Quite a change going from a Sportser to an Ultra. Nicely done.I did a search and came up with nothing. I would be interested in knowing this myself as I am a huge H-D fan. I think it is great that both companies hooked up together. I would have thought National Freight or J.B. Hunt would have scooped up the contract. I just hope that the original drivers were hired by us so no one lost their jobs.
Nice bike in your avatar. I have an Ultra, traded in my Sporty during the Spring.
So they keep their equipment and drivers? Sounds like a pretty good deal.our truckload division does manage the fleet for companies. A few i know of are Ferguson (pipes, bathroom stuff), Advance Auto, and now apparently, Harley.
That is awesome.
If we are so good at managing things, why dont we get into port management? IT would sound like something UPS could make a ton on.
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So they keep their equipment and drivers? Sounds like a pretty good deal.
The rumor that you used to hear all the time, was that UPS was going to buy a railroad. Have not heard that rumor in a few years (since the last round of big mergers).
There was a time, when UPS was, by far and away, Santa Fe's largest customer. Some pundits thought UPS could actually make more money by buying the Santa Fe and running it the way we run the package division. UPS is still one of the largest customers of the BNSF, but the combined railroad is probably too large to buy.
Don Philips (transportation writer) wrote at least one column that explored the idea, might have been more, but I remember reading one for sure in Trains.
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maybe tie can shed some more light on this but ups has been pulling more and more loads OFF the trains and using sleeper teams.
UPS' relationship with any company makes for interesting reading.UPS' relationship with the railroads makes for some very interesting reading......
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UPS' relationship with any company makes for interesting reading.
Seems here they are putting more ON the train. Whenever a guy that goes east wants a Saturday off they cancel the run and put the loads on the train.maybe tie can shed some more light on this but ups has been pulling more and more loads OFF the trains and using sleeper teams. Having more of these sleeper runs is a plus plus for ups, helps get pkgs there faster and more reliable than bnsf, and moves pkg drivers up into feeder and hub workers into pkg...
Seems here they are putting more ON the train. Whenever a guy that goes east wants a Saturday off they cancel the run and put the loads on the train.