Is winter slow for trucking?

It dies down after Christmas for about a month and a half. People just spent a ton of money over Thanksgiving-Xmas and generally don't do much in the dead of winter. Flat deff slows and so does van. Reefer too but not to the extent open deck does

 

Depends on what area of trucking you’re in. Freight, yes it can be slow after Christmas/New Years. But if you’re hauling propane up north this is a busy time of year.

 

Welcome to the "dregs of winter",,,

 

This time of year is slower. Partially a blessing. If bad weather. You can be careful. Take your time. Wait things out.

 

depends on what you haul. my last job, was dedicated freight, so i was busy all year long. general freight, you may very well sit, as you have been.

gasoline, dairy products, foods, home/business heating oil, propane, and a few other needed things, can be all year long.

reason why "some" freight may be in short supply before Christmas and for a month or 2/3 after is many factories close for end of year inventory

 

If it snows a lot the Tank Yankers will be scrambling to haul aircraft deicer.

 

Only slows when it snows.

 

Freight has slowed a bit in flatbed, but not too much. Seems like the weather over the last three weeks is when it started.

 

Hardest thing ever, send a guy to JFY or LaGuardia with 7000 gal of deicer when it is snowing over an inch an hour and both NJ and NY have declared emergencies which means the major arteries are already so full of commuters trying to get home that he snowplows can't plow...