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<blockquote data-quote="&#039;Lord Brown&#039;s bidding&#039;" data-source="post: 2102962" data-attributes="member: 32753"><p>I've heard the railroads sometimes put UPS loads on the highway to expedite delivery if a train is delayed for some reason, especially during peak. Could this explain some of the gypsies? </p><p></p><p>Also, have read about large shippers using gypsies to take trailers to non-native hubs to "zone skip", which is basically akin to someone in Philadelphia driving a UPS package destined for DC to the customer counter at the local hub in DC, or maybe one just outside, so as to take advantage of lower intracity pricing. A notorious example cited was of a large shipper in TX who had their loads hauled just over the state line to an Oklahoma hub to be sorted, many of the packages BACK to TX!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Lord Brown's bidding', post: 2102962, member: 32753"] I've heard the railroads sometimes put UPS loads on the highway to expedite delivery if a train is delayed for some reason, especially during peak. Could this explain some of the gypsies? Also, have read about large shippers using gypsies to take trailers to non-native hubs to "zone skip", which is basically akin to someone in Philadelphia driving a UPS package destined for DC to the customer counter at the local hub in DC, or maybe one just outside, so as to take advantage of lower intracity pricing. A notorious example cited was of a large shipper in TX who had their loads hauled just over the state line to an Oklahoma hub to be sorted, many of the packages BACK to TX! [/QUOTE]
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