After hooking the loaded trailer in Neelys Landing, Missouri, we drove to the first delivery location in Pasadena, Texas. If you didn't watch the three previous videos in this series, I recommend that you watch them first: Neelys Landing, MO to Houston, TX Day 1 – The Trailer Chase Game Neelys Landing, MO to Houston, TX Day 1 – Hooking the Loaded Trailer Neelys Landing, MO to Houston, TX Day 2 – Making the Drive to … [Read more...]
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Neelys Landing, MO to Houston, TX Day 1 – Hooking the Loaded Trailer
May 12, 2017 by ·
In the last video, we spent a good chunk of the day running around looking for an empty trailer. If you missed that video, I recommend you watch it first: Neelys Landing, MO to Houston, TX Day 1 – The Trailer Chase Game [Video] Now that we've got an empty trailer, it's time to drive the 128 miles to Neelys Landing in southeast Missouri to pick up our loaded trailer. Ride along in the driver's seat as we make the trip and pick up … [Read more...]
Forklift Operator Swapping out Pallets Before Loading my Truck
April 20, 2017 by ·
This is a procedure I've never seen before; swapping pallets that already have product stacked on them. I didn't even know this was a thing. The blue pallets are owned by CHEP (Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool) an international company dealing in pallet and container pooling services. Shippers and receivers all over country are clients of CHEP, however, the place I was delivering this load was not a CHEP client, so the … [Read more...]
