[frgeek-michiana] Re: Indy drop-off event (formerly: Re: Re: Warehouse Report - 12/16/2008)
- From: "Chuq Jackels" <chuq00@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:34:27 -0500
Sort of somewhat.. Let me see if I understand correctly; City of Indy will
accept our sizable amount of recyclables ( all of the skids we have in the
racks) but we will *not* be receiving any funds for doings so. The biggest
benefit that we will receive is getting the stuff out of our storage area?
Am I correct on this so far?
As far as the truck situation goes possibly renting a large Uhaul or Ryder
moving truck to handle the logistics be a better alternative? Here is a
quote of the costs with Ryder for a 26' with lift gate (class A cdl is
required) picking it up on Friday evening (4pm) and it is for a 2 day rental
due to us needing to get the truck as early as possible ( like 5 am!!) and
they aren't open that early so pick it up Friday evening and then return it
either Saturday evening or Sunday
Rough estimate for the total cost is $212 for the truck and mileage and
about $100 for fuel plus Rates does not include Ryder Protection Coverage,
any applicable taxes, fuel, or Environment Protection Fees.
So all in all I believe it will cost us about $350-400 at the most to do
this.
So I guess the real question is: Is it worth $400 to reduce our stuff in
storage??
Here is the quote from Ryder.com
Pickup Time: 1/9/2009 4:00:00 PM for 2 day(s)
Vehicle Type: 26ft Heavy Duty Straight Truck (CDL Required)
Side Door Required: No
Lift Gate Required: Yes
Rear Door Option: N/A
Daily Rate: Standard Price 89.00
Online Price 76.00
Weekly Rate: 445.00 378.25
Cost/mile: .20
* Coupon required at counter
Rates does not include Ryder Protection Coverage, any applicable taxes,
fuel,or Environment Protection Fees.
Availability may require Ryder System, Inc. to substitute truck sizes.
Ahhhh but wait.....
I checked out the price for a non "heavy duty" truck same size no cdl
required and the cost is much better!!
$120 for the truck (the mileage would be free for 1000 miles) and still
about $100 for fuel
So now this is looking to cost us $250 to 300 at worst. Maybe that is a bit
more do-able. And by my rough guesstimate I would say we should fit about
13 pallets in the truck. If we pick the truck up Friday and get it loaded up
Friday and then drive it down to Indy Saturday morning, unload and come back
get another load if we need to and get it down there we could wipe it all
out. I guess we need to see how many pallets we do have that can go and that
would determine the need for a 2nd trip.
Pickup Time: 1/9/2009 4:00:00 PM for 2 day(s)
Vehicle Type: 26ft Straight Truck
Side Door Required: No
Lift Gate Required: Yes
Rear Door Option: N/A
Daily Rate: Standard Price 80.00
Online Price 60.00
Weekly Rate: 400.00 300.00
Cost/mile: .12 *First 1,000 miles are FREE.
* Coupon required at counter
Rates does not include Ryder Protection Coverage, any applicable taxes,
fuel,or Environment Protection Fees.
Availability may require Ryder System, Inc. to substitute truck sizes.
-----Original Message-----
From: frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Brown
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:53 AM
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Indy drop-off event (formerly: Re: Re: Warehouse
Report - 12/16/2008)
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 Freight
>>
>> Forest 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
>
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