I called the City of Indianapolis regarding the recycling drop-off event Jan. 10, 2009. The contact person was not in so I left a voice message. At this point, I assume we would get no fee for our material if the event organizers allow us to drop-off a good sized shipment.
There is a dock door at the warehouse although access to it is not always available.
A semi-trailer holds 26 skids on the floor which is close to the total number of skids we have in our racks. Our actual shipment would be much smaller so I doubt we would need a tractor/trailer. Does this make sense?
Tom Chuq Jackels wrote:
:: Towne FreightForest talked to a sales rep at Towne Freight re hauling a semi-trailer full of electronic gear to Indy for recycling. A standard trailer will hold 52 stacked skids. The one-way cost is $500; plus, we lose the value of the skids and gaylords. Towne will drop off a trailer on-site for two weeks to load it. Because of the cost, we are unlikely to ever send gear to Indy for recycling. However, it is good to have facts and figures.I have a question about this: Is there a need to do this? And if we had all the skids ready we could have the trailer loaded in a matter of a couple of hours if we have a forklift and a dock door. Without the dock door what we will need to do is lift the pallets onto the trailer and use a hand jack to move them to the end of the trailer, all in all it should still only take a couple of hours, I can call Ryder and see how much the cost is to rent a truck and a trailer for 1 day (if we can take it to Indy and have it unloaded the same day) and then return the truck and trailer. We need to see what kind of return we will receive on the loads. Remember I do have a valid Class A CDL and would be able to accommodate this. Chuq ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** PLEASE don't post personal or sensitive information unless you wish for it to be in the public domain. To post to the list send email to frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx The archive is available at //www.freelists.org/archives/frgeek-michiana/ You may unsubscribe or change your list settings by going to the list website at //www.freelists.org/webpage/frgeek-michiana
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