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Walmart rolls out 'first of its kind' 60-foot multi-temp reefer trailer

Walmart recently announced that it has added custom-built 60-foot refrigerated trailers to the company's Canadian fleet.
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I think they're using them in Canada.
I'm sure plenty of Americans cant wait to haul all that extra freight for the same pay.

Climate crisis...this will help.

Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Milk it for every last drop.
Mask up. Lockdown. Vaccinate.

Supply chain crisis?
The cure was just waiting.
Guess who's gonna come to the rescue and haul more for less.

You.
 
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In other words can you say "Cab over?"

We have done bulk heads with two different temps for decades. 60 foot would just increase the volume if you can stuff a killyourself tractor under there.

I can think of a number of places that 60 foot wont make the swing. King of Prussia for one...
 
slavenomore said:
cdllife.com

Walmart rolls out 'first of its kind' 60-foot multi-temp reefer trailer

Walmart recently announced that it has added custom-built 60-foot refrigerated trailers to the company's Canadian fleet.
cdllife.com cdllife.com

I think they're using them in Canada.
I'm sure plenty of Americans cant wait to haul all that extra freight for the same pay.

Climate crisis...this will help.

Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Milk it for every last drop.
Mask up. Lockdown. Vaccinate.

Supply chain crisis?
The cure was just waiting.
Guess who's gonna come to the rescue and haul more for less.

You.
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Looks like it is for the socialists in Canada
Soon these will be driven by autonomous power units anyway or at least illegal immigrants.
Unfortunately with upwards of $2 TRILLION spent on "Climate Change" by Democrats in the past 18 months this will continue
But this never could have happened without the $210 million unions gave Democrats in 2020 to elect people intent on putting you out of work.
There is your blame!
 
If I wanted to go green, I'll buy a couple hundred of copper pipe. weld them together and have a drill rig truck punch em deep into the earth in the back yard.

Then run the additional copper or other suitable metal connectors from thence to the engine room in the back of the house that contains a Stirling engine running off heat. Get everything off it. Hot water, heat, cooling and power if its big enough.

Theoratically you could build a spot every mile or so along the entire interstate system in due time and have the capacity to charge everyone with power. Copper we have. Everything else we can make.
 
57' van trailers exist in the U.S. Not to mention turnpike doubles, Rocky Mountain doubles, and triple pup configurations. There are plenty of drivers hauling extra freight for the same pay. Not sure how this is any different.
 
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57' van trailers exist in the U.S. Not to mention turnpike doubles, Rocky Mountain doubles, and triple pup configurations. There are plenty of drivers hauling extra freight for the same pay. Not sure how this is any different.
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Haul another 4 skids for them.
God knows they're starving.
You ain't
Right?
Should at least get a tax write-off for the charitable donation to Black Rock and Vanguard.
We all know how poor they really are.

Don't worry I'm sure they'll take all them extra profits and put it right on Biden desk and say....use these profits of all that extra freight pulled by the driver at a low -budget rate.........and tell him to legislate in a way that really helps you out.

No.
They use the profits to pay for legislations to do the exact opposite
They screw you more with those profits.

But at least we can haul it and think...." Boy...am I a big trucking professional".
Not too many like me.

And then you go home and see the bills in the mailbox.

And those saving the money are looking online for what tropical paradise they're gonna buy with the profits.
 
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So what’s the difference if you have a 30 bill big box, or a 30 bill pup? The federal weight limit of 80,000 is still the same.
 
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So what’s the difference if you have a 30 bill big box, or a 30 bill pup? The federal weight limit of 80,000 is still the same.
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Idk.....maybe the difference that the company and customer increase profits....and you get nothing extra?

Seems anything I want....if there's gonna be anything extra included in the service or another opportunity for them to make money....they feel no guilt in charging me for it.

Not the trucker though....we're lucky we have a job. Right?
 
People had the same reaction when they made the 53' van trailers. Does your tractor have to work any harder to pull another 7' of trailer? Likely negligible. If companies can figure out how to fit more freight in a van, and still have one driver and one tractor haul it, of course they're going to.

It's a single trailer. There's guys out there pulling double sets of 48' vans that aren't complaining. You will likely never see a 60' trailer in common use in the U.S. LCV's are illegal in a lot of states.
 
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People had the same reaction when they made the 53' van trailers. Does your tractor have to work any harder to pull another 7' of trailer? Likely negligible. If companies can figure out how to fit more freight in a van, and still have one driver and one tractor haul it, of course they're going to.

It's a single trailer. There's guys out there pulling double sets of 48' vans that aren't complaining. You will likely never see a 60' trailer in common use in the U.S. LCV's are illegal in a lot of states.
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....and we'd never see doubles or 102's or 53's all over the Northeast.

Of course they're gonna do it....and make more money.

If they are making more money...and you are hauling it......I figure you should also make more money.

But....I'm living in another world again.
Their teachings on money are engrained deep.

What a shame.

Don't worry...I'm sure the IBT have passed the same economics course with an even better grade than you.
 
I get paid the same whether my trailer has one bill on it, or thirty. I get paid the same if my trailer is empty. I get paid the same if I'm pulling a 28', a 48', a 53', or double 28's.

I'm driving their tractor, hauling their trailers. I'm not paying for fuel, or maintenance on that equipment. If the company can cram more freight in a trailer while staying within weight and length limits, more power to them. I'm still one guy, driving one tractor, doing the exact same amount of work, no matter what's behind me.
 
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I get paid the same whether my trailer has one bill on it, or thirty. I get paid the same if my trailer is empty. I get paid the same if I'm pulling a 28', a 48', a 53', or double 28's.

I'm driving their tractor, hauling their trailers. I'm not paying for fuel, or maintenance on that equipment. If the company can cram more freight in a trailer while staying within weight and length limits, more power to them. I'm still one guy, driving one tractor, doing the exact same amount of work, no matter what's behind me.
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I do that too. And at 46 mph.
 
I remember when we went from 40's to I think 45's then 48. 48 was wonderful. Still is. Then we had 53's one day.

What a pain in the ass trailer on a 96 inch tractor with a 102 trailer. *******. Normally I dont give a damn. But many little towns banning either 102's or 53's did. So that leads to a number of encounters with the Lawman at the city line.

Driver thats 53. You dont take that in here.

Officer, this is a US Highway. Its going through.

Fine you get a ticket.

Whatever. Company will take care of it.

and so on.

Why? Company says drive through here. Well guess what. Its going to be costly.

Hooking to a 48 meant I could go anywhere. Even US 15 for 65 foot overall length etc.
 
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I get paid the same whether my trailer has one bill on it, or thirty. I get paid the same if my trailer is empty. I get paid the same if I'm pulling a 28', a 48', a 53', or double 28's.

I'm driving their tractor, hauling their trailers. I'm not paying for fuel, or maintenance on that equipment. If the company can cram more freight in a trailer while staying within weight and length limits, more power to them. I'm still one guy, driving one tractor, doing the exact same amount of work, no matter what's behind me.
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The more they cram in there and begin using them here.....I don't wanna here you cry when they have one of them UE dock/road/city waiting for guys because they use less drivers.

I figure automation is one reason they're doing it....and now they pull this 60'er out of their big ass on top of it.

The UE doesn't pay the same...it pays a whole dollar more/hour You're just gonna get your all-pays- the same....half of your time on the dock.
 
So if you'd normally use a 53 on the road it could be...every 8th load takes a full load off the board.

Not that they'll use them right away in the US.
But once it starts it will take off faster than the 53's did.
I'd say 3 years if they're gonna use them

Am I right thinking they get 18/side?
And a 53 can fit 16/side in a 102?

What do you get 16/side with 2 pups?

We figure 11/side. In our NPME city trailers


The big one would cut one set of pups every 8 loads.

If all were 48x40.

Either way every 8-10 loads they could cut one run
LTL is different and I wouldn't think it would be everywhere.
But some parts of the country would take a hit on runs.

It would mostly affect the NFI and JB type jobs.

I can't wait till I'm done.
 
I'm just thinking about how much more overweight they could load city routes. Would the savings be offset by the tire blowouts?

Maybe they could give Bravo Zulu awards out:

1. Highest over axle violation on a single drive.
2. Highest overall gross weight not crossing any scales.
3. Most airbags popped on one combo.

Maybe a hotdog patch for the uniform of the winner and a month long parking space reserved near the front.
 
I know what you can put on a set of tires in trucking without literally failing them under the crush.

Ive had weights in excess of 140,000 gross on a 40 footer with 5 axles. I dont know the realm of pounds per tire but those old ones plus the spoke wheels and older axles held up for that one trip. The mack tractor ended up being totaled after it got back. The expenses associated with such a load was simply not worth it to anyone.

Seagirt cranes in those days would be able to do a 110,000 pound lift on 40 foot boxes dead up to the ship. Today's cranes are capable of hefting 160,000 pound containers at 53. IF they had to.

I would not want to. Its just too much weight. Mr Physics has a way of hanging Cranes over the edge when they heft that much and then try to reach 100 feet out from themselves with it.

With that said, I have had 18 wheelers fail under particularly dense weights. They usually fail at the welds on the center frame for flatbeds. Trailer is totaled on the spot. You had to get captain hook and transfer and divide the freight between two flatbeds which is what the company did not do in the first place. Trying to put everything in one truck and have done with it.

There is a particular load in a 20 foot container on three axles back there. I weighed it at the Doswell truckstop, a little indy across from the theme park. It came out to 70,000 on the tridem back there about 52000 on the drives and the steers were carrying 31000. I think I might still have the scale ticket somewhere at home quietly molding away on the shelf.

I remember that incident in weighting. Doswell staffers told me specifically and personally that I will face arrest for property damage if I was too stupid and weigh anymore of those particular trailers. I never visited them again for weighing. Its already way overweight. Story of my life. I think their scale took the load without too much fuss. That I remember.
 
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What happened to the 33ft pup trailers?
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My theory is this.

They decided to combine two trailers into one fat ass trailer to cut the costs of tagging, registering, permitting, Insuring, Road taxes and so on for every little trailer in the entire fleet.

What they fail to understand is their own absolute and abject failure to keep little itty bitty trailers moving in a timely manner with drivers clicking off miles without waiting.

Big assed trailers will not solve this basic flaw of their entire business.
 
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