck availability

 

You haul them in a reefer, they travel cold,34 to 36 degrees. Make sure you use an air ride trailer otherwise they will bruise pretty good on these nice smooth roads we get to run on these days.

 

That job is rotten to the core.

 

REEFER!

50 degrees if Im not mistaken. Remember we sometimes did paint at 65 degrees while it's -40 outside in winter. A mind bender for sure.

Yakima WA. A bunch of packers up there. Discount apples there too.

That and Onions too. Onions went to Boston market Chelsea, or aka Combat Zone... if any of you old hands recall the area.

About 2.10 a mile maybe. Yakima WA to say Safeway in west Atlanta GA. 67 hours team.

But not always. Several times a week I take a team delivered load of yakima apples to Atlanta all day and half the night to be there to sleep 9 hours prior to the 7am apple call. From Little Rock via US 79 and I 20. As a single. It was really gravy, work not particular hard. Just never stop in B'ham.

There is a special Yakima-Chicago-Albany dedicated TRAIN weekly, hot hot and hot rails. It will get there before you do.

 

When I hauled apples the growers would use a fork lift with a rotator to dump the wood boxes into a dump trailer.

 

I did that last year, flatbed. Its paid by the ton. Its heavy hauling into the mountains, because apples grow better in the mountains, something to do with airpressure.
The receivers are picky, and if you have to park, they can't be in direct sunlight, they'll bleach.