Hauling glass

I don't know but I think it's a smashing idea. !! Never thought of hauling that. Does it have to be upright??

 

Looking at Maverick's trucks on the road, they have glass racks that are set up in a vertical angle, the glass is strapped in against the rack that has rubber spacers so many inches. Then the load is tarped. I have a prehire for Maverick in the glass division and am seriously considering it.

 

Yes, it's a pain to haul. Has to sit upright and spacers and tarped. Wet loads can be rejected. Wet glass can stick together like it's super glued. Even two pieces of dry plate glass can stick together as if it's super glued. This is known as Van der Waals forces.

 

tarping isn't bad. the one time i hauled it. they had a machine to lift my tarps over the wood casings holding the glass.

the pain was putting styrofoam taped on top so the tarps didn't rip on the casings.

glass is one of the most delicate loads to haul. wouldn't be hard to break the entire load.

 

My last load was crated glass from MN to Houston TX. Wasn't too bad, but it took them hours to build the support structure on the trailer, then hours to break it apart. I did rip a good size hole into the top of my tarp because of an unseen nail on top of one of the crates.

 

Uncrated glass like Maverick and my company (Combined Transport) haul can be a real pain in the butt to load and haul. It's a lot of work, and you have to be much more careful with it then your typical loads, especially if you are pulling it on a regular flatbed as they are top-heavy loads and can be tipped just from jacking a trailer too much when backing. Average load times are 4-5 hours from the start of setting up racks (if yours aren't permanently attached to the trailer) to finishing up the tarps. Sometimes much longer when you have to wait for the loaders to get to you. I know in Laurenburg, NC most of the Maverick loads are pre-loaded for the drivers, but live loads can be loooonnnngggg. Unloading is much simpler of course. Nice thing is the tarps are all fitted so they pop right on and are craned on when loading, and most places I've unloaded will take em off with the cranes too. Only had to take em off myself at one or two places. That's not too bad once you know how to do it though.