Then you would be foolish to ship four tractors when you can ship 10 for
the same rate. I have seen many box car loads of home appliances move on
the carload but the rate is paid to the final town and the car stooped
to unload a few before it cot to the last town for a small fee. Say the
car was loaded in town A and going to the distributor in town b but he
knew that the dealer needed for in town C. So he orders ten shipped to C
and with a stop in town B where he unloads six and sends the car on to
C. Also all these cars are weighed and at leas back then they would have
this on the weigh bill plus the rate. How it is done today I do not
know. A car load of house hold appliances or tractors or submarine
motors had to meet a minimum weight or you will find yourself in the LCL
department. I never saw a way bill that did not have the weight of the
load on it. And if the bill was marked "est" by the weight we had to
weigh it before delivery. And before the RR would accept an estimated
weight the shipper had to have an agreement with RR on the subject.
Thank you
Larry Jackman
What is the transloading Business today? Is that about the same as a
freight forwarder of my time??
Thank you

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