lanes?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by jsprocket, Oct 22, 2014.
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Lanes mean like a heavily truck travelled interstate between major markets (high freight areas). Examples; I 81, I 40, I 75, I 20, I 80, I 70 etc. It also means that a majority of a company s freight run a certain interstate alot.
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It could also mean a set run. Like I pick up and deliver at the same places everyday. That run is a lane.
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Actually lane means what a particular truck company normally runs for their customer base. Notice I said NORMALLY. ABC trucking might haul freight Normally between Fresno/Dallas. So SR 99, SR 58, I-40 would be their lane. I-80 wouldn't be. (unless they did a load from Fresno to Chicago). It's not to say trucking companies can't run every state, but most have a customer base and they run the same lanes most of the time.
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"Allow Me" summed it up pretty well. Also, pre-set pricing arrangements between shipper and carrier help to build lanes in terms of the trucking company. Meat Hauler A might gave an agreement with Cargill or Tyson to haul loads from SW Kansas to any/all points in NJ and Eastern PA and/or to particular grocers at a "discounted rate", so drivers there see regular routes and consignees as a matter of routine.
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Well that explains why I see a lot of the same highways. The only one I really can't stand is 65 cause of that construction.
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