Why Such A High Demand For Trucking?

My first response was: Because nobody wants to do it. That is partly true. You have a family and the last thing you want is to be away from them 24/7.

But after much thought....I think it boils down to...

1. Trains run a fixed route so a truck is still required to get the product from the train to its final destination unless the company has a train track beside the building.

2. Trains run a set time route. This means that some companies that are LEAN and JIT can not afford to stockpile large amounts of material as inventory on hand does cost money. ( Imagine purchasing $100,000 worth of material each day of the week and the very next day the material is turned into product and shipped as finished sold product, now imagine a train delivery every 10 days and sitting on $1,000,000 of material).

3. A truck can drop off its payload and reload with finished product withins an hour therefore moving material across the dock faster then preparing for a train.

Anyone want to add to this?

Your reasons for trucks over trains sound pretty good. Trucks are more flexible in shipping/logistics options.

The train business is pretty much set, what with the land you need to buy (impossible now) and the monster investment in new capital equipment.

$500,000 in financing will get you a truck, Authority (permits) and whatever else you need to move a truck along the existing roads.

Good points.

How about the most obvious answer?

BECAUSE WE'RE AWESOME! !!!!!