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Probably because freight isn’t coming the opposite way?

Why pay folks to run empties when you can pay someone to take the load to the destination and after they get there say “bye”.
 
Yea been seeing a lot of them coming and going at KCY, even FXG contractors pulling Ground vans or Freight sets. At least 15-20 PTs per night. A lot of it is going west to DEN, NSL, SAC, SEA, POR which sort of makes sense, except we already have relay yards in Nebraska and Wyoming for getting that stuff across with Freight drivers. They just don’t want to add drivers out there for some reason. Then there’s also the PTs going to end of line SCs like Omaha and North Platte. Meanwhile we have drivers stuck working the dock all night, every night, without a chance in hell of getting a run for at least a few years. And they wonder why we can’t keep new guys...
 
Probably because freight isn’t coming the opposite way?

Why pay folks to run empties when you can pay someone to take the load to the destination and after they get there say “bye”.
Agreed, running guys with empties just for the sake of giving them a run will cost all of us in the long run!!

I don’t like PT’s any more than the next guy but unfortunately they’re a necessary evil.
 
Yea been seeing a lot of them coming and going at KCY, even FXG contractors pulling Ground vans or Freight sets. At least 15-20 PTs per night. A lot of it is going west to DEN, NSL, SAC, SEA, POR which sort of makes sense, except we already have relay yards in Nebraska and Wyoming for getting that stuff across with Freight drivers. They just don’t want to add drivers out there for some reason. Then there’s also the PTs going to end of line SCs like Omaha and North Platte. Meanwhile we have drivers stuck working the dock all night, every night, without a chance in hell of getting a run for at least a few years. And they wonder why we can’t keep new guys...
You have no idea. Haha.

Do you know how much freight goes into KCY from OMA? And how much freight KCY sends to OMA? Big imbalance!

What PT goes to NPL? A small barn with maybe 10 doors.

You must be an KC metro shuttle driver not getting runs??
 
I was being facetious but someone isn’t going to work anyways, we’ll sit on freight instead of moving empties...empties don’t pay the bills!!
Trailer’s have to move empty or full, have to keep the trailer pool even throughout the system....
 
Trailer’s have to move empty or full, have to keep the trailer pool even throughout the system....
Correct but again, we’ll sit on freight or they’ll run the freight out of route before we run empties...empties don’t pay the bills!!
 
Correct but again, we’ll sit on freight or they’ll run the freight out of route before we run empties...empties don’t pay the bills!!
Seems like a good way to loose customer’s by holding freight. It would be cheaper to run empties then redirecting freight....
 
Seems like a good way to loose customer’s by holding freight. It would be cheaper to run empties then redirecting freight....
How do you figure?? Redirecting freight still generates revenue, empties cost money no matter how you move them.
 
Well one way to eliminate some PT would be for Fedex to create a bid for system drivers. Instead of coming back with mty's they could send a driver to another barn with freight. Yrc, Holland, OD, Saia, Estes, Abf, Ups freight they all have system runs. Some guys might like being out for days at a time, buy it creates work for a driver and it's better than sitting home or stuck on the dock.
 
You guys do understand that even truckload freight has slowed down. FedEx is using more PT because it’s cheaper. Period. They are probably getting that freight moved right now for a $1.50 a mile. Truckload carriers running teams 6000 miles a week, turning revenue to pay their bills. They can afford to do it when the driver is only making maybe 40-45 cents per mile.
 
You have no idea. Haha.

Do you know how much freight goes into KCY from OMA? And how much freight KCY sends to OMA? Big imbalance!

What PT goes to NPL? A small barn with maybe 10 doors.

You must be an KC metro shuttle driver not getting runs??
If you want to ignore what I said about the majority of the PTs going and coming from the west and talk about OMA and NPL, then sure. In years past they had no problems adding runs to OMA and adding to DEN due to extra NPL freight. But the topic of this thread was asking if it seems like there are more PTs now and the answer is yes there are. It is a fact that FedEx is using them more, I assume because they are cheaper right now and they don’t mind putting drivers on the dock to make up for not being able to find quality dock workers.

And no, I’m fortunately not stuck on the dock all night, but I referred several friends to work here and they aren’t as lucky. Anyone who runs to or from here knows how much they rely on PTs, with sleeper cabs parked by the road dispatch office and a dozen PT trailers lined up inside the entrance every morning.
 
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