You intermodal guys just got some competition

Brakes? Who uses those?!? Failure to properly look ahead driver.

(If they have any brakes at all they'd be electric, activated by the brake light circuit. Sometimes there's a biasing knob that adjusts how hard to hit the brakes. Either way, I doubt whatever's on those wheels is inadequate for that conex)

 

Where was this picture taken? Our company has a storage facility in Memphis and we loaded several just like that. I think they were taking them to Barbours Cut in Houston.

 

Those empties are 15000 pounds easily!
How's he even able to haul an empty???

 

Not quite. 20s are about 6500#. 40s are about 8500# and the 53s are some where just under 11000#. I used to haul empty 20s on a rollback tow truck. It carries them just fine

 

Oops, I see autocorrect struck again. I meant to say those brakes COULD NOT handle that container. Autocorrect assumes I meant "inadequate" when I typed adequate.

EDIT: aaaaand I can't fix an old post. I guess it's stuck there forever now.

 

Lol, I'll bet they were stopping at the pump alot.

 

Click on the three little lines next to the time stamp at the bottom of the post. There is an edit feature. I have to use it all the time. Trucking lingo isn't uploaded by the computer manufacturers. Maybe we can get a class action lawsuit going against the computer guys? Failure to recognize our industry terminology is discrimination. I feel threatened. Yeah Yeah, I need compensation.

 

It's a hell of alot better than someone hauling 3-4 cars on a similar setup. I used to gross 43k with a Dodge 5500.

 

How is the car business with something of that setup? Those guys seeing any real money?

 

Few weeks back, hot shots and flats were running empty cans from SLC to Denver, as many as they could to meet demand.