guitarman1
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I heard XTO received 400,000 lbs through XPO on a deal involving seeds. It doubled their out-bound operation for the day! I hope this is what we are all in store for...
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Can you imagine the dispatcher trying to find drivers for all of that ?
And we were turning down shipments over 20,000 pounds....
If that is true that would amount to about 13 heavy sets. I hope it is not just a rumor but a taste of what is to come.
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Exactly. We need some good hard evidence that he will immediately improve this place. Drivers respond to money. Money comes from freight. We need a lot more freight.
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I heard Bloomington, IL had 144,000 lbs given to them yesterday from XPO Logistics that they couldn't get moved. From what Brad Jacobs is saying so far, our future sounds brighter as drivers than listening to the old days of "fat beard" trying to eliminate linehaul. It can't hurt to run our fleet at capacity. They certainly know how to do things profitably.
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Sounds like he is testing the system. Happened in more than one place. One moved and the other didn't. Makes you wonder how many of these there were. And what happens to the ones that fail.
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Are you saying that money doesn't come from Lean?
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Breaking news. Total shocker.
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All the extra freight is fine.....if you have the equipment and drivers.
We do.
guitarman1
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Maybe the City Drivers will have to get some over-time...
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I also heard XPO dump 144,000 lbs on XBN .
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But what if he is just testing the system ? Looking for where there are drivers and management willing to get it done ? A few big shots here and there to see how flexible and reliable our system actually is. He may be keeping things the same. He might be changing the entire operation.
One interview he says he bought this to be the biggest LTL in north America. Another interview he says he bought this to ensure his customers will get their freight.
Hard to day until we see and hear it.
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It sounds like his "testing" the system might also be testing the local management team also. I'd recommend that they find a way to pickup and move his freight on time.
Otherwise........
Otherwise........
guitarman1
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We don't want to hurt the numbers by having to pay over-time... (The old Con-way model).
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It sounds like his "testing" the system might also be testing the local management team also. I'd recommend that they find a way to pickup and move his freight on time.
Otherwise........
This guy talks all the time about the customer and how the customer is more important than everything else.
I think we drivers will be fine. But the farther you get from the freight. Man, you better start looking for something.
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Exactly. The way we have been running is obviously not going to be good enough for this guy. Should be interesting to see what changes are made and how quickly. He don't have a history of sitting around and wait for things to happen.
