>>What size Box/Van do you run?
>>On a typical run, how full does the van get (floor space)?
>>What types of loads do you carry (General/vague)?
>>What is the typical load weight (Less truck's weight/GVWR)?
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>>Does anyone run a Flatbed?
>><Same questions>
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>>-Joe Bohannon
>>Bakersfield, CA
>
>My wife and I run team in a "D-unit", a 40-foot straight
>truck with a 22-foot box, 20 feet of which is available for
>freight. It's rare that we fill the truck with freight. A
>typical load will be one to six skids. While the truck can
>legally scale 13,000 lbs as required by our carrier (FedEx
>Custom Critical), we rarely haul over 10,000 lbs. Freight
>type ranges from a couple skids of industrial powder, to
>automotive parts going from one factory to another, to
>custom-made furniture going on display in a high-end
>setting. To date no one has shipped a General in our truck,
>or a Major or Private for that matter.
I have been running in a extended van and my typical run is has been two skids but I have had a few loads where I have had to put some of the load in the passenger area. On one day I went and picked up 5 loads before dropping anything off. I was running local in the Detroit area at the time. My average load weight was 500 lbs.