Coil from a West Virginia mill to a Cambridge stamper, 5 loads
A steel mill in northern West Virginia ships coil to a stamping plant in Cambridge, Ontario. Fission delivered 5 loads between February 28 and March 14, 2023, 1 coil a truck on 4 of them and 3 coils on the fifth, 38,246 to 44,695 lb a truck, every one on a Rolltite Conestoga, up Interstate 79 and 90 through Pittsburgh to Buffalo and across to Cambridge, inside our next day radius.
A real move from Fission's order history, February and March 2023. Shippers and receivers are described by type, never named. Load counts are delivered loads; weights, trailers and pickup dates are from the dispatch records.
The load at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Shipper type | Steel mill, northern West Virginia |
| Receiver type | Automotive stamping plant, Cambridge, Ontario |
| Loads | 5 from February 28 to March 14 |
| Per truck | 1 coil on 4 loads, 3 coils on 1; 38,246 to 44,695 lb |
| Trailer | 53 ft Rolltite Conestoga on all 5, coil racks, chains through the eye |
| Route | Interstate 79 and 90 through Pittsburgh to Buffalo, QEW and Highway 401 to Cambridge |
| Crossing | Buffalo, Peace Bridge or Lewiston to Queenston |
| Transit | Next day |
| Delivered | All 5 |
The ask
West Virginia is an on request lane for Fission, not a daily one. The stamper needed a carrier that would take a single heavy coil, run it through the border without a hand off and have it on the floor the next day.
How the coil rode
Every load sat under tandem weight, so each was its own truck. The coil sat in racks on beveled timbers, eye to the side, chained through the eye with protectors at every contact point, inside a Conestoga with the curtain closed.
The border and the road
From northern West Virginia the run is Interstate 79 north to Interstate 90 at Erie, east to Buffalo, across the Peace Bridge or Lewiston to Queenston, then the QEW and 401 to Cambridge. Dispatch filed the ACI eManifest before the bridge and the stamper's broker cleared the coil.
What the stamper got
Five loads on an on request lane, with one Samsara link per load. The lane is on Ontario to West Virginia flatbed; the southbound trucks that deliver there bring freight like this home.
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