SHIPPING

     One of the characteristics that makes metal shipping containers so useful, their large enclosed volume, makes them somewhat difficult to ship. While some metal containers fold to a smaller size for storage and shipping, most do not.

     Best Weld customers usually ship containers for repair by truck, either Best Weld's truck, their own truck, or common carrier.  Best Weld's location near Interstate 69 makes shipping containers relatively easy.

	PROPER STACKING OF CONTAINERS CAN REDUCE SHIPPING COSTS

     FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why would I have Best Weld pick up and deliver my containers?  Customers can ship containers to Best Weld using common carrier trucks or their own trucks, if they wish.  However, many customers prefer the "door to door" service that Best Weld trucking can provide.  In addition to being more convenient, it is frequently less expensive to have Best Weld pick up and deliver the containers.  We recommend that customers receive a pickup/delivery quote from us and compare it with the cost of shipping by common carrier or their own company trucks.  In many cases, they are pleasantly surprised.  To receive a quote, telephone Best Weld at (765) 641-7720 or contact us using the "For More Info" page on this Web.

What is your pickup and delivery area?  Best Weld currently provides container pickup and delivery services throughout Indiana.

What kind of truck trailers do you use?  Best Weld container pickups and deliveries are made using either an enclosed van trailer or a drop-deck trailer, depending upon the customer's preference.  Access to the baskets is easier with a drop-deck trailer, but customers with loading docks (particularly enclosed loading docks) often request enclosed trailers to reduce problems associated with loading and/or unloading in bad weather. 

How does our truck get to your plant?  Best Weld is located in Anderson, Indiana, at the intersection of Locust and 18th Streets.
     Most trucks arrive using Interstate 69.  To get to Best Weld from I-69, take Exit 22.  This will put you on Pendleton Avenue (Business Route 9).  Go straight on Pendleton Avenue toward Anderson for 4.2 miles. (At 3.5 miles you will go past the large Guide Corp. -- formerly Delphi -- plant and then past the Anderson Speedway).  When you reach Madison Avenue, turn left and go on Madison for 0.4 miles to 16th Street.  Turn left on 16th Street for two blocks (0.1 mile) to a stop sign.  This is Locust Street.  Turn left on Locust Street for 0.1 miles.   When you cross the first of two railroad tracks, look ahead and to your right; you will see the Best Weld building.  Turn right on the road between the tracks (18th Street).  After about one block, the plant entrance is on the left.

     The above route is legal for trucks.  The direct route to Best Weld (turning off of Pendleton Avenue directly onto Locust Street) is shorter but requires trucks to drive through a residential neighborhood in which trucks are prohibited.  Police sometimes patrol this neighborhood.  A word to the wise: Don't take the shortcut if you're driving a truck!  

Would you rather receive containers in an enclosed semi-trailer or on a flatbed trailer?  We have no preference. As long as the containers are readily accessible to our forklift drivers, we can load/unload them.

How many containers are there in a truckload?  The number of containers in a "truckload" obviously depends upon the size of the containers, the size of the truck, and the maximum stacking height of containers on the truck.   The following table may, however, help to make approximations.  This table assumes a 48 foot long trailer:

Container Size 51"L x 35"W x 38"H 54"L x 35"W x 40"H 75"L x 54"W x 58"H 108"Lx54"W x 59"H	Approx. Number in               a Truckload                           53                      40                      18                      18
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BEST WELD, INC.
1315 WEST 18TH STREET
ANDERSON, INDIANA 46016
(765)641-7720    FAX: (765)641-7784