2019 Chicago Intermodal

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  1. RERM

    RERM Road Train Member

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    Apparently !!!!!
     
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    yup lol . our company driver count super low. the shop just DOT'd every owner op truck put so much people OOS.
     
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    Im looking to get hell outta Intermodal
     
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    Didn't that kind of need to happen anyway?
     
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    How many O/O left at Kiswani ?, did they open the new yard?....
     
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    oh ya lol. big time
     
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    we lost mostly company guys. the main people left are owners tbh. 53s basically do not exsist. jb hunt dont even make them a profit. they just break even. only 53s i do are hazmat. once in a blue moon. the yard isnt open.
     
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    but they did buy new 40/45 chassis. and new 40 foot quad axles for overweight. i feel the overweight is whats keeping us going. smdh
     
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    I drove past willow springs yesterday, it's half empty.
     
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    i think its safe to say. the intermodal world is dying in chicago.
     
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