Onions....

All oinions that are shipped from overseas are shipped that way.
The door will be somewhere inside the can.
Shipper has to pay to put new bolts in the hinges.
They have to breathe.

 

Yes. I was quite surprised that having just one door removed was enough to not make them sauté in that steel box.

I wonder how long the were in there

 

Learn something new each day. PITA transporting onions. Appreciate you folks getting it too my stomach.
I love onions !

 

What sucks is having 50 water melons to strap down. Literally, 50 water melons on a flat bed. GO for it.

 

How the heck does that work? 50 water melons strap down. My mind, get a pallet and crate, throw water melons in crate with lid and strap down and go.


- Curious

 

I delivered a few onion loads. While not my favorite load and my tarps were still burning my eyes even 30 days later, I didnt think it was the worst load to haul.

I delivered a load once to Mich and when I was getting unloaded in the morning there was a reefer trailer that was also getting unloaded with onions. Man,.. when he opened those doors, I saw what looked like 50,000 flies come charging out. It was like something from a horror movie. I picked up in Mesquite NM once, and I had a hoard of flies all over my load as I was tarping it. But his trailer took the cake. I couldnt help but wonder what the EPA would think of a load of onions with fly poop all over them.

Hurst

 

This this this,...

Is how I do onions. I tarp down the sides and leave the front flap open and leave the rear with an over hang,. but essentially open. I bungee and then toss straps over the tarp. I strapped the load and then tarped the first time I did them and discovered that strapping over the tarps helped reduce the jello and wiggle I experienced the first time. If tarp starts flapping, its usually from the onions settling, just synch another notch or 2 and I'm usually good to go.

About the heat,.. in summer temps I dont car what you do,.. they are going to get warm under those tarps. Thats why I leave the front open as much as I can. But I dont sweat it if I have to close them because its sprinkling rains every 50 miles. I havent had any receivers complain. Usually a Mexican guy working for the produce guy doing the unloading. I speak enough spanish to get me in trouble,.. so I try to make the guy laugh and he ignores anything that might be complained about.

Hurst