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Old 09-30-2017, 04:45 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
They could have a loaded conex ready and waiting and it is relatively easy to load shipping containers.

We transported some of those in Afghanistan, but more trucks and trailers with removable flatbeds. We were supposed to drop off one flatbed, pick up another, and roll, but instead we spent at least half an hour, and often much longer.

By the way, my exes are crazy.
I don't think these big MDF bundles could have been loaded into a shipping container. They needed to be loaded from the side by large forklifts. One on one side, then one in the other, probably to keep it from tipping. Probably not a common type of load overall though. Not a giant mill either, they probably aren't filling 20 trucks per day so it's not worth spending big bucks on something besides a good old forklift and flatbed trailers. It would drive me nuts as a driver waiting though.
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