How's Everyone Doing in LTL Right Now?

I thought you’d need a tandem axle for twin 48’s myself, but I’ve only seen the single axle ones used. They are definitely heavier than the typical XPO style I got used too. Took a LOT of effort to move that thing a few feet when I broke my set.

I’m not even gonna try to back it up while hooked to the trailer. Lol.

 

As long as you don't exceed the 1K lbs of freight per linear foot in the nose that single should scale just fine.

 

Used a single axel dolly daily never had any problems.
State LCV permit was terminal to Interstate to terminal.

 

Also depends if you have manual or electric jack. Those electric jacks make them lift gate stops a breeze. Especially if you have to take it up a drive way that's a hill and you have to walk a long distance

 

50 P&D drivers.

2 electric jacks.

May the best man win.

 

How crazy would it be if a driver were to buy theire own electric jack. I’m not in the LTL sector just thinking out loud here.

 

Pretty crazy. I remember every Friday when I look at my check stub..

 

I posted several photos of reverse Rocky Mountain doubles in the past where my 48 was on the back. I can say from personal experience that clearance is not an issue, at least not for the back trailer.

Come to think of it, I did pinch a regular Rocky Mountain double one time. I tried to make a u-turn and it pinched so badly that the back wheel of my pup came off the ground and the back end of my long box cracked the front panel of my rear box. This was on my first week driving for Reddaway back in 2012. Thankfully I did not get fired cause I was still very much on probation. Fast forward five years later and we hired some Muppet that did the same thing. He turned so sharp making a u-turn that he snapped the pintle hook off of his long box and the only thing that was keeping his back box from rolling away into the sunset were his safety chains. Luckily he didn't go very fast either cause that could have ended badly.

Of course I was tasked with back tracking from Three Forks MT to Whitehall (a scenic 28 miles of driving each way after my shift was supposed to have ended) to recover his back trailer and converter dolly.. When I got there the pintle hook from his long box was still dangling off of the converter dolly. He broke his set in the middle of a somewhat busy street leaving town and didn't even leave triangles out. To add insult to injury, he didn't even get in trouble to where I was almost fired.

 

We had that at R&L. You HAD to buy your own pallet jack and hand truck for $375. Aside from buying your own from Harbor Freight, they also had a company purchase plan and would let you pick how much of your paycheck they could dock you each week to pay for it. They also had an additional option to buy an electric jack which almost everyone had for $2500. Again, most people would have $100-$150 docked from their paycheck to obtain theirs.

I opted not to get one because what the hell was I supposed to do with an electric jack if I ever left the company (which I did after a month of working there). I didn't even have the means to transport that thing home with me. I never got a manual jack either. By the time I was set up for a payment plan I was already gone. .