Posted on 05/12/2022 9:59:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Suppose you have 500 drivers and 500 trucks carrying loads for 11 hours apiece in a day.
If the drivers only drive for 7 hours in a day, it will take 786 drivers (and trucks) to handle the same freight.
If the drivers only drive for 6 hours in a day, it will take 917 drivers and trucks to handle the same freight.
BKMRK.
Saw a video the other day discussing the ships offshore waiting to unload.
Said they had ordered them to wait 51 miles offshore so that they aren’t counted. That way they can claim that the numbers of ships waiting have gone down.
Can’t comment on the veracity of the explanation, but the maps showed that this is exactly what they are doing.
What happened in VA when the dems got control should have been a warning to us all.
“I’m no fan of the GOP establishment, but there is pretty much NOTHING for them to do at this point.”
Perhaps, but they have had numerous opportunities to pull the cord from the back of the bus and they have yet to show a spine.
Even more, they are the result of union rules and environmental policies that prevent trucks from moving cargo out of clogged California ports.
I ordered a new pair of Golf shoes like Tiger wears (FootJoy) - 2 months and still nothing. Something is wrong.
ok, your math is ok, now, why are the drivers only working 6 -7 hours a day? on a side note very few drivers out of 500 are going to drive 11 hrs/day/7days/week
Good question. What's happening is that drivers are also limited to a 14-hour on-duty period (this would include the maximum 11 hours of driving) before a mandatory 10-hour rest period. Because of traffic congestion, delays in picking up loads, lines at terminal gates, and long times to unload the truck at understaffed warehouses, drivers are cutting their days short because they don't want to risk running out of the 14 "duty hours" while they are stopped somewhere and can't lay over for the 10-hour rest period.
Think of a driver who drives for 10 hours and then backs up to a loading dock. When warehouses were fully staffed and operating efficiently, they could unload the truck in 2 hours. That gave the driver 2 hours to find a place to lay over for 10 hours of rest.
Today, that warehouse is understaffed and takes FOUR hours to unload the truck, not two. So the driver reaches the end of his 14-hour "on duty" window while he is still parked at the loading dock. He's in violation of his hours-of-service rules if the property owner forces him to leave.
So in this case, the driver cuts his prior day short and makes the delivery the following day when he knows he has plenty of time on the clock to finish the delivery and get moving again.
And AC is only scratching the surface of the rules and restrictions that truckers have to deal with. To say nothing of port authority rules and rail traffic restrictions. Plus the cost of fuel oil for ships... or the shortages of shipping containers. The list goes on and on. Our supply chain is in shambles.
It’s looking like the US is going to give a company fronting for the ChiComs control of most of our major ports.
If that happens, something wrong will become SSDD.
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