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apparently the USPS is getting less mail so have empty trucks and need to fill up space. Bad enough they’ve raise prices and hurt sales, now with record gas prices and inflation sales have done a major drop.
USPS ….
What a LOSER.
All they have to do is put cameras in the buildings to catch the saboteurs,
then prosecute the bstrds with a 40 year prison sentence.
High fuel prices aside, problem solved.
oh boy, higher costs slower service
“apparently the USPS is getting less mail so have empty trucks”
^^ Agree. But didn’t the USPS decide not to convert to electric vehicles and continue using gas vehicles for transport? I wonder what the rationale was, since it seems that EV is the way to go.
“oh boy, higher costs slower service”
^^ As I read this, the slower service only applies to first class mail. If it’s priority mail it gets there in 2-3 days.
EV’s wouldn’t work on rural routes, My mail lady just got one of the new vans about a month before gas went thru the roof, she’s so happy not having to fill her jeep each day
EV’s have become very powerful, even for rural roads.
Ford F150 now has an all electric vehicle with 426 horsepower that can tow 7000 lbs. It’s up to the car manufacturer to determine how much battery power they want for their vehicles.
The rationale is that USPS says it will cost too much in upfront costs to purchase EV’s as USPS is trying to balance it’s books. Congress has said it will further fund USPS for EV’s if necessary.
https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/climate/usps-electric-delivery-vehicles-explainer?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2
We ship lightweight flats, items like small photographs and printouts by USPS because they can still go first class mail. Anything over 13oz and anything that must be ship rolled – in a tube or cube, must go UPS or FedEx as they can be $15 or more less expensive than the US Post Office. The Post Office has made it clear to shops like mine that use tubes or cubes to ship long items like artwork, engineering plans, posters, and technical drawings- they do not want our business. So we took the hint and took our business elsewhere. I spend about $500 a week shipping with UPS. Not sure what the Post Office was thinking.
I agree, sold fishing rods and paid $200-$500 a week in shipping, their loss
With recent changes, USPS is no longer bleeding money as before. I wish them luck. And what does any saboteur have to do with this article?