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Old 12-01-2006, 06:46 PM
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How does the trailer looks afterwards???
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How does the trailer looks afterwards???


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But my customers pay me well so I do not mind cleaning my trailer out.
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Old 12-01-2006, 11:59 PM
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How does the trailer looks afterwards???


FILTHY!!!!!




But my customers pay me well so I do not mind cleaning my trailer out.
I agree, with what you should get paid for the load, you will not mind cleaning the trailer.
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Old 12-02-2006, 12:21 AM
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Smells good though, kinda "Christmasy" all over in there!
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Old 12-02-2006, 02:06 AM
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It is very wet, and a PITA to sweep.
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The few loads of Christmas trees I have pulled, paid so good that I had no problem with paying for a washout. :wink:
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My Dad hauled trees a few time from the Northwest and said they put a plastic lining up that went down the wall, cross the floor, and back up to the top of the other wall. They'd forklift them in till it was full, and he'd run em back to the Midwest.
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Well, your dad got lucky. I never had any plastic, and the illegals loaded the trailer by hand, with the help of a portable conveyer belt. They were pretty quick about it too.

On my last Christmass tree load, which I delivered to Naples Florida, there was still snow on the trees from MN in my dry van. There were kids around while we unloaded, by hand, that had never seen snow before. A snowball fight ensued in 80 degree weather in Naples FL. It was pretty silly, and quite the fun! :lol:
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Isn't there a lot of the sap which is really hard to get rid of? My concern is, that a normal wash out or brush out ain't gonna clean it.
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I thought the same thing. But the trees held their temperature all the way to Florida in my dry van with a metal roof. By time I got to Naples, the sixth or seventh and last stop, the trees still had snow and ice on them. There was no sap in the van what so ever, just lots of pine needles that I swept out.

And it did smell good in there for quite a few weeks.
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