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<blockquote data-quote="GroundSwitcher" data-source="post: 950643" data-attributes="member: 37424">Hi all,I have been following along on the forum for a while now and figured I&#039;d add what I&#039;ve heard about this whole express/ground deal.. I&#039;m a switcher-yard driver-shifter whatever you want to call it at a fairly large ground terminal (60-70 delivery trucks) that is also the reginal OTP, and all the contractors here were notified about the impending spike in volume about 6 months ago (I caught a glimpse of the meeting powerpoint).. The linehaul contractor, who I speak to frequently, told me he was also told to prepare for additional volume, and just bought 3 new (used, of course) tractors..&nbsp; and I have seen a few new vans parked on the lines inside. However, so far volume has stayed VERY steady since it recovered after peak.&nbsp;The funny thing is, within a year or two (being vague here) we will be moving to a brand new facility roughly 5-6 times the size of our current building (stuff here still says RPS on it). There aren&#039;t any other terminals nearby that could be consolidated with ours, so I don&#039;t think that is the cause of the volume increase they are talking about. I have toured the new place and there weren&#039;t any roller decks, but a LOT more open dock doors (no extendo belts set up on the door), don&#039;t know if that means anything or not. Office folks don&#039;t seem to know a lot about the volume increase (I know some of them well, pretty sure they&#039;d tell me if they knew). A lot of new positions are going up on the intranet and recently announced full-time package handler positions. Also rumors of a fourth sort, but so far no details about that.Hope this info helps..might just be adding to the fire <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="GroundSwitcher, post: 950643, member: 37424"] Hi all, I have been following along on the forum for a while now and figured I'd add what I've heard about this whole express/ground deal.. I'm a switcher-yard driver-shifter whatever you want to call it at a fairly large ground terminal (60-70 delivery trucks) that is also the reginal OTP, and all the contractors here were notified about the impending spike in volume about 6 months ago (I caught a glimpse of the meeting powerpoint).. The linehaul contractor, who I speak to frequently, told me he was also told to prepare for additional volume, and just bought 3 new (used, of course) tractors.. and I have seen a few new vans parked on the lines inside. However, so far volume has stayed VERY steady since it recovered after peak. The funny thing is, within a year or two (being vague here) we will be moving to a brand new facility roughly 5-6 times the size of our current building (stuff here still says RPS on it). There aren't any other terminals nearby that could be consolidated with ours, so I don't think that is the cause of the volume increase they are talking about. I have toured the new place and there weren't any roller decks, but a LOT more open dock doors (no extendo belts set up on the door), don't know if that means anything or not. Office folks don't seem to know a lot about the volume increase (I know some of them well, pretty sure they'd tell me if they knew). A lot of new positions are going up on the intranet and recently announced full-time package handler positions. Also rumors of a fourth sort, but so far no details about that. Hope this info helps..might just be adding to the fire :) [/QUOTE]

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