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Trucking is Sure Confusing These Days
Trucking is sure confusing these days isn’t it? Chew on these facts for a minute: 1. The trucking industry is officially in a recession, according to data tracked by ACT Research and reported by FreightWaves. 2. Freight volume in 2019 has been strong, but has now started to weaken below 2016-1017 numbers. Spot rates are down double digits…
Read MoreHOW CLEAN ARE YOUR RESTROOMS?
Just back from a few days of making calls in the Chicago market. Wow, was it cold! While in the Windy City, we made a pit stop for gas and a bathroom break. I nearly stopped at a stand-alone gas station, but I thought a convenience store would have a cleaner bathroom for the ladies. So, I…
Read MoreMoving on up!
R & S Delivered is growing again! Tonight is moving night. In the pictures below you will see our humble beginnings. Five years ago my wife, Stacey, and I started the company in our basement. Within months we moved to 4540 Gravois in St. Louis which had 800 s.f. and we could fit 5 people!…
Read MoreWho coined the phrase “Pigs Get Fat. Hogs get Slaughtered.”?
This is an impromptu post. I didn’t intend to write it when I got up this morning. I’m writing it after an interaction I had with a customer this morning. That customer had an easy refrigerated load picking up in MN and going to WI. Load picks up on January 2nd, a long time…
Read MoreSpot Market Below Contract Pricing!
Don’t Look Now, But Spot Market Pricing is BELOW Contract Pricing! November 3, 2018 – Taken a look at about any lane on DAT lately? What you’ll find is that the spot market rate, which for the past couple years has been above the contract rate, is now below it. In some cases well below…
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