In our company we pay for trucks and account for it two ways - field employees (carpenters, welders, etc) I figire their truck, maintainance, fuel etc) in the rste I use to figire their time. It's added to their labor burden. I know if two guys are in a truck 2000 hours a ...
Intermodal transportation is smooth and steady, but the container will be lifted with cranes and subjected to gentle vibrations from hundreds of miles of railroad tracks — all of which can cause pallets to shift. To prepare the freight for intermodal transportation, shippers will use various method...
You'll get to see some awe-inspiring views if you fly in an air balloon. CargoLifter If you actually need to get somewhere, a hot air balloon is a fairly impractical vehicle. You can't really steer it, and it only travels as fast as the wind blows. But if you simply...
A few years later the first hydraulic powered lift was added to some trucks to give them lifting power. In 1923, Yale was the first company to use forks that lifted loads off the ground and an elevated mast that could extend beyond the height of the truck. The Yale truck is considered ...
Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 and rapidly became a dominant force in the American auto industry through innovations like the mass-produced Model T. The Model T, known for its affordability and simplicity, propelled Ford to success, but the transition to the new Model A was costly in...
When loading two dirt bikes into a truck, you will have to use two people to do it. One person should stand by the headrests on each side of the dirt bike while the other person leans forward to push up on the bike. The dirt bike should be lifted off the ground by both wheels, ...
5. Lift Truck Stability Base In order for the lift truck to be stable (not tip-over forward or sideways), the Center of Gravity must stay within the area of the lift truck stability base—a triangle drawn between the front wheels and the pivot of the rear axle. This is sometimes referr...
Things get a bit trickier for fleets that routinely run half- to fully-laden. “Ride quality between the two design types is much closer in these applications and would likely not be discernible to the driver,” Gage says. “Generally, a fleet’s specific vocation and target customer applica...
A rise in trucking fraud causes freight carriers & brokers to be more aware. Learn the 5 most common trucking scams & how to avoid them.
Opening the app, I checked the wind direction for the next four hours and was satisfied I could get in place without being detected. In seconds we were headed to the point I had guessed would be the best locale to begin my stalk on foot, a full six miles by truck to circle the wate...