Waiting for a shipment by UPS?
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Fine69
Senior Member
trackspeeder
Stone Crusher
You say that as if it were a bad thing!
No. Not at all.I might bring back the "DO NOT HUMP THIS CAR" avatar.
trackspeeder
Stone Crusher
Here's a news link to the derailment; KESQ.com Palm Springs, Coachella Valley More Time for Clean Up Means More Time Waiting for Evacuees
Lovely stuff
I think your package is under the can.(tank car)
trackspeeder
Stone Crusher
UPS moves quickly long as the railroad does
Sorry had to slip in the CAT photo
Railroad and quick don't go together.
The fun begins when they loose a car or two.
BamaSixGun
SDD Super Mod/Staff
Is it more cost effective for UPS and other truck lines to ship their trailers cross country to their other terminals, than to truck them across country?
Very cost effective. It depends on which option you choose as to how its shipped.
'Back in the day' to truck a trailer to LA from DFW would be around $1500 and to ship via rail would be around $900. That's if prompt service was not an issue to you.
Thats part of how I knew about the gate at UPS. The Union Pacific in Dallas was at that time the Mo-Pac here and the UPS Hub was in north Dallas. I was in the Cartage business and used to pull them from the Mo-Pac to UPS.
'Back in the day' to truck a trailer to LA from DFW would be around $1500 and to ship via rail would be around $900. That's if prompt service was not an issue to you.
Thats part of how I knew about the gate at UPS. The Union Pacific in Dallas was at that time the Mo-Pac here and the UPS Hub was in north Dallas. I was in the Cartage business and used to pull them from the Mo-Pac to UPS.
trackspeeder
Stone Crusher
You can get quite a few trailers on a train. So the train would be cheaper.
The more trailers you ship the cheaper it gets.
RenoF250
DungBeetle
I might bring back the "DO NOT HUMP THIS CAR" avatar.
This reminds me of an air conditioner I saw that said "Do not truck this side." Someone had replaced the "tr" with and "f". I wasn't tempted to @#$% any side.