Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter presented by Redwood Logistics. On this issue, did Memorial Day pop spot rates; Lego’s recent semitruck; wait times drop; and more.
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Long weekend — How’d your Memorial Day go? Did you grind through it? Find time for family? Let’s wish American Trucker Taylor Barker a speedy recovery. He spent his holiday laid up with some broken ribs after a foul Harley crash.
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One positive: We’re ending the month with spot rates 11 cents higher than we began May. In fact, we did just have a vacation and road check week. How’s this week kicking off within the spot marketplace for you? Any post-holiday tightness? Send me your feelers.
Finally: Lego releases a brand recent semitruck
The brand new set — It’s been nearly 14 years for the reason that Lego Group last released an official Lego delivery truck and years because it has put out a correct semitruck. That’s all about to alter on Saturday when set 60440 hits store shelves.
The previous Yellow Delivery Truck (set 3221) now sells for over $220. Back then you definitely got a 278-piece set with two minifigures. This yr’s model is available in a 1,061-piece kit with twice as many minifigs. Included in that could be a trucker, a pair lumpers and a hot dog stand vendor.
Coming Saturday or immediately? — This set releases on Lego.com June 1 for $99.99. Nonetheless, I just bought myself a set at Costco for $75, where it’s on sale in-store. Costco also has it online, though it’s $85.
Entry level — Need a Lego semi but not hooked on bricks yet? This flatbed isn’t a terrible option for $19.99.
Old skool — If you happen to actually need a blast from interlocking bricks’ past, grab set 6692. This set from 1983 got here with 84 pieces and a single minifig. Surprisingly, it may be had for under $40 in great condition on the used market.
Coming soon — Say no to low cost freight since you’re gonna need some big bucks this yr if you happen to’re a brickhead. Not only is that semi coming out, but so is a Lord of the Rings Mount Doom set and the first-ever Lego The Legend of Zelda set.
The waiting game
Turnover on the sector — And folks wonder why trucking has near perpetual 100% annual turnover rates. Some shippers make the delivery and unloading experience as miserable as possible. What’s the massive deal, though? Drivers get detention pay … right? Ten of those 12 hours paid to do nothing doesn’t sound that horrible. Or does it?
Seems detention isn’t as straightforward as it could seem. Drivers don’t receives a commission until the shopper pays. Nonetheless, repeatedly that might be delayed, stolen by a broker, never filed, etc.
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Improvement — While those wait times above could also be among the more extreme examples encountered by drivers, overall wait times are trending downward. Now that we’re far past the times of pandemic-related congestion, wait times have been on the decline (together with the remainder of the freight market.)
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Hurricane market catalysts; inventory tech; health program for drivers — This Wednesday on WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, I’m taking a deeper have a look at the case for hurricanes being a spot market catalyst this yr.
Tesla tells the trucking industry to step up its electric game while trucking leaders clap back at ACT Expo. Truck Tech host Alan Adler breaks down the most recent within the wild world of the advancements which will drive freight into the longer term.
Right stock, right place, right time. That’s what Netstock’s Barry Kukkuk is trying to resolve. Netstock has launched a tool that enables shippers to immediately discover and redistribute excess inventory. We’ll learn the way it really works.
I began my health journey two weeks ago using Dr. Mark Manera’s Offshift program. Now that I even have some experience with it, Manera and I’ll break down the way it actually works and the way drivers and fleets can fit it into their lifestyles.
Plus, latest news, weirdness and trends.
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