Load shifts, transfers, and a place to leave it
Three different jobs that often show up together: a load that moved, freight that has to change trailers, and a unit or a load that needs somewhere to sit until the next move.
Load assistance
A load that shifted in transit has to be dealt with before the run continues. Tell dispatch what's on the trailer, how it's secured, what moved, and whether the trailer doors are closed. Dispatch decides what to send.
Load transfers
When a trailer can't continue, the freight can be moved to another trailer so the load does. Dispatch needs to know what the freight is, roughly what it weighs, how it's packed, whether a replacement trailer is coming and from whom, and whether the receiver has a deadline.
Dry load storage and yard storage
Brown's offers dry load storage and yard storage. Call for what the yard can take and the terms.
Coverage
Mobile units and wreckers cover approximately 50 miles from Tunnel Hill. Not sure we cover your location? Call and ask.
What to have ready when you call
- Where the trailer is, and whether it can be moved
- What the freight is, roughly what it weighs, and how it's packed
- What moved, or what needs to move to another trailer
- Whether a replacement trailer is coming, and from whom
- Whether the receiver has a deadline
- A phone number that will answer
Questions drivers ask
What's the difference between a load shift and a load transfer?
A load shift is freight that moved inside the trailer and has to be set right before the same trailer continues. A load transfer moves the freight to a different trailer, usually because the first one can't continue.
Day or night, one number.
Tell dispatch: interstate and direction, last exit or mile marker you passed, what you're driving, what happened.
Call 706-996-5435