If I worked for Wal Mart I would drive whatever they gave me to drive. That's what you do-what the boss says. Must be for local or they are going to start putting drivers up in motels.
This must be for daycab driving. I wonder about weight restrictions, though. More cargo means more weight. I also wonder if they will redesign their docks in order to accomodate the cab cargo area. I don't reckon that I particularly care for the whole idea, myself.
I'm more curious about the "drop belly" in the trailer. Sure they might get a few more cubes in there, but they won't be able to fork the whole truck. (and I'm SURE they won't hand-unload) It's great as a theoretical exercise, but if the freight loaders and load planners don't have the knowledge to load it right, what's the point? So you get, what 20% more space, but you're still running a half empty trailer? (nothing above chest height) Where's the gain? Also it doesn't take much, cube wise, to hit the max weight. Frankly time would be better served on making some sort of pre-loaded freight box (like how they load air cargo) which would be loaded, weighed counted, inventoried and sealed at the warehouse. Rig pulls up. A team of two fork-jockeys (trained to work in tandem) push in 28 of them. Out they go. Frankly I've wasted more time at check-in then the extra capacity would save anyway.
http://www.ctl.ca/news/walmart-canada-unveils-first-of-its-kind-supercube-trailer/1001824364/ all the info you want....
