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<P>[quote user="rrandb"]What your trainer failed to realize is that each of those TOFC loads will provide jobs for not one but two drivers. One to deliver it to the railhead and one to deliver it to the customer. Both of them will probably be slepping at home tonight. Where would you rather be. Somewhere in America on the big road spending 3/4 of your life in a sleeper or at home sleeping in your sweet babies arms. I know where I would rather be tonight. The same concept applies to each load of produce that moves from road to rail.The local Teamsters I know make as much or more as they ever made OTR and can raise there kids and spend time with there wife if they choose to. I would think both railroaders and truckers will be cheering if this works.<BR>[/quote]</P> <P>Yep.</P> <P>I never said I had a problem with getting the stuff to and from a ship or train, I just indicated that the mileage would not be there.</P> <P>If any driver is smart today they would be in dedicated or local daycab work for home sleeping at night.</P> <P>However, there will always be some who are quite content rolling the miles away because this is a big country and we need such people.</P>
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