Seems I read something somewhere about regs for shipping flat crushed cars vs. bales.
Any input to that?
Whats the difference?
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Seems I read something somewhere about regs for shipping flat crushed cars vs. bales.
Any input to that?
Whats the difference?
We ship our cars in tin scows. When the bailer is down,we flatten them and ship and get 15 ton in a trailer. When we bail them,we get 30 ton in a trailer. There is some law pertaining to the guys that haul out of yards with a car crusher that the load has to be covered/enclosed. Its a lot easier/faster to load bails and no tarping required.
Bailers are far more expensive to buy/run than car crushers. Our Aljon 580 was worth a quarter mill. in 07 and burns a G note in fuel per week. I may be able to get better fuel milage now that we are rid of the operator and I train a new one.