How's Everyone Doing in LTL Right Now?

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by Mike2633, Aug 23, 2022.

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  1. mickeyrat

    mickeyrat Road Train Member

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    do you already have the tank endorsement too? for LTL that will need to go along with the Haz endorsement.
     
    mickeyrat, Aug 28, 2022
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    Columbia, SC here.

    We are usually sitting at 400+ bills a day inbound and probably 300+ bills outbound this time of the year. I think we are doing 2/3 of our usual volume. So yeah, things have cooled down a lot in my area.
     
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    yes I have tank
     
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    Mike2633 Road Train Member

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    I have every endorsement except Hazmat and School bus. But yes I have tank. I have doubles/triples, tank and passenger bus and am adding Hazmat
     
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    Mike2633 Road Train Member

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    So 300 bills is individual deliveries a day theoretically one bill could be say 10 pallets to one customer correct?
     
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    I have a question for you FedEx Freight guys (could also apply to ABF) most LTL companies work Monday-Friday. However I see ABF runs some triples on Sunday night and FedEx and the others always have a few guys going on Sunday night. I assumed like with Estes the guys out on Sunday night were just extra board guys, but are there actual Sunday night bid runs that some guys have?
     
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    Those Sunday runs at FXF could be volunteer work for overages. May even be a bid run depending on the service center. The hub I work out of has Tues-Sat day run bids. Sunday work probably isn’t very common for regular work over at FedEx.
     
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    That’s possible, but it would be rare.
     
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    It's a food shortage out there. Didn't you know? I've already been getting used to eating crickets and worms to stay ahead of the game.
     
    Waterman_99, Aug 29, 2022
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    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    #### that. :eek:

    Buy yourself a crossbow and eat geese. God knows we have no shortage of those running around.
     
    MACK E-6, Aug 29, 2022
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