Have you accounted for the regular seasonal downturn in Platform?
Boxes having better rpm going into snowpocalyps zones is not atypical for Jan/Feb. The food and retail stuff has more consistent demand volume. Combine that with a bunch of trucks parked for the winter, It's all just supply and demand. When construction and landscaping starts up again in a couple of months things will pick back up for flats.
Another thing you may be overlooking is that refers can do "Keep from freezing" loads cause they can heat the box also. Those loads drive up demand for refer trailers. I can't think of anybody that wants a load of exploded beer or water.
Here is a balance point to keep in mind. If they are paying a premium to get a truck to go someplace. Let's just say it's a load of melons for the Cali transplants in Missoula. What's the possibility that area is producing anything that needs to ship out during a blizzard.
What if it Snows?
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Detention/layover is something that should be covered in the load confirmation sheet. That sheet is your contract. If it isn't on that sheet it is not part of the contract.
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When this happens with consumer products increasing (inflation) and industrials decreasing (long term growth) it can be a direction of less-than-optimal economic times combined with inflation over a longer period of time. Think of it as a driver who is pushing their gas pedal while dragging their foot on the break peddle at the same time, but they are too dumb to figure out they are doing both at the same time.LoSt_AgAiN, D.Tibbitt, 77fib77 and 4 others Thank this. -
Probably this s l o w global warming, ?? not coming into heat on time.LoSt_AgAiN, D.Tibbitt, 77fib77 and 4 others Thank this. -
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I'm sure we can find a science type to publish a paper that the deer need to pull energy from the earths core to go into a proper heat and participate in the rut. They can't gather enough heat fast enough to stay on the calendar and are delaying deliveries of fawn till later in the season.
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