tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7377578927308091454..comments2024-03-29T06:11:25.339-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The supply chain crunch finds new victimsPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52260054821087222592021-12-10T02:55:28.534-06:002021-12-10T02:55:28.534-06:00You could pretty much describes the nursing burnou...You could pretty much describes the nursing burnout and shortages as more ever stringent restrictions are imposed at a time when the system itself was maxed out with hospitals in overflow.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846905954993211767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54654463356412864442021-12-09T21:50:25.460-06:002021-12-09T21:50:25.460-06:00Read/skimmed the article. My question: If findin...Read/skimmed the article. My question: If finding enough school bus drivers now (the local bus companies all have in-house training) is a problem, what happens with these new rules?Iwootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06108579617345575326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-21062113094032283102021-12-09T19:53:11.844-06:002021-12-09T19:53:11.844-06:00I just got my Class A CDL last week, and started d...I just got my Class A CDL last week, and started driving yesterday. Very glad I got it done before the February cutoff, and the pay is hella good.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12038366790149177781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70608329788039279942021-12-09T18:38:26.152-06:002021-12-09T18:38:26.152-06:00We've seen replacement truck parts go from bei...We've seen replacement truck parts go from being a few days or weeks away to literally months. <br />More inspection/weigh stations are opening for """safety""" (read: $), mandatory electronic logging went into effect a few years back, wages haven't gone up that much for most (especially given inflation), cops and other drivers see you as a paycheck (tickets and insurance), and not nearly enough parking. Had I not found something local and steady, I may have done like so many others and switched to something else.Mussorgsky112https://www.blogger.com/profile/01620030891536855168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62632941233781864372021-12-09T17:00:07.440-06:002021-12-09T17:00:07.440-06:00The derating without DEF is much more extreme than...The derating without DEF is much more extreme than that - a friend noted that when he ran out of DEF his 2019 truck was limited to a maximum of 45mph. When he managed to get some, the system refused to reset, and he had to go through a complicated series of steps to make it run normally once more.<br /><br />Oh, and DEF is 32.5% urea, versus the 1% of urea in urine. Pissing in the DEF tank will not work!tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-74282900765138922352021-12-09T16:58:53.912-06:002021-12-09T16:58:53.912-06:00I'm a plant Manager for a company in North Car...I'm a plant Manager for a company in North Carolina. We get shipments of a powder from our mother company in Japan. The freight cost to ship it across the country from Oakland to here has doubled twice in the last 5 months. It now costs $21k more per shipment than it did 5 months ago. That's for 2 truckloads of product. It's not a port issue at all so far, it's a trucking issue. Needless to say, we're raising prices on our products.kebiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11108243251357253714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76968471775128071192021-12-09T16:30:36.128-06:002021-12-09T16:30:36.128-06:00lemmiwinks, it isn't a matter of whether the t...lemmiwinks, it isn't a matter of whether the trucks can run without it, it is that they may not be allowed to run in California, and possibly other states, without it due to environmental laws. Part of our supply shortage already hinges on California's strict environmental laws that prevent the older trucks that don't require DEF from operating in that state.T Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856489913761588837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42060364081644911182021-12-09T16:23:36.322-06:002021-12-09T16:23:36.322-06:00I quit OTR in 2014 , the B.S. caused by CVSA 2010 ...I quit OTR in 2014 , the B.S. caused by CVSA 2010 was more than I can tolerate (even a perfect level 1,2 or 3 inspection gets you points )(the real reason cvsa 2010 is to trap guys at whatever carrier they're at because your not hireable cdl wise elsewhere. I still have my 1995 truck and it works great . Greta can kiss my ass too . <br />lemmiwinks......just use water in dpf tank , it won't stink as much ether .below freezing the system doesn't function anyway .Ole Brentskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00127536970818659674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-16992908650660391702021-12-09T16:03:58.604-06:002021-12-09T16:03:58.604-06:00T Town, we call that "Adblue" down here ...T Town, we call that "Adblue" down here and the other day the lying media mentioned a shortage for us as well (you know it's bad if the MSM mention it). However! Trucks should still run without Adblue, the electronics will de-rate the motor. So maybe you have 550Hp with Adblue, you get 400Hp without.<br /><br />I'm just making the HP numbers up because I have no idea and it's probably specific truck to truck, but I have a friend who runs his own trucking business and I first found out about Adblue from him years ago. He explained the de-rating without Adblue to me then.lemmiwinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897071451229534159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68852800631918618692021-12-09T15:00:38.775-06:002021-12-09T15:00:38.775-06:00A more pressing problem may be the shortage of DEF...A more pressing problem may be the shortage of DEF. Apparently, a key ingredient in DEF, urea, is also the reason for the shortage of fertilizer.T Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856489913761588837noreply@blogger.com