pier / container hauling... if your thinking about doing it, read this first.

As far as port containers goes, its not for everyone. Not for me, anyway. I run out of the philadelphia pier, alot of the drivers carry themselves like goofs. And i guess they r lazy, because their equipt. Is falling apart. I posted this bc in trucking you haveca choice about what you want to haul and for whom. If people are considering pier works, then here is what i noticed. Take it as advice and consider if pier workbis for you or not. The containers are top heavy, i dont like that, its not for me. Some might enjoy pier work. When waiting in line to get a containered assigned to me, i hear the other drivers talking about some of the piers in nyc and north jersey, these drivers are paid per load, they wait all day to get load and dont even deliver that day, so thats a day of work and non pay...so by and bye, pier work, IN MY OPINION, is not worth it. But once again, my opinion, what i observed and not for ME. If considering pier work take everything into consideration.

 

Well most are top heavy and that being they come off a container ship so when loaded overseas, the shipper is filling the cargo all the way to the roof pf the container amd back to the nose of the container. I believe this is done to get as much cargo overseas in one shippjng. As far as making turns, i understand going slow to go around bends, but with containers you have to go even slower than the average truck driver. Example, there is a bend marked 25 mph, i do apx10-15 mph woth hazzards on, due to it being a bend and a slanted hill at same time. Containers are no joke, they are soooooo easy to roll over and the 20 fts are just as heavy as 40 ft. With your average 53 you get some room for error, with containers...too fast, too tight and its going over. No room for error

 

Yea i get that same feeling that they load it on the right. With the containers I haul, it has plywood in bundles and the #### bundles are even stacked right they are all over the place , some laid standing up, some on their sides. That leaves room for load shift.