by gokeefe
You see those all the time on I-95. Tough to deliver by railcar to customers that don't have a siding.
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gokeefe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:56 pm You see those all the time on I-95. Tough to deliver by railcar to customers that don't have a siding.Yeah but that's what distribution centers are for. Also it's been tough to get truck drivers and it is a lot more attractive if you have truck driver jobs that allow them to be home every night. Lot's of help wanted advertising that touts that.
Hux wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:22 pm Driving south on I-95 Sunday I was passed or went past numerous trucks hauling Irving lumber. Naturally I thought to my self, "hmmm, those should be on rails." Then I thought, "well, 70 mph is better than 25." Yeah, a hell of a lot faster than a 10 mph crawl. Yikes.Yeah but once the pipeline is full the speed at which the product gets there doesn't matter, right. If you have 50 lumber trucks going from Point A to Point B everyday, and you have a 50 car train doing the same thing, you will have your 50 loads of lumber delivered for distribution every day once the first loads arrive. There will be a delay at first, or you could even temporarily use trucks initially, but the supply will be steady either way.