Amazon buying thousands of trailers.

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  1. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    Look what I woke up to

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    It's hooked to a Eagle Logistics truck, nice tractor
     
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  3. oldtrucker66

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    @Chinatown
    Are these shoes originally made in China or some other low-wage country?

    What USA/Canada-made products do you see in China? Just curious...
     
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  5. Chinatown

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    China is outsourcing many low wage manufacturing jobs to India, Vietnam, etc.
    Chinese workers are finding out what it's like to price themselves out of a job. Many uneducated Chinese workers are demanding higher wages saying they can't afford a new car, fancy condo, etc. and don't realize they're not worth more than what they now make.
    Since there's a shortage of women, the women won't marry a guy or date a guy unless he has a car and condo. Can't blame them either.
     
  6. BuckeyeKev

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    Does that make sleeper cabs a triple threat? Car, condo, job.
     
  7. Chinatown

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    That be a threeper. There's some really hot Chinese women riding with their guys in those trucks. Many hotties driving trucks in China also.
    Saw one the other day driving a car hauler. Saw her later climbing around unloading it and wearing a short skirt and she was "fine." Yes, red panties!
    I've seen car haulers in China with 22 cars on them. Single row on the bottom and double row on top.
     
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  8. Bobble

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    Maybe they're taking ideas from the Navy. I can see the drones taking off and landing from them out OTR. Kinda like aircraft carriers.
     
  9. Infosaur

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    I'd think the drones would launch from a package car.

    What they really need is a trailer built like a car hauler. They drive regionally, then dispatch the cars in multiple directions. Then the cars launch the drones in a 5 mile radius.
     
  10. DoubleDs

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    There's a European company that just proved this concept. Drone takes off of a retractable launch pad on top of the truck on goes out for delivery. Half-our flight time at 50mph I believe. Manual control takes over from autopilot for delivery, then the drone returns to the moving truck. Pretty cool stuff.
     
  11. Infosaur

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    That's still marginaly a 10 mile radius. (25 mile range, cut in half for round trip, 10% fudge factor,) I guess you could cover a small town from an exit ramp.
     
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