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<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 417694" data-attributes="member: 8259">Grainger is the perfect example as to why I feel we as feeder drivers can do this work just as effectively or even more so than a LTL guy. At our Grainger they were shipping a fairly good amount by DHL. Our sales rep finally made it in to find out why. Turns out they were shipping everything going south of us by dhl and they were trucking it to their hub in that direction. We offered them a discount if they would load those same areas on a separate UPS trailer. We now have a run where our feeder driver picks up the trailer at Grainger and takes it to our hub.&nbsp;For those of you saying we are not allowed to handle any freight I am guessing that you don&#039;t see many williams sonoma/pottery barn loads. We have four huge warehouses of theirs here and some of their furniture is by no means considered small packages. We have had some things that I know would not fit in a package car.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 417694, member: 8259"] Grainger is the perfect example as to why I feel we as feeder drivers can do this work just as effectively or even more so than a LTL guy. At our Grainger they were shipping a fairly good amount by DHL. Our sales rep finally made it in to find out why. Turns out they were shipping everything going south of us by dhl and they were trucking it to their hub in that direction. We offered them a discount if they would load those same areas on a separate UPS trailer. We now have a run where our feeder driver picks up the trailer at Grainger and takes it to our hub. For those of you saying we are not allowed to handle any freight I am guessing that you don't see many williams sonoma/pottery barn loads. We have four huge warehouses of theirs here and some of their furniture is by no means considered small packages. We have had some things that I know would not fit in a package car. [/QUOTE]

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