UP will probaby reconsider as the economy slows further.they will need the revenue just like everybody else.
Railroads suck off the government teat, or they would have all been out of business long ago.
actually, by your statement, you really mean he couldn't have been more right. and that i would agree.You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. Show me the last time a trucking company built it's own road and then paid property tax on it.
Railroads suck off the government teat, or they would have all been out of business long ago.
You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. Show me the last time a trucking company built it's own road and then paid property tax on it.
actually, by your statement, you really mean he couldn't have been more right. and that i would agree.
triplex, back in the early 80"s the govt. taxed diesel fuel 5cents a gallon for 3 years. out of that 5 cents a year 2.5 cents of that went to the railroads. thats 7.5 cents per gallon over the 3 years that went to the rails. that tells me that the govt. owns the rails.
You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. Show me the last time a trucking company built it's own road and then paid property tax on it.
When will the rail road start refusing pups from YRC? Does anyone know how much has been moved to vans?
I think the answer is this:
As the YRC debt continues to increase and in turn owe more and MORE to the Railroads.............the pups will stop.
i believe it has to do with how much they are paying the yrcl driver, not the equipment involved. which is really what yanks my chain that this was allowed to happen.? I was under the impression they were ceasing all pup loads over the rail, UPS, ABF and others to. My assumption was that the reasoning had to do with logistical inefficiency that results from loading the smaller trailers.
Is YRCW running a big tab with the rail? If they wanted to avoid dealing with YRC why wouldn't they just do that? Seems to me YRCW could run up just as large a tab with long boxes.
i believe it has to do with how much they are paying the yrcl driver, not the equipment involved. which is really what yanks my chain that this was allowed to happen.
yes sir. that's why we used (using) jb hunt's trailers and if you notice on the highways while u are driving the rail workers are very busy on the rails. they are even raising the bridges on the tracks to make them higher than the double stacks, but the fact remains yrcl gets paid less to do this. not that i agree.I went to the Rail Yard today and ask the Rail manager Not I repeat Not a non union gate clerk and this is what he told me DOUBLE STACKERS !!!!
The Rail ,due to increase freight want's ONLY to get containers so they can Double stack EVERYTHING !! I was also told that as of June 1st we now pay the same rate for a 28ft trl as we do for a 53ft trl on the rail
Bingo!........I was also told that as of June 1st we now pay the same rate for a 28ft trl as we do for a 53ft trl on the rail
You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. Show me the last time a trucking company built it's own road and then paid property tax on it.