[nlh]

It's amazing to me that in 2023 when the small-package industry (USPS, UPS, FedEx) is SO SO SO highly optimized that I have a choice of 3 carriers to get a box across the country in 1-2 days and by and large it works pretty darn well, and yet if a company wants to ship a pallet the same place, the logistics fall apart into garbage "it'll get there when it gets there."

I know FedEx and UPS offer freight services, but it doesn't sound like they're dominant or close to it in the industry. Why didn't they put Yellow and the likes in the ground years ago?

[plorkyeran]

There is a very big difference in price. Slow unreliable shipping is something that established companies know how to deal with, while many of them don’t know how to get a positive ROI out of paying more for freight.

Of course, the fact that Yellow has shut down suggests that may not be as true as it once was.