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I have a pick up/delivery stop in my area and saw three 53 foot trailers in a lot.
I believe it was one of their secretive warehouses.
 
As I read the article and I was struck especially by the 1 or 2 day service goal, why? Why have we become so impatient, why has the public taken the attitude, "I want it right now"? You can see this attitude in everyday driving, people are so impatient that it has reached a very dangerous point. When I was a kid, growing up in Western North Carolina, we would order stuff from Sears/Roebuck, take the order form out of the back of the catalog, mail it in and maybe in a month we might have what we ordered. Nobody died from the wait, that I know of.

I can remember when I was with Johnson Motor Lines out of Charlotte, a trailer would sit at the dock until it was full before it was ever sent on it's merry way. And then, if it took a team 2 or 3 days to get from Charlotte to Boston, nobody ever said a word, we got out there, drove safely, had a good time, made well above average wages. Compare today, the world changed and I am nearing the "getting off point"
 
I wonder what they pay their drivers?
From what I have read about Amazon's treatment of the warehouse workers, I do not believe that I care to work for them. I have read people having heart attacks, strokes and nervous breakdowns from the pressure that is put on them. No thank you, a job ain't worth this.
 
IMO, I bet it's lower wages than the industry right now. They will probably be more competitive later on.
If they get their logistics up and running as smooth as they want, it's been stated that UPS, FedEx, USPS and others would get the sloppy seconds or rather areas that cost them too much time and money to deliver too.
I get packages from their drivers on Sundays. I talk to them, some appear professional some, some not (Pants on the ground look).
Some are happy some are not...it's a job they say, something to get them experience before they move on. They claim low wages.
 
UPS and FedEx's worst nightmare. Amazon is buying trailers to move their own freight, eventually having their own local delivery service, and cutting out UPS and FedEx. They have the money to do it.
 
UPS and FedEx's worst nightmare. Amazon is buying trailers to move their own freight, eventually having their own local delivery service, and cutting out UPS and FedEx. They have the money to do it.
Yep they sure do and also keep in mind let's see if they have the money to try and fight off the union when they come knocking......
 
Just like at UPS, there is so much money involved that a decision either way still keeps the cash flood coming. The big question is what percentage of UPS freight is generated from Amazon and what happens to UPS if that cash spigot is shut off?
 
Why back in the day when I was a city steering wheel holder,back before the government deregulated trucking.
If any trucking company was making a penny on a dollar after operating expenses they were doing good.
After deregulation when any yahoo could become a trucker with their own equipment,the established companies started cutting the freight rates.
Which they thought would force the smaller operations out of business,which did happen.

However to the point of this post,with the operating expenses of today to be an independent trucker,Amazon may think they are going to make money bypassing the small pack & freight companies,Skeeters famous saying, only time will tell on that.
 
Why back in the day when I was a city steering wheel holder,back before the government deregulated trucking.
If any trucking company was making a penny on a dollar after operating expenses they were doing good.
After deregulation when any yahoo could become a trucker with their own equipment,the established companies started cutting the freight rates.
Which they thought would force the smaller operations out of business,which did happen.

However to the point of this post,with the operating expenses of today to be an independent trucker,Amazon may think they are going to make money bypassing the small pack & freight companies,Skeeters famous saying, only time will tell on that.
Apo....one of the receiving sites for Amazon is in Rochester at the Kodak plant ....ccs receives at least two loads a day from amazon from Pittsburgh. ..where I work they get at least two loads of fedex smartpost.
 
Well wherever they are,it is only a matter of time to see if they can make more money hauling their own stuff.
Warehousing,& trucking combined can't be as cheap as they think,or everybody would be cutting out trucking companies.

I buy metal corral panels for my horse pasture.
If I get them at my local Tractor supply they are around 10 to 15 dollars more then buying them direct from the manufacturer.
However if I rent a trailer & pay for gas to pick them up in Kentucky, I wouldn't save anything, I may even be worse off.
I think Amazon may find after sometime,with DOT regulations,paying a team of employees wages & benefits to handle,& drive,their stuff.
Along with maintaining their equipment.
They would be better off not being in the trucking business.
 
Well wherever they are,it is only a matter of time to see if they can make more money hauling their own stuff.
Warehousing,& trucking combined can't be as cheap as they think,or everybody would be cutting out trucking companies.

I buy metal corral panels for my horse pasture.
If I get them at my local Tractor supply they are around 10 to 15 dollars more then buying them direct from the manufacturer.
However if I rent a trailer & pay for gas to pick them up in Kentucky, I wouldn't save anything, I may even be worse off.
I think Amazon may find after sometime,with DOT regulations,paying a team of employees wages & benefits to handle,& drive,their stuff.
Along with maintaining their equipment.
They would be better off not being in the trucking business.
What if Amazon just had there own trailor's and hired power only owner op's. For the delivery part they can do the Fedex ground model. Those combined would save a lot of operating cost.
 
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