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My Worst Load Ever: Hauling Oregon Potato Chips to Texas

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The cargo was bagged potato chips. October 3, driving through Idaho and Wyoming - The elevation kept getting higher, and soon I passed the dreaded 6,000-foot elevation mark. At the end of the day, I finally found a load that I liked, picking up in Hermiston. I offered to take the load, adding up to 2,069 total miles for $4,000.

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Where Did the Loads Go?

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A shortage of trucks yielded a high load-to-truck ratio that also turned the map red in Wyoming and Maine, despite low freight volume, and a brief surge in New Mexico was not generating any more new loads this week. Reefer freight was also quiet last week , as fresh food shipments hit a brief lull between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Same-day delivery is not currently available in Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming, and delivery of orders containing alcohol is currently limited to select stores in Illinois and Florida. This year, Union Pacific Corp.