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Old 03-08-2012, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by R Leo View Post
I'd guess if you order something two-day, it's probably going to be regular FedEx, not FedEx Ground.

Remember, we're in the sticks. FedEx contract vehicles out here don't even have a matched team of mules.

Speaking of contract vehicles, this is a pic of a routine DHL freight pick-up in Murano.
When we were with FedEx, all of the FedEx Ground and FedEx Express (Next Day and 2Day) were independent contractors who owned their trucks (and we're in a metro area). Annoyingly, every service was separate and handled by the respective driver. When we had expedited shipments, we had to call in for an Express pickup since the Ground driver couldn't take it. Throw FedEx Freight on top of it and we had 3 different numbers to call with the same company. With UPS we only need to separate out the Freight shipments and it's the same contact number.
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