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XPO | Rebranding ramping up shortly.

whip1 said:
We have a 33' trailer in our yard branded XPO. Since we didn't have the 33' before, I'm assuming it's new.
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Hey Whip...does your 33' er have a liftgate on it? I'm asking cause we've had a 33'er at my barn for about 2 years, but it's a L/G only. Seeing how 33' can't be used in tandem for L/H, (at least not yet even though FedEx is lobbying Congress to legalize 33' double for L/H),I'm thinking that your SCM must have requested your 33'er for a heavy hard to peddle city run.
 
vetran peddleman said:
Hey Whip...does your 33' er have a liftgate on it? I'm asking cause we've had a 33'er at my barn for about 2 years, but it's a L/G only. Seeing how 33' can't be used in tandem for L/H, (at least not yet even though FedEx is lobbying Congress to legalize 33' double for L/H),I'm thinking that your SCM must have requested your 33'er for a heavy hard to peddle city run.
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We want 33ft'ers also - I'm guessing we lobby for them to be allowed as well. Bigger trailers means fewer drivers.
 
snaildriver said:
Refurbing trailers is cheaper than building new ones. Keeping those trailers in the system means no subsequent owner can bring a lawsuit if the trailer is in an accident 2 years after it's sold..
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How the hell can a owner that buys one of our old trailer or trucks sue us if he get into an accident. Never heard of such a thing
 
upnorth said:
Got it.
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Buy doing it this way the company can change the trailer number. XPO can now change the number to show it's a 2016 trailer in the system instead of a 1999. I guess this is how they say we have the newest fleet on the street and if they could do it to the trucks they would
 
Fly-by-night said:
Buy doing it this way the company can change the trailer number. XPO can now change the number to show it's a 2016 trailer in the system instead of a 1999. I guess this is how they say we have the newest fleet on the street and if they could do it to the trucks they would
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Honestly, everything looked good on this unit. If this is a more cost effective way to go, rather than buying new, great. 15 years is a good lifespan. I know that there are some pretty old trailers on the road being pulled by other companies.
 
vetran peddleman said:
Hey Whip...does your 33' er have a liftgate on it? I'm asking cause we've had a 33'er at my barn for about 2 years, but it's a L/G only. Seeing how 33' can't be used in tandem for L/H, (at least not yet even though FedEx is lobbying Congress to legalize 33' double for L/H),I'm thinking that your SCM must have requested your 33'er for a heavy hard to peddle city run.
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The XPO 33' trailer does not have a liftgate. It's assigned to our terminal and it's not allowed to leave on linehaul runs. The number prefix is 433.
 
icuicp said:
We want 33ft'ers also - I'm guessing we lobby for them to be allowed as well. Bigger trailers means fewer drivers.
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You're right ICUICP ! I neglected to mention that XPO/Conway is involved in lobbying Congress to get 33' ers legalized to run tandems. Good catch!
 
Groceryhauler said:
A trailer mechanic told me last night that the rebranding has been put on hold. The letters on the new decals are already starting to crack!
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Apparently XPO hasn't done any research concerning truck decaling prior to commencing the re-branding. There must be some kind of knack to it...cause I've never seen any of Conway's striping or logo names cracked nor pealed off in all the years that I've been w/ this company. Makes one wonder...if they don't get this right, how's the re-branding logos gonna make it through the 1st winter w/ all the ice, snow and salt spray that's surely yet to test it.
 
vetran peddleman said:
Apparently XPO hasn't done any research concerning truck decaling prior to commencing the re-branding. There must be some kind of knack to it...cause I've never seen any of Conway's striping or logo names cracked nor pealed off in all the years that I've been w/ this company. Makes one wonder...if they don't get this right, how's the re-branding logos gonna make it through the 1st winter w/ all the ice, snow and salt spray that's surely yet to test it.
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Sometimes the cheapest way can turn into the most expensive way to do something.
 
icuicp said:
Sometimes the cheapest way can turn into the most expensive way to do something.
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No kidding huh IP ? Hopefully Mr. Jacobs will or is in contact w/ old Conway people who were in charge of branding equipment... and get their advice on how to do it right, irrespective of the expense.
 
whip1 said:
The XPO 33' trailer does not have a liftgate. It's assigned to our terminal and it's not allowed to leave on linehaul runs. The number prefix is 433.
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year ago at other carrier we had two 33' trailer they call them city pups and they were only 12' 6" tall and worked great work downtown driving
 
vetran peddleman said:
You're right ICUICP ! I neglected to mention that XPO/Conway is involved in lobbying Congress to get 33' ers legalized to run tandems. Good catch!
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That double 33' proposal that we were lobbying for was removed from the Transportation budget bill that was passed earlier this year, so the double 33' issue is probably dead for at least a few more years. There were several truckload carriers and the railroad that was opposed to it.
 
waffle man said:
That double 33' proposal that we were lobbying for was removed from the Transportation budget bill that was passed earlier this year, so the double 33' issue is probably dead for at least a few more years. There were several truckload carriers and the railroad that was opposed to it.
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I would much rather pull twin 33's than the triples I pull every night. Would be much safer.
 
waffle man said:
That double 33' proposal that we were lobbying for was removed from the Transportation budget bill that was passed earlier this year, so the double 33' issue is probably dead for at least a few more years. There were several truckload carriers and the railroad that was opposed to it.
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I was following that issue pretty closely. A big reason that truckload and owner-operators were against it was the fear that it would become the industry norm to pull 33 foot sets, even in truckload operations. With 28 foot sets, we only have 3 feet of extra trailer, but go up to 33 footers, and now you're at a 13 foot advantage over a 53 foot van. For heavy, low cube freight it doesn't matter. But shippers with fluffy freight could get quite a bit more on a set. Some of the mega fleets will do anything to get freight, even at stupid low rates. If they decided to introduce sets back into truckload, some shippers would be demanding them for the extra space, probably for the same price as a 53 foot van. Then everybody would be expected to run them. Parking shortage is a big problem now in the otr world. Imagine if there were a bunch of them pulling 66 foot sets into truck stops. None of this is my personal opinion on the matter. However, I do agree that it makes sense.
 
icedriver said:
I was following that issue pretty closely. A big reason that truckload and owner-operators were against it was the fear that it would become the industry norm to pull 33 foot sets, even in truckload operations. With 28 foot sets, we only have 3 feet of extra trailer, but go up to 33 footers, and now you're at a 13 foot advantage over a 53 foot van. For heavy, low cube freight it doesn't matter. But shippers with fluffy freight could get quite a bit more on a set. Some of the mega fleets will do anything to get freight, even at stupid low rates. If they decided to introduce sets back into truckload, some shippers would be demanding them for the extra space, probably for the same price as a 53 foot van. Then everybody would be expected to run them. Parking shortage is a big problem now in the otr world. Imagine if there were a bunch of them pulling 66 foot sets into truck stops. None of this is my personal opinion on the matter. However, I do agree that it makes sense.
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No different than the sets of turnpikes all over the road.
 
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