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In the US at least the highway system is littered with weigh stations, those would be perfect locations for "last mile" transfers.
by jonknee 8y ago
In the US at least the highway system is littered with weigh stations, those would be perfect locations for "last mile" transfers.
- dsnuh 8y agoAnd often surrounded by land I would wager the government owns, which could be used to build the transfer stations upon. Maybe even a susbsidised incentive to get companies on board, so they don't have to spend their own time and capital acquiring land.
- DoctorBit 8y agoThey could do brake and other inspections there too.
- anticensor 8y agoWeight and dimension check stations would need to be considerably enlarged to allow for load handling facilities.
- MertsA 8y agoIf it has space for a parking spot it has enough space to transfer a trailer to a different rig. No one is talking about unloading anything, it's just lowering the legs on the trailer and unlocking the fifth wheel to let the autonomous truck pull away and back the new truck up to it.