Top pick container handler on the Tacoma yard

What the top pick handles

The top pick stacks loaded and empty containers and repositions them for outbound container drayage. It carries the weight for container flips, container depot moves, urgent prepull to catch an early or distant receiver window, and heavy machinery. A flip gives access for an inspection, a load correction, or a reorientation before the container ships out. A prepull brings the container off the terminal early, so a 9:00 unload a hundred miles away is physically possible. The 100,000 lbs capacity lets a loaded container move in a single lift, so freight reaches its next leg faster with fewer re-handles.

• Loaded and empty container stacking
• Container flips for inspection, load correction, or reorientation
• Container depot moves and urgent prepull
• Heavy machinery lifts on the yard

Top pick specifications

One reach stacker covers the yard's heavy-lift work, kept ready for stacking, flips, and transload minutes from the Tacoma terminals.

• 2024 SANY reach stacker (SANY top pick)
• 100,000 lbs lifting capacity
• Stationed on the 3-acre Tacoma yard, minutes from the terminals

Container handling and transloading

During transloading, the top pick handles both palletized and floor-loaded freight, moving cargo between containers, chassis, and trailers on the yard. Floor-loaded freight comes out of the container piece by piece and goes onto a trailer for the next leg, and the top pick keeps the heavy pieces moving through it. Oversize loads and containers can be staged at the secure Tacoma facility, ready for pickup and the next leg of delivery. See our equipment for the full private fleet behind every move.

Book a heavy-lift move with Long Road

Long Road runs its own fleet and owns 200+ units of private chassis and trailers, powered by its own equipment and infrastructure. For container handling, a flip, a depot move, or transload on the Tacoma yard, call (425) 800-4609 or request a quote.

• 2020 Asset-based since
• 200+ Private chassis & equipment
• 2 PNW ports, every terminal
• 3-acre Tacoma yard & depot
• 24/7 Capacity & repair shop