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Message:: [QUOTE="lual, post: 12361415, member: 308783"]At the risk of insulting your intelligence, before going to all the trouble & expense of moving to Florida for intermodal duty....I would suggest you ask drivers who are currently working that port (or railyard) whether their experience(s) there...are generally good, or bad: <ul> <li>Depending on whether a railyard (or port) has its "act together"....the process of in-gating and/or out-gating can make you--or break you; thus--how bad are the lines of trucks at in-gating/out-gating, usually?  Do things there coming in and out generally go smoothly--or is it almost constant constipation, instead? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></li> <li>How much time/hassle is generally involved for a driver to find a working chassis, that's in reasonably good shape?  How much time generally does it take for a chassis to then get loaded?  Are most chassis instead preloaded already, when you get there?  Is a container generally loaded correctly onto the chassis--or do they routinely need another crane to adjust it (which can of course waste A LOT of time)?</li> </ul>In case your intended port or railyard later turns out to be/turns into a circus...have a plan "B" in mind there, as a backup. -- Lual[/QUOTE]