Dry Vans

Ontario revises conditions for 60-foot trailer test

December 27, 2012

Walmart Canada's long tractor-trailer combination should soon begin in-service testing following the issuing of revised permit conditions by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, the province's trucking association says

Tags: Dry Vans, Walmart, Canada, Trailers

Author: Tom Berg | Posted @ Thursday, December 27, 2012 5:19 PM | » Comments(0)

Super-cube rig for Walmart Canada might raise some issues

Trailer of this special rig is 60.5 feet long, 7.5 feet longer than allowed in Ontario, but a special permit would allow operational testing. Its COE tractor was built up from a Freightliner Argosy glider kit.

November 11, 2012

What's this? A modern reiteration of a 1930s truck-and-trailer combination? Sort of. It's a high-capacity tractor-trailer combination recently assembled in Ontario for possible use by Walmart Canada, which calls it a "super cube" truck. And it's generating a bit of controversy

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Author: Tom Berg | Posted @ Sunday, November 11, 2012 10:44 PM | » Comments(0)

Semi splashes syrup onto Buttermilk Pike -- really

June 11, 2012

Cleanup crews needed more than knives and forks to clear a mess made by a semi that sideswiped a barrier on Interstate 71 and 75 in Fort Mitchell, Ky., just south of Cincinnati

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Author: Tom Berg | Posted @ Monday, June 11, 2012 3:16 PM | » Comments(0)

14,000-pound trailer's an easy toss for a twister with 100-plus-mph winds

A Schneider 53-foot van weighs about 14,000 pounds empty. Winds of more than 100 mph lifted the trailers off the ground when tornados touched down in Dallas last week.

April 5, 2012

How much power does it take to pick up a semitrailer and throw it hundreds of feet through the air? That question must've been on the minds of everyone who watched TV news video shot during the passage of a savage tornado through Dallas last week

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Author: Tom Berg | Posted @ Thursday, April 5, 2012 4:33 PM | » Comments(0)

Strong, versatile van provides two-way haul for truckload fleet

Steel coils are easily supported by the XD-35's strong floor and underframe. The Wabash National van can also carry other dry freight and protect all cargo from theft and inclement weather.

November 21, 2011

Operations people at Nussbaum Transport had a couple of one-way hauls involving the same customer, and wanted to turn them into a more efficient and profitable headhaul and backhaul on the same semitrailer.

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Author: Tom Berg | Posted @ Monday, November 21, 2011 5:58 PM | » Comments(0)

Ryder orders 1,044 Utility vans - the largest order the builder has ever gotten -- for use by CEVA Logistics

Utility 4000D-X 53-foot dry vans have thin composite walls for high cube and are skirted to reduce air drag and fuel use.

June 30, 2011

Ryder System says it's expanding its full-service lease contract with a major logistics firm by ordering 1,044 van trailers from Utility Trailer Manufacturing. The order for the 4000D-X Composite dry vans is the largest single order it's ever received, Utility says

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Author: Tom Berg | Posted @ Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:17 PM | » Comments(0)

Trailers from Con-way, Prime become storage sheds in Joplin disaster area

May 31, 2011

Storage is an effective second use for van trailers, which act as long sheds on wheels that can be taken wherever they're needed. One place is Joplin, where a huge tornado recently devastated a large part of the city in southwestern Missouri

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Author: Tom Berg | Posted @ Tuesday, May 31, 2011 10:14 AM | » Comments(0)

Ancra Load Decking System Adds Payload, Cuts Freight Damage, User Says

One worker can adjust Lift-A-Deck II's shoring beams to accommodate cargo below and support freight that will be placed on the beams. Integral securement straps keep freight from shifting and falling.

February 8, 2011

A second generation load decking system from Ancra International is adding 10 to 30 percent to payloads while reducing damage claims by as much as 50 percent for Con-way Freight, a carrier representative said

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Author: Tom Berg | Posted @ Tuesday, February 8, 2011 8:11 PM | » Comments(1)

Rising Demand for Trailers Should Go into 2013, Forecaster Says, But Beware of New Regs

October 18, 2010

Trailer merchants listened to good news about their immediate business prospects from forecaster Eric Starks, who predicted steady sales increases into 2011 and through '12 and '13, though he observed that a dismal 2009 will make percentages larger and better than actual production numbers

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Author: Tom Berg | Posted @ Monday, October 18, 2010 9:43 PM | » Comments(1)