Implements · 2025
BLU-JET AT6010 - Urgent Lowboy Pickup and Container Export
In 2025 a customer needed a BLU-JET AT6010 applicator, with a frame weighing more than 6 metric tons, at the packing facility faster than towing allowed, so Meridian Freight picked it up in Illinois by lowboy at about $2,000 more than towing. The applicator was dismantled, loaded into a 40-foot container and shipped to Istanbul, where Meridian's responsibility ended.
| Equipment | BLU-JET AT6010 applicator |
|---|---|
| Route | Illinois – Meridian packing facility – Chicago – Istanbul |
| Year | 2025 |
| Container | 40-foot container |
| Weight | Frame over 6 metric tons |
| What Meridian did | Selected a lowboy for the Illinois pickup to get the applicator to the packing facility faster |
The shipment
The BLU-JET AT6010 was a large, heavy applicator with a frame weighing more than 6 metric tons. Meridian normally evaluates direct towing for implements of this type, but the customer required a faster move to the packing facility. Meridian therefore selected a lowboy for the Illinois pickup. This urgent option cost approximately $2,000 more than towing the implement on its own wheels, but it protected the overall project schedule and allowed the equipment to enter the packing queue without waiting for a slower rural-road move. The applicator was dismantled, loaded into a 40-foot container and transported to Istanbul. Meridian's responsibility ended there. Final assembly was outside the company's scope and was not monitored.
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