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I am now working at Day & Ross. For those of you who have been around for a while, you might remember them. They were AF/FedEx's crossborder interlining partner before the purchase of Watkins. I don't really know much about those days, but they interline with R+L Carriers now.

Feel free to chip in your 2 cents on the subject. It's not necessarily directly related to FedEx, but I don't cross the border anymore and therefore don't move R+L freight so I have little to contribute over on their board.
 
All I know about them is back in the day you didn't have to be afraid to get near them in a snow storm unlike a lot of other carriers.
 
That'd probably be thanks to running cross country up here. Anyone who lives in the UP or the northern border states know what the weather and roads are a winter challenge.
 
I think the Watkins thing was expedited by the fact we used Day/Ross for the cross-border thingy back in the day. When Fedex showed up on the scene they tipped their hat to D/R and said you'll no longer be needed. Don't call us 'cause we ain't calling you. The word was what FedEx forgot to ask a bit more about how this "paperwork" worked. We tanked when it came time to doing our own thing. And of course now that D/R was holding the keys we needed, they took their ball and went home leaving us with our "Canucks" hanging out. Used to dig through quite a few D/R trailers in ALB (Albany Ny). You definitely burned a few calories figuring out that mess.
 
Well, I can't speak for then, but their current stock of trailers includes logistics posts. And taking a peek inside at the LTL I'm dragging across the country indicates that they are cubing out their 53 footers. I've pulled a couple of 42000lbs loads (not fun to go over the Rockies with) but mostly in the 20000lbs range.

They also mostly use reefers, even for dry LTL when the need arises. The newest ones have disc brakes on them! Pretty cool stuff.
 
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