Welcome back to Trucks where in the last post I was looking at Chevy truck accessories in particular as well as some other truck related info. Here, I’m going to switch tack from the actual automobiles themselves to what they’re mostly used for, in the case of the big ones, that is!

I’m talking about transportation, haulage of goods and cargo and freight forwarders. Now without going into any great detail here, as I’m certainly no expert on this side of things, it is an interesting by-product of the machines that I am interested in. Of course, large trucks are used all the time for transporting cargo all over the country by road and despite rising fuel costs, this still remains a relatively cost effective method of transportation, especially for heavy items.

When it comes to transportation and logistics, that side of things leaves me completely confused. It takes someone with knowledge of times, distances, traffic flow etc to be able to figure out things like estimated arrival times and factor in how much it would all cost to do the whole transport thing. You have to factor in things like fuel costs, paying the driver, maintenance on the vehicle, loading and unloading plus storage in necessary and come up with a reasonable price to charge the person wanting the haulage done plus make a profit for the transport company. Save that for the professionals!

But from the driver’s perspective, once all the paperwork has been done, all he has to do is get into the rig and drive! Now that’s not such a bad thing to do and once you’re rolling, you’re on your own and there’s no one telling you what to do or how to dress. In other words once you leave the depot and until you reach your destination, you are your own boss. Its quite a liberating feeling.

But that’s about all I really want to write about for now. Like I said, its only a very broad overview of the whole transportation and logistics, haulage and freight forwarders side of trucks, which is a valid and important side of the interest in the big machines.

See you next time!

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