Threat of freight RR strike in th US is not over

[Just-Thinking-51]

Our local WalMarts are stuffed with goods finally delivered. Where to place Christmas goods is a problem . Many goods now are so hight on shelves hard to access them.

Direct result of the shipping container backups. They and everyone else got burn by the congestion delays last year, so they order big and early, only to find inflation pressures keeping sales down.

Not really. I think Amazon is the only one that uses drivers to deliver in their "spare time," and they're recruiting in only a few cities: Actively Recruiting US Cities.

And if it's anything like driving for Uber or Lyft, your pay barely exceeds your expenses.

Amazon is better set up for “spare time” drivers to deliver. UPS and FedEx it’s more of a seasonal employment. The number of rental trucks (even U-Haul) in the lot of a UPS distribution spot is amazing.

 

[GDRRiley]

Things are very slow in the freight hauling business right now. As you stated the bulk good have been delivered. Also “tens of thousands” would need a citation. There a lot of inefficiency in the transportation business, but FedEx, UPS, Amazon the final mile is where they need drivers, and those drivers don’t need a CDL. Got some spare time available? They got packages for you to deliver.

its the between warehouse that would be the issue.
Look at a hot intermodal overnight on the and you'll see lots of UPS and Fedex trucks piggybacked. if those trailers ended up needed to be going by road they'd need a lot more drivers and trucks

 

[Just-Thinking-51]

its the between warehouse that would be the issue.
Look at a hot intermodal overnight on the and you'll see lots of UPS and Fedex trucks piggybacked. if those trailers ended up needed to be going by road they'd need a lot more drivers and trucks

Actually the stuff with the wheels would be easy to transfer to road use. It would be costly, but easily done. (They do it on a regular basis when there a major derailment. It’s quite colorful see all the different trucks haul these trailer.) Containers with out chassis would need a flatbed, but still easy. The stuff like coal would be a problem, but hopefully they stocked up for winter. The other like chemicals would be bigger problem. Finding a trailer that can haul that product, and a driver with the approval skills to do it, would be the issue. I personally don’t haul Hazmat anymore and would need a skill check and approve safety gear to do so. Can be done, but why do it, when you can pull a FedEx trailer with out any extra effort.

 

[GDRRiley]

Actually the stuff with the wheels would be easy to transfer to road use. It would be costly, but easily done. (They do it on a regular basis when there a major derailment. It’s quite colorful see all the different trucks haul these trailer.) Containers with out chassis would need a flatbed, but still easy

your statement assumes there is enough drivers, trucks and rated trailers which there isn't.

The stuff like coal would be a problem, but hopefully they stocked up for winter.

no one stockpiles coal at power plans for more than a few weeks.