Just a suggestion to my D.U. Neighbors. Start stocking up on essentials. [View all]

Dyslexic bad punctuation ramble ahead.
Good morning D.U. Community having multiple coffees at the moment and my right paw Dunc the chunk golden retriever is having a bad Monday morning. In that he has a circular rawhide not elongated rawhide and it takes him a lot more time to work on the circular rawhide’s I’ve noticed.
Father what the biscuits you know i prefer long chew bones.
Anyway I hope that I’m wrong on this and my intention is not to make you fearful. I have been out of trucking for a bit recovering from a surgery. So this is what i was told yesterday in talking with two drivers.

Referencing Truckload and L.T.L freight in talking with friends and my one friend old union freight hauler as i.
After our company Y.R.C a union outfit went out in 2023 he decided to work non union for regional truckload small fleet and he is happy with this small fleet job.
Truck load is one trailer filled usually with freight for specific customer
L.T.L. Is usually trailers loaded with multiple customers freight. Usually terminal to terminal cross docked and then delivered.
Yet my friend on truckload he’s noticed on wagons that he drags.
And I want to add this truckload outfit is dedicated from supplier to manufacturer all loads headed to Pennsylvania deliver to this plant. Then empty or drop out hook a full load from manufacturer they deliver to and head West to deliver that freight. And then go get the backhaul to drag back to manufacturing plant here in P.A.
My friend mentioned
1- weight has decreased from usual say 40K
2- He averages around 2800 miles a week 1800 miles last week. And this week his dispatch told him Friday hey freight is kind of lite for Monday start you want to leave out Tuesday.

My other friend stayed in the L.T.L. side and he pulls mostly doubles and his company him and other drivers at his terminal getting start times adjusted.

And as of last week he started getting bumped off his usual 21:00 start as to his outfit is backing up his departure time out of the gate. I think he told me anywhere from 23:00 to latest on last Thursday a 01:00 gate time.
Now with both of these guys in what we discussed by phone is this just anomaly not sure.

Although my friends and i have seen this before.
1- Dubya depression
2- When Covid started.
And we all understand how we got here April 2025 trumps tariffs on China fucking asshat totally self inflicted.
And now we see the Orange Parasite desperately sending a message to Xi in that tariffs tax on China will be lowered.
So when tariffs were placed around 4/9-4/10 maybe 18-19 days ago. There was still container ships from China loaded making for our ports. And I’m not sure on travel times for ships perhaps what 40-60 days travel time depending on East coast or West coast or our southern ports.

Yet now China shipping has been turned off. So this is total S.W.A.G. Scientific Wild Ass Guess.

I’m thinking that is usually maybe 10-15 days from ship to truck or by rail through the supply lines to customer.
As in from say when trade war started 4/10 earliest maybe late May or early June in us noticing lack of essentials. Even if Xi and Mr. Art of the fail reach an agreement soon and China sends us loaded vessels. We’re probably looking at late June until we get back to what we consider normal in being able to acquire in what we need for our daily lives.

Once again I’m not trying to frighten anyone or that the sky is falling that is not my intention. I’m just saying stay sharp maybe stock up on toothpaste toiletries bath wash toilet paper and i hope I’m wrong on this.