Can curtain Van haul dry van loads?

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  1. Regional

    Regional Light Load Member

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    Hi guys,

    does anyone know if it is possible to ha dry van loads in a curtain van? Will shippers or brokers deny this type of equipment. Route is I-5 corridor
     
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  3. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    Technically yes. But dry van loads are secured by the walls, in part.

    I do open deck some places to bumper rails in the stake pockets. Then the load me with a forklift. Typically it's roofing that does that.
     
  4. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    Depends. Some places will, some won’t. Had a friend of mine who pulled a hard top curtain van for a company in OR and they hauled loads for Pepsi. Whatever you haul will have to be secured properly on your trailer.
     
  5. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    I don't see why not. Anything that can go on a flatbed, and I've seen 20 pallets of freight on a flatbed.
     
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  6. Grumppy

    Grumppy Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I see GP loading new, flat cardboard boxes on curtain side's occasionally.
     
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  7. Rugerfan

    Rugerfan Road Train Member

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    Thomas and sons and Sprinter, and A&M at least used to haul beer and soda out of SoCal back North in curtain vans. Not sure if TP does or not but as long as you can strap things down I don’t see why you can’t.
     
  8. Blagoje

    Blagoje Medium Load Member

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    As others have eluded to, load securement is all that really matters. When I worked for Roehl Transport I hauled all sorts of different things in both dry van and curtainside trailers. Some things you might more typically see in one trailer versus another but making the load securement work is what matters.
     
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