80,000 trailers and counting: Amazon Freight’s capacity reaches new heights

Sounds like they’re bigger than Swift now.
(With the accident rate associated with it).

 

My first question here: how many of those trailers would actually pass a worthwhile pre-trip inspection?



-- L

 

They’re becoming a regular package shipping company also. They want to take business from UPS and FedEx Ground. So they need the trailers. It’s where the moneys at. Why UPS sold UPS freight and FedEx spun off FedEx Freight.

 

How's this work in the US. They pay any good? I see they have a major distribution center near me, and then run a heap of vans out from there. But do they have sub warehouse in reginal areas these trailers run too? Maybe 3-4hrs away. .

 

Put them on the rails its safer for all of us.

 

I wonder if that includes all the ones sitting in a wrecker storage yard after being totaled that haven't been scrapped yet because the recovery company is waiting to be paid for their services, so they still show as being titled.

 

Amen to that!

 

It’s all fun and games until trains loaded with Amazon Prime trailers start having derailments out of nowhere!!

 

The ones that haven’t been picked up from the factory yet!