Things I see in intermodal

That's how it should be! I assume they are loaded much the same everywhere, tend to be packed right to the rafters and a little top heavier than most dry vans and reefers, spring ride suspension underneath... I wouldn't want to see a driver take a corner a little too fast with the pins unlocked!

 

Reefers with spring ride system is the only thing I pulled and I did not mind them the least bit, never been in an air ride nor pulled and airide, except when I pulled a cement tanker, they had air ride on the trailers.

Don't know nothing about intermodals, but I do know that if I had ever pulled something unsafe, or drove something unsafe, and I was involved in a wreck they would have canned me very quickly, why are they getting by with it?

 

Yes they are , my tanker guy also did some intermodal tanks. We had a fleet of 44' spread axle units for the tanks. We frequently load 50k of brake fluid and 45k of motor oil on those. No way I try one on a 20 or 25 foot chassis but many folks pick up the dry boxes like that.

JMO

 

Here they use 3 axle chassis with a 4 axle truck... for stupid heavy 20 ft containers

 

Y'all do know that unless its empty, those pins and twistlocks are merely holding that chassis to the container, right?

 

I hate to come off as a smart alec...but...DUH!!!

 

Lol. What I mean is that if there's 40,000 pounds in that container, and you leave it unlocked, it ain't coming off that chassis.

 

I'm not sure I'd want to test it out, we used to haul 67k lbs (30,000 kg) on a 20' tri-axle chassis and it just didn't feel so good going around corners with any kind if embankment. Our shipper was shut down and investigated because they had 3 cans rollover at basically a dead crawl. Can't imagine if the can would tip the chassis and truck right over that it wouldn't have have dumped with the pins unlocked...

This clip was shot 5 mins from the paper mill we were loading at.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9r5vyDoprUQ

 

Probably not but the ticket is the same loaded or empty. It's a hot spot for deputy dawg here. Unsecured load fine is hefty.

In every rollover here the tank came off the chassis. The locks stayed closed but pulled out of the chassis bolster.

 

When the containers are on the train are they locked in place or just sitting on the train double stacked?