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Got mustard all over his fingers.I’ll bet he was quite the banana handler then before moving up to hotdogs……
Got mustard all over his fingers.I’ll bet he was quite the banana handler then before moving up to hotdogs……
Is the Fred ex contractor yelling at him, "This is my ravine!"Either broke down or in the ditch next to a Fred X contractor.
Correct. Idk if any of you remember but Amazon first started with hauling those white non branded doubles.. they clearly saw the challenge in hiring qualified CDL Class A doubles driver.. they quickly went and purchased all blue 53 ft dry vans and sold off their equipment. Ground is slowly trying to do the same thing and use more vans.Fortunately Amazon can’t hire any teenager off the street with a regular class c license and no endorsements if they ever start doing LTL.
Regarding haz mat qualifications (or most any other requiring a test), modern thinking is that if you can't pass a test, the test is unfair and must be made easier.Looking more and more like LtL is the place to be. Regardless of company.
I don't see Amazon wanting a piece of the LtL pie. From a investment standpoint, there's just not enough profit to be had, relative to other forms of logistics. Even if they bought the top 3 LtL companies AND managed to maintain their current profit levels, it's still small compared to what they can reap from investing in their own current model.
Flipside is that Amazon could buy EVERY LtL co and barely bat an eye. Companies with lots of cash on hand take risks, and write off the damage if it's a flop.
I do think illegal labor will be a factor with household deliveries. There simply aren't enough humans available. Not saying Amazon will hire illegals, only that future policy could make them legal. Amazon knows they'll be facing a labor shortage.
As for LtL, I don't see it as a threat. There's a huge difference between a step van, and a class A rig pulling a set. While I have little faith in our gov at any level, I don't see the DOT allowing anyone to bypass current qualifications to haul haz-mat, and operate the big rigs.
The special exemptions are working well in the oil field.Looking more and more like LtL is the place to be. Regardless of company.
I don't see Amazon wanting a piece of the LtL pie. From a investment standpoint, there's just not enough profit to be had, relative to other forms of logistics. Even if they bought the top 3 LtL companies AND managed to maintain their current profit levels, it's still small compared to what they can reap from investing in their own current model.
Flipside is that Amazon could buy EVERY LtL co and barely bat an eye. Companies with lots of cash on hand take risks, and write off the damage if it's a flop.
I do think illegal labor will be a factor with household deliveries. There simply aren't enough humans available. Not saying Amazon will hire illegals, only that future policy could make them legal. Amazon knows they'll be facing a labor shortage.
As for LtL, I don't see it as a threat. There's a huge difference between a step van, and a class A rig pulling a set. While I have little faith in our gov at any level, I don't see the DOT allowing anyone to bypass current qualifications to haul haz-mat, and operate the big rigs.
well saidLooking more and more like LtL is the place to be. Regardless of company.
I don't see Amazon wanting a piece of the LtL pie. From a investment standpoint, there's just not enough profit to be had, relative to other forms of logistics. Even if they bought the top 3 LtL companies AND managed to maintain their current profit levels, it's still small compared to what they can reap from investing in their own current model.
Flipside is that Amazon could buy EVERY LtL co and barely bat an eye. Companies with lots of cash on hand take risks, and write off the damage if it's a flop.
I do think illegal labor will be a factor with household deliveries. There simply aren't enough humans available. Not saying Amazon will hire illegals, only that future policy could make them legal. Amazon knows they'll be facing a labor shortage.
As for LtL, I don't see it as a threat. There's a huge difference between a step van, and a class A rig pulling a set. While I have little faith in our gov at any level, I don't see the DOT allowing anyone to bypass current qualifications to haul haz-mat, and operate the big rigs.
It's doable in the oilfield, as they haul a very few UNs.The special exemptions are working well in the oil field.
Latest is that Nitrogen and Hydrogen does not need a Has- Mat endorsement on CDL.
You still need the paper work to transport and orange placard .
No CDL if transport pressure is below 4 pounds and trailer has a highway valve to bleed off in transit.
Find it in black and white... Good luck
Kind of like the ORMD of the chemical world.
That's why we would have to give some of our morons the answers and it still took 3X's to pass in the office.Regarding haz mat qualifications (or most any other requiring a test), modern thinking is that if you can't pass a test, the test is unfair and must be made easier.
Little known fact: Hazmat endorsement not needed if placards not required. Used to via through a terminal 3-5 days a week. Class 9 airbag inflators most of the time. In one packet of shipping papers, letter from FMCSA stating such. Who knew?The special exemptions are working well in the oil field.
Latest is that Nitrogen and Hydrogen does not need a Has- Mat endorsement on CDL.
You still need the paper work to transport and orange placard .
No CDL if transport pressure is below 4 pounds and trailer has a highway valve to bleed off in transit.
Find it in black and white... Good luck
Kind of like the ORMD of the chemical world.
Keep convincing yourself that you’re safe.Looking more and more like LtL is the place to be. Regardless of company.
I don't see Amazon wanting a piece of the LtL pie. From a investment standpoint, there's just not enough profit to be had, relative to other forms of logistics. Even if they bought the top 3 LtL companies AND managed to maintain their current profit levels, it's still small compared to what they can reap from investing in their own current model.
Flipside is that Amazon could buy EVERY LtL co and barely bat an eye. Companies with lots of cash on hand take risks, and write off the damage if it's a flop.
I do think illegal labor will be a factor with household deliveries. There simply aren't enough humans available. Not saying Amazon will hire illegals, only that future policy could make them legal. Amazon knows they'll be facing a labor shortage.
As for LtL, I don't see it as a threat. There's a huge difference between a step van, and a class A rig pulling a set. While I have little faith in our gov at any level, I don't see the DOT allowing anyone to bypass current qualifications to haul haz-mat, and operate the big rigs.
There isn't a laughing hysterically smiley made to correctly illustrate how safe I am.Keep convincing yourself that you’re safe.
You have always been able to haul up to 1000lbs of Table II Haz Mat without a endorsement( also any weight of class 9 not in bulk containers). That was a caveat for UPS/FED EX Ground and also service typ trucks that carry say a welding tank.Little known fact: Hazmat endorsement not needed if placards not required. Used to via through a terminal 3-5 days a week. Class 9 airbag inflators most of the time. In one packet of shipping papers, letter from FMCSA stating such. Who knew?
I, as well as my company’s Safety, Dispatch & mgmnt teams were unaware. Figured it had been changed since my days of couple hundred lbs of CO2 on the soda pop truck.You have always been able to haul up to 1000lbs of Table II Haz Mat without an endorsement( also any weight of class 9 not in bulk containers). That was a caveat for UPS/FED EX Ground and also service typ trucks that carry say a welding tank.
i still like picture books ..especially if they're in colorI never had one man !
I'm the kid that liked picture books
I was once delayed 2 hours for fire extinguishers.Little known fact: Hazmat endorsement not needed if placards not required. Used to via through a terminal 3-5 days a week. Class 9 airbag inflators most of the time. In one packet of shipping papers, letter from FMCSA stating such. Who knew?
You just won the internet today!I’ll bet he was quite the banana handler then before moving up to hotdogs……
Your point is well taken. Amazon uses the contractor model that has made FedEx Ground successful.
However, I do not see Amazon jumping into retail delivery. Their business model seems to be centered around servicing their online sales and doing it better, faster, cheaper than an outside carrier. Taking on non-Amazon parcels would drastically change their working model.
Is the Fred ex contractor yelling at him, "This is my ravine!"
The people that they have driving for them are in the same category as Swift....I agree to disagree on Amazon getting a never ending pool of CDL drivers of all kinds. Our government will see to that. Cheap foreign labor vs the lazy couch potato we need to fill the seats. Every Canadian truck seams to be a foreign driver vs the French Canadian that used to driver here. I see more and more of the same filling the over the road driving jobs.
If companies need hazmat endorsement the government will relax standards somewhat to get foreigners in the trucks.
Amazon just like FedEx has the funds to buy and start up anything they wish. FedEx only exists by buying freight companies started by someone else and bought out by Fred