Empty Container hauling??

Where can I get a copy of that book?

 

shc, this is a funny thread. the empty military cans we haul all the time with just straps, 3 straps on the 20 footer will be just fine, the 20 will weigh around 5,000 apiece. th empty weight will be printed on the container.

there is no need to chain the empty cans. and you are correct it is perfectly legal to secure them that way when empty.

on loaded ones , we chain the ends ( run chain from side of trailer to the other and put binder in the middle of trailer and one strap across the top) and one strap if ya like.

run 3 straps on each and ride, leave the chains on the rack when they are empty.

and this is a easy load, i laughed when the joker said it was a crap load.

 

I use 4 chains....One each on either end. I have the yard hands butt up the cans so I can thread a chain between the two on either side....
Then each can gets three straps......

CDOT loves that......

 

Believe it or not....What I get to haul MT Cans back to Long Beach, pays more than what the port drivers get hauling them out packed......

 

I hauled military motor can for a abrhams that paid good and few other odd ones. But overall regular empty freight containers pay very little, I call them turd freight, like cars.

the wind drag was the killer for me. I hauled two from denver to salt lake city a couple years ago and it sucked.

 

I haul empty ex military 20 footers by chaining the ends then 2 4" straps, to each his own as long as the #### things don't move!

 

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