Unload times for flatbeds

I am not an O/O, but flats unload fast. Sometimes I am unloaded in 5 minutes. (single coil, etc) Have to wait sometimes, but not like vans. My avg is probably a half hour tops. Every now and then an hour.

 

It all depends on how fast you are,I can usually laod and roll out in less than an hour about 30 min.If I have to drop tarps about 1 1/2 hours depending on what has to be tarped and if it is odd pieces.
I won't ever go back to pulling anything but my Step deck.

 

Also, decks dont need to wait for an empty dock door... I prefer decks from a time point of view. The most time consuming part is finding the shipper/receiver's address and then tarping and strapping/chaining.
Also less useless protocol with respect to chocking wheels, bringing the truck keys into the receiving office until offloaded, and other similar nonsense...

 

ANd some loads can be self unloading whether you want them to or not(pyramid pipe) comes to mind. But that the good part you get a bad attitude untie it do a u turn hit the brakes it roles off no problem unload containers over here that way all the time.

 

Boy have I wanted to do that with some of my dry van loads... put the skids near the open door... back up fast... slam on brakes... and there the skids are on the ground now... wish I could!:smt077

 

I threatened to do that once at a WalMart DC one Sunday morning. I clearly had a Sunday AM delivery Appointment, they told me I had to wait until Monday afternoon. I had a re-load Sunday afternoon that would take me close to Ft Benning, GA, where my step-son was graduating from Basic Training.

 

Hey me and my brother used to put our Dad's boat in the water like that. ot some funny looks at the ramp, but we were always on the lake before everyone else.

 

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