Anyone tried using 53' intermodal as dryvan?

It's still a dry van.

Unless you have a reefer put on it.

Short History.

Breakbulk means theft, pilferage and so on until about 1956. A person sick and tired of it, organized about 30 custom boxes to be built, put on a ship and sent it to houston from the east coast. Trucks showed up in Houston to collect the loads in their boxes and delivered to the customers as dry van loads.

No one else touches that freight inside the containers once loaded, doors shut. No more theiving. And in addition inventing a totally new and really fast business. One of which is the American Land Bridge. Ship loads 10,000 boxes in Asia for Europe. Instead of spending 67 days to Bremen, they sail 12 to the Seattle Port, unload. Train takes it across the USA in less than 5 days faster than Trucks. Reload onto ships going to Bremen off the east coast. It's there in another 12 days. Done.

China is working on a belt and road (Including new rail high speed to boot) that will have that box in bremen in 30 days or less no American filth need to be involved.

 

Nicely done X1.

But you forget the guys who want to have fun. Go to war. Disrupting the Chinks. The Great Game is back on!!

I can’t wait for them to get farther into Africa. Take it over.

Then declare independence from China proper.

And you’ll enjoy Robert David Steele on “The Missing Trillions”: Underground Infrastructure”

May be that THE LAND BRIDGE Asia to Europe is almost done. Beneath us.

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yeah, you can buy perfectly great dry vans for chump change conpared to what your talking about money wise.
Why would you even consider 40K for a new van, used clean vans are all over the states cheep, yea, your going to need to through a set of trailer only tires on it and probably a do the brakes, so for 10 to 15 grand you have the headaches all done and ready to roll, It would be rare to need that much work on a used trailer, but make sure you do a complete inspection before discussing price.

 

I wouldn't permanently attach the box. One advantage you'd have is pulling another box if necessary: reefer, tanker, etc. CN rail puts skirts on their chassis now, so that's an option. Boat tails are not. Also the pins are generally further forward on a chassis, leaving a bigger gap. Obviously I'm thinking about aerodynamics here.

I dont know how much you'd save though. Wouldn't a chassis run you 20k?

 

cross country in 5 days by train??!!

more like 15-30 days.lol

 

I honestly have never ask about floor ratings, but if the floor is in good condition and its rated to handle a full load which would be some where around 52 to 54 K. It should be good I would think.

 

You should read The Box by Marc Levinson. Its a really interesting economic history - and a good read too.

 

Actually about 64000 pounds inside the box on a dead lift to and from ships and trains.

The box itself is about 7000 pounds more for 71000 gross Plus chassis which is another 6000 so 78000 plus your tractor at what? 32000? Youre over 100K


A floor like that is way stronger than just regular boxes.