cost of repairs in ltl companies

I guess the calculations are in favor of long term use, it does make more sense then OTR companies doing that.

Since most LTL trucks run regular routes within their assigned area & are near terminals most of the time, the wear/tear is more predictable & towing/downtime can be minimized if they DO break down compared to OTR trucks that could be anywhere & deal with multi hundred miles tow bills to (potentially) less than ideal repair shops.

Plus the resale value of single screw day cabs would likely be lower in a secondary market if they were turning over equipment all the time, would not get as much production profit out of investment.

Your shops are the real deal, pulling them all the way apart, nice picture!

 

wm stopped doing stuff like that now. they just lease the trucks

 

UPS doesn't sell trucks, they crush em. That's why they want to get every pennies worth out of them because there will be no sale at the end of the line. I was at the scrap yard a few years ago and seen a pile of like 30 p800s waiting to be crushed, it was pretty neat.

 

i would guess that this is going to be policy at freight since the acquisition. But even when we were just Overnite, my above description was true.

At my terminal, We had one truck we use as backup for road that has over a million miles on it.