Super D

[guest]

I am in the process of buying my first Truck and have a couple questions. Hopefully I will get the answers I need and maybe some advise.

I am buying a 2001 Freightliner Classic, having the frame streched, 22 ft box added, etc.

Will this be considered a Super D or a E unit. I know that Tri State has a classification of E Unit. Tractor/Trailers at TS are F Units.

TS pays no more for a Super D than it does for a Regular D. Are there any Companies that Pay more for a Super D?

Over all TS has been good to me in my infancy in Espediting, but I am considering moving on. I have had some problems with TS but these will be brought up in Forums on EO.

 

[Weave]

I don't know about TS terminology, but your straight truck should be considered a regular "D" unit there from what I have in my last information from them. "E" units are generally tractor trailers, (48 or 53 foot trailers) and I most often see the "Super D" term refer to a tractor with a 26 or 28 foot pup trailer. The "F" unit I think was invented by me as a joke, and as far as I know does not actually exist, unless TS saw it and decided to use it or now have a new system of their own. Some places such as FedEx have terms of their own too. They used to and might still refer to a straight truck with 20-24 foot box that cannot scale 13k of freight as a DC unit.
Expedite trucks are being built in many more shapes and sizes than ever before, and the old common unit designations are being modified by a lot of companies. It's just a matter of checking with the company or examining their recruiting literature to find out your unit designation there and what its pay rate or scale will be.

-Weave-

 

[x06col]

It shouldn't much matter what your carrier might designate your
truck as. If in pricing your service you make it clear that any
load over 10 skids or, 14,000 lbs will require the E rate be paid.

 

[terryandrene]

Weave:
I can see where the confusion might be in FedEx Custom Critical's designation of 'DC'. They also have 'BC', 'CC', and 'EC'. In this case the add-on 'C' stands for Canada. It provides instant recognition for the dispatcher to either get them on a load back home or to keep them off intra-USA runs. The 'C' is unrelated to load capacity.

Terry

 

[geo]

egl will pay you for what you are able to haul
in my old c unit i was able to haul 13,300 and eight pallets
and had 13,297 on it was 3lbs from load limit that include fuel tanks and driver in truck, only went 7 miles on base and it paid real well
and in sprinter i've had 3,100 lbs on it and got paid for what a cunit would carry
if it pays i will most times haul it but won't overload my equipment
just a question of money
i do nyc if price is right if not figure how to get out of it