The shipper gave me a quote and asked for the rate on lane, which is 800 miles. Since these trucks are rarely seen on load boards other than Truck stop, and even after posting, I haven't received a single call, I need a rough estimate for a walking floor dry van. I'm also wondering how mulch would be loaded in such a truck—should it be open top? I would appreciate any advice.
I’ve never seen a floor in a van, usually it’s a solid vinyl top if it needs to stay water tight for a farm product, They are a lot of money, you buy one when you need to move your own stuff or your direct customer needs you to buy one, no reason to go through a broker edit, just noticed mulch, that will need a open top walking floor, dump trailer or belt, why are you bidding on stuff if you have no idea what equipment you need?
They're very expensive and they're not van trailers. All of the walking floors around here have a covered top, you uncover it to load it, 48' long and their axles are all the way in the rear. Also, your truck will need a wet kit. Pretty much all of them around here run the landfill.
Yeah, all the walking floor trailers I have see have an open top with a roll tarp. Most of them are used in the garbage/trash industry but some wood chip haulers use then and I'm quite sure a few other uses. Normally some sort of loose product, not packaged. Yeah, you'll need a hydraulic system to work/operate the walking floor.
