Posts Tagged ‘logistics’
HOW 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 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…
Read MoreHurricane Michael
Blog Post from Russ Schultz, Owner: I’m back from having spent 10 days in Marianna FL helping with Hurricane Michael recovery. I was there not as a trucker, but as a family member as my father-in-law and my sister-in-law’s family live there. We spent the time cutting trees, attempting to save food that was thawing,…
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