05-19-2011, 09:47 AM
I'm not sure about Inland Container, but typically container companies (as in companies that make and transport cans, bottles, and boxes as opposed to sea going containers) will have their trucks and trailers sized to the type of container they haul. Typically tin cans and plastic bottles that are empty are very light weight, but high in volume. Trailers will be 53 feet long and frequently have a "drop bottom" between the tractor and the trailer wheels like a moving van. They may even have a single drive axle on the tractor since the weight is not sufficient to require 5 axles. On the other hand, card board boxes are typically shipped in flat bundles and are quite heavy. They would probably be shipped in 53 foot trailers, but no drop centers, and probably only loaded to 1/2 of the inside height available. All of the tractors pulling a load of cardboard would have 3 axles.