Container trailer chassis shortage... = supply chain backlog

[wmoebis]

Buy low buy cheap . The chickens have come home to roost

How many times do we hear on Dragons Den or Sharks Tank that they will take production off shore to make the company more money. That is what it is all about tho.

[the big wheel]

How many times do we hear on Dragons Den or Sharks Tank that they will take production off shore to make the company more money. That is what it is all about tho.

Yes they laugh at participants that don’t get things
Done offshore. Good for the rich few but leaves the
Rest of us vulnerable to these crunch time situations.
But on the other hand can people pay for goods
Produced here? If they want to level rhe playing field
Wages is what should be level across the planet.
Not carbon taxes. Lol

[furrowtickler]

Take note of one very important sentence in the article;

Because many warehouses are overwhelmed today resulting in delays in unloading the container, the trucker often leaves the box atop the chassis for days longer than usual at a receiving facility.

Warehouses are full and have no room for deliveries so containers are being left on chasis. Chassis are being used as storage instead of deliveries. Time to mandate unloading of containers from chassis and coordinate deliveries based on warehouse ability to unload

Agree. but why are the warehouses full ?
We are being told there is massive shortages in everything. So is there ? What’s the hold up from the warehouses to the retail ?

[furrowtickler]

I seen a report that warehouse space is a full capacity several days ago all over North America. So what’s really going on ? Covid has not crippled the trucking industry that bad has it ?

[dmlfarmer]

Agree. but why are the warehouses full ?
We are being told there is massive shortages in everything. So is there ? What’s the hold up from the warehouses to the retail ?

No doubt there are likely some shipping issues, and warehouse congestion affects outflow as well as inflow. However you have to wonder if in inflationary times companies are just as happy to keep inventories full believing inflation will more than cover carry costs. It is the same reason many farmers have locked their bins this fall believing prices buyers are willing to pay will go up Same strategy used by fertilizer dealers. Dealers will only price as it goes out the door. Or like as someone reported on liberty. Retailer/bayer wanted carryover back so it can be resold for higher price next year. Shortage is easy excuse for profit maximazation

[furrowtickler]

Very very few farmers have the financial ability and / or even any extra grain to even consider “locking” the bins this year ..... that’s a way over exaggerated point this fall .
Most in this area amd many other areas can barely fill contracts or are even short . That’s a fact
A few areas maybe , but now way is there many

[Old Cowzilla]

There's likely a few of those big old Star and Kenworth winch trucks not being used these days. They could move around those containers in no time.....

[the big wheel]

No doubt there are likely some shipping issues, and warehouse congestion affects outflow as well as inflow. However you have to wonder if in inflationary times companies are just as happy to keep inventories full believing inflation will more than cover carry costs. It is the same reason many farmers have locked their bins this fall believing prices buyers are willing to pay will go up Same strategy used by fertilizer dealers. Dealers will only price as it goes out the door. Or like as someone reported on liberty. Retailer/bayer wanted carryover back so it can be resold for higher price next year. Shortage is easy excuse for profit maximazation

Not much use locking my bins unless some
But thinks the air inside is not polluted.
Maybe I should try sell that idea carbonless
Air in my bins what’s that worth?

[burnt]

Shortage is easy excuse for profit maximazation

I think we just found a farmer who has never built any storage and sells everything right off the combine!!

Good for you, dml!