It will be fine
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I don’t drive any trucks. More volume means each truck is more productive and costs decrease with lower mileage per truck. That’s how the entire trucking industry works.
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Increased volume does not always translate into lower costs and more revenue per mile in all parts of the country. Especially when you have neither population density nor high per capita consumption .
falcon back
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I am enjoying the heck out of retirement. It's too cold to fish or play golf and college football and college basketball are a mess. I like making fun of losers and whiners.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
I’m convinced there were some days you came home from work with your front teeth in your pocket.
falcon back
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Nice story. Not true, but since when does the truth ever matter to you.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Until Fat Freddy changes horses on you and there won’t be a damn thing you can do about it. Might happen at a moments notice too.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Oh yeah, that’s right. Your teeth probably rotted out by the time you turned 12.
It will be fine
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There’s risk in owning your own business.
A single action by a single entity one that could leave you ruined is NOT owning your own business.
You are welcome to continue to feed us your "own your own business" bull feces but we know whose DOT number is on the side of the truck and it ain't yours.
We also know who owns the only freight that's going in the truck.....and it too is not yours.
And since we know that you're not doing anything Fat Freddy can't do himself we therefore know that he can do without you just fine and if we know it so does he.
MAKAVELI
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So how does taking volume and density away from Express make Express more profitable? Btw your theory is why UPS is so profitable and efficient. One truck delivers it all.
It will be fine
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Because the cost of Ground is so low. Express will lose some productivity and density on their delivery routes but gain more profit paying pennies on the dollar for the delivery.
MAKAVELI
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Doubt it. Making it's largest opco even less profitable is a recipe for disaster.
I never said it did. At the same time however that handful of X boxes passed off to Ground could easily tie up more inputs than they're worth for that contractor. They are not always....." right along your way".....or" you're going that way". Why? Because "that way" could mean more time and material that the box will pay.
AB831
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Did someone who actually owns a business tell you that?
It will be fine
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Neither opco is less profitable. Express is more profitable if it’s deliveries are made at a lower cost. LMO saves capacity on flights for higher revenue shipments. If Express can grow without adding additional flights everybody wins.
AB831
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The only ownership in this equation is of his ass by Fat Freddy.
MAKAVELI
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Is that why FedEx was offering ground pricing on 2day ? This LMO is just another desperate attempt to throw
on the wall to see if it sticks.
AB831
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Hasn’t that been the modus operandi of one Fat Freddy Smith for the past half decade?
MAKAVELI
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Pretty much but for a lot longer.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Keep in mind also that Fred hasn’t had a good idea in over 40 years so it’s unlikely that he’ll come up with any now.
