Have you noticed any 57' dry vans yet?

Wayne Daniel had 57' dry vans back in the 80's based out of Mt Vernon, Mo. Ran Ca. turns with them. Can't remember the co in Ca. that runs them all the time with Pete C/O's. I think they haul bottles or cardboard. Of course a set of doubles 28.5' each = 57' of floor space.

 

I pulled quite a few loads with those 57' Fleetline trailers with a FLD Freightliner back in the mid-90's. The only quirk I can remember (other than sticking further out in a parking spot) was having to go into the Arkansas port of Entry (I think that's what they called it) and buy a permit each time, telling where you came in to the state and where you were leaving the state. The place you had to go to was not too far from the CalArk yard near Little Rock and sat on the west side of I-30. Last time I was on I-30, I looked for that place but I think the state tore it down or has built things up around it because nothing looked familiar.

Most of those loads were aluminum cans or plastic bottle or insulation, but sometimes we would end up in Florida or Alabama and get scrap paper or paper rolls.

Fun times.